I love shrimp. Love, love, love it. Yet for some reason, I almost never cook with it. I’m trying to change that, though, because I have come to the conclusion–quite vocally, if you check with Mr. Sandwich–that I don’t like chicken.*
So a couple of weeks ago, we bought a bag of frozen shrimp at Costco. Surprisingly, it was not enough shrimp to feed all of Los Angeles–but we will get several meals out of it. We started last night (well, the night before, because the shrimp had to thaw) with this dish.
First, I cut up some Yukon Gold potatoes into chunks and boiled them until they were cooked, at which point I drained them.
Then I deveined the shrimp (it didn’t take as long as I always imagine it will; this stage was done before the potatoes finished cooking). In a skillet, I melted about half a stick of butter and sauteed some minced garlic. You know how people say not to use the pre-minced garlic that you can buy in jars? Well, we use it anyhow. It’s easier.
Once the garlic started to brown, I added the shrimp and flipped them once after about 2 minutes. You want to be careful not to overcook them, because they can get tough. Meanwhile, I returned the potatoes to the pan and dry steamed them to remove any additional moisture. After I turned over the shrimp, I added the potatoes to the skillet and tossed everything to coat with the butter and garlic.
Then we ate it.
You might want to have some vegetables, too. That’s always a good idea.
*Except fried chicken. I still like that. Because it is fried.
OMG…I want that right now…yes at 7am in the morning, I NEED To eat this…I so want…you are killing me woman, LOL>
going to pin this. thanks for sharing.
Hey, just because I ate it for dinner doesn’t mean you can’t eat it for breakfast. I’m not going to stop you!
And thanks for the pin. 🙂
My stomach just rumbled when I looked at that picture!
I wish I had more leftovers! The shrimp did get a little tough when reheated, but it was still covered in garlic butter. There’s only so wrong you can go with garlic butter.
I never think to cook with shrimp at home; Kidzilla and I are the only ones who eat it, so we usually just buy the pre-cooked and use that in things. Have to admit the idea of deveining and cleaning the little buggers does NOT turn me on.
I always have a cooked/uncooked debate in the store before I buy. Deveining is an off-putting thought, but I think one of the things that helped here was they were pretty big shrimp. Everything was easier to get to, and I didn’t have to do as many.