Peel And Eat Shrimp With Spicy Cocktail Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs shell-on large shrimp, deveined (32 of 21 to 25 count shrimp)
• 1/4 cup kosher salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups ice
• lemon slice
• lemon, zest of
• black peppercorns
• crushed garlic (-or- i've used part garlic salt for the salt mixture, no more than a couple tbsp)
• crushed red pepper flakes
• fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon dried coriander
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 1/2 cup prepared chili sauce
• 4 tablespoons prepared horseradish
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 grinds fresh black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• hot sauce (optional)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 dash old bay seasoning

Recipe

• 1 mix ingredients for your brine, be sure that all the salt and sugar are completely dissolved before adding shrimp or other spices (very important!) place shrimp into a bowl with brine, add whatever extra you choose, and refrigerate for 20 to 25 minutes.
• 2 don't go any longer or they will start to become a bit too salty.
• 3 while shrimp are brining, place tomatoes, chili sauce, horseradish, sugar, pepper, and salt in food processor and blend until smooth.
• 4 refrigerate cocktail sauce until ready to serve.
• 5 place a baking sheet covered with foil on broiler pan under oven broiler and preheat for 5 minutes.
• 6 (my boiler is small and awkward. when making larger batches of this, i've put the shrimp onto the top shelf of my oven on its highest setting).
• 7 remove shrimp from brine and drain thoroughly.
• 8 rinse the shrimp under cold water to remove the brine and dry on paper towels- important step, do not skip it!
• 9 in a large bowl, toss shrimp with olive oil, (i use a mister to coat them evenly) and sprinkle with old bay seasoning, if desired.
• 10 place shrimp onto the heated sheet pan and return to broiler immediately.
• 11 after 2 minutes, check your shrimp.
• 12 they should be truning slightly pink and the meat should be separating from where they were deveined.
• 13 turn the shrimp with a pair of tongs.
• 14 return the shrimp to broiler for 1 minute.
• 15 transfer shrimp to a cool bowl or cookie sheet and refrigerate immediately.
• 16 once shrimp have chilled, serve with cocktail sauce.
• 17 these shrimp are great served warm right from the oven too.
• 18 i usually can't wait until they chill before i eat them!