great shrimp cocktail

Name: great shrimp cocktail
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 - lemon sliced thinly; 4 - bay leaves; 2tbs - peppercorns crushed; 10 - whole allspice berries; 2 teas - salt; 24 lrg - shrimp shelled deveined; 1 cup - cocktail sauce; 12 - small romaine lettuce leaves; 24 - 7 inch skewers

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Wallace Hale

sikeston, MO

Updated on Dec 3, 2014

My version of shrimp cocktail. Enjoy

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Stove Top

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 - lemon sliced thinly
4 - bay leaves
2tbs - peppercorns crushed
10 - whole allspice berries
2 teas - salt
24 lrg - shrimp shelled deveined
1 cup - cocktail sauce
12 - small romaine lettuce leaves
24 - 7 inch skewers

How To Make great shrimp cocktail

Step 1

In 6 quart dutch oven, combine 2 quarts water, lemon, bay leaves, crushed peppercorns, allspice berries, and salt; heat to boiling. Cover and boil 16 minutes. Add shrimp and cook until just opaque throughout, 2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold running wster to stop shrimp from cooking. Cover and refrigerate shrimp 12 hours.

Step 2

Just before srrving, place cup of cocktail sauce in center of of a serving platter arrange romaine leaves around cup sauce in center of platter leaf tip pointing out thread shrimp on the skewers and place on leaves arranged around sauce makes 8 appetizers before main meal.
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