CIVANO
05-06-2009, 11:45 AM
Mix 1/4 C salt with 4 1/3 cups warm water and stir until dissolved - add enough ice to make it cold. Add shrimp in shell without head and brine 1 hour. Remove and peel. Toss shrimp with salt pepper and a little sugar. Heat heavy pan to very hot with a little cooking oil. Add shrimp but don't crowd. Cook until slightly brown on the one side. Take the pan off the heat and flip the shrimp. Let the residual heat cook the other side. The shrimp end up very firm - not mushy.
If you want, combine 3 T butter with 1 diced clove garlic. 1T lemon juice and 2 T fresh chopped parsley. Add it in at the very end and combine with the shrimp. We sometimes skip this and just eat the shrimp with cocktail sauce.
If you want, combine 3 T butter with 1 diced clove garlic. 1T lemon juice and 2 T fresh chopped parsley. Add it in at the very end and combine with the shrimp. We sometimes skip this and just eat the shrimp with cocktail sauce.