Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

[LizStreithorst]

What with it being too hot to do anything outside, I've been poking around Serious Eats looking for good recipes.

What do y'all think of this? I wonder if I really have to de vein the shrimp. It's a real pain but I'll do it if I must.

https://www.seriouseats.com/2018/04/harissa-broiled-shrimp-with-butter-and-beer.html

[Second Hand Pat]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

That sounds amazing Liz Not sure about the deveining part. I do not recall deveining shrimp when I caught them wild as a kid. Just took the head off and had fun.
Pat

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

Not deviling, Pat. deveining. ie taking the poop canal out. I don't do that when I make shrimp, even large ones that this recipe calls for.

[Second Hand Pat]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

I’m agreeing with you lose Liz
Pat

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

lol...the spell check got you, didn't it?

[Adam S]

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I don't bother if they're being mixed into a pasta or something but usually devein they're being served by themselves.

[jeep]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

You had me at shrimp

And if you ever get Royal Reds, you better devein. They don't have veins, they have intestinal tracts!!

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

I don't know what they are, just know they're wild caught from the gulf. I'll check one to be sure it's just a vein.

[jeep]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

You should take a trip to Joe Patti's in Pensacola. The store alone is a tourist attraction, but the Royal Reds are cheap and to die for. That's the reason I made my road trip there last December and bought 100lbs.

They taste like lobster!

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

OMG! Like lobster???? I might have to consider taking a little trip. What did you do with the 100 lbs, freeze them?

[jeep]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

Yes. All wild shrimp are flash frozen at sea because the boats usually stay out for weeks or months at a time. They were frozen when I got them and about 15lbs are still frozen

We threw a few party's

[gators111]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

Or just pay the extra $1/lb and buy them already deveined, it's absolutely worth it. And if you do buy royal reds, cut the cook time in half, they are very easy to overcook. And the ones that taste the most like lobster are broiled rock shrimp, the best shrimp ever!

[jeep]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

Or just pay the extra $1/lb and buy them already deveined, it's absolutely worth it. And if you do buy royal reds, cut the cook time in half, they are very easy to overcook.

Correct! I bring the water to a boil, dump them in and remove them after I think 60 or 90 seconds. Much longer and they are pretty nasty..

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Monday I will buy fresh gulf shrimp

I want to buy the Royal Reds for sure, but if they taste like lobster I wouldn't use them in this recipe on them. I'd probably steam them. There's a place in Biloxi that sells them. It's about an hour and a half from here. Brian, do you remember how much your 15 lbs. cost?

[jeep]

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About 1/3rd of what they would cost if they were available in KC. $7.99lb

https://www.joepattis.com/shop/select-quantity.cfm?productnum=6459&typeNum=125

I don't think they make it much past the Gulf unless you have them shipped. I've never seen them at any markets near me...

I don't use cocktail sauce on them. Just dip in garlic butter with a little white wine and maybe some Tony's.