Time: 25 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6

Modern steakhouses offer more than just meat. Seafood lovers also have something to delight them with, like shrimp cocktail. Large peeled shrimp are served with several types of sauce. Prepare steakhouse-style shrimp at home and serve them well-chilled on a bed of crushed ice with two sauces: spicy and refreshing with basil and lemon. A perfect appetizer with alcoholic drinks!

Ingredients:

Shrimp cocktail

• 1 lemon, cut in half
• 450 g large shrimp (10/15 pcs.), peeled and deveined
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley sprigs
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 10 black peppercorns
• Crushed ice

Hot cocktail sauce

• 3/4 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon chipotle in adobo sauce
• 1 teaspoon of prepared horseradish
• 1 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice

Lemon and Basil Cocktail Sauce

• 0.5 cup sour cream
• 0.5 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Pour 6 cups of water into a medium saucepan. Squeeze the lemon juice into the pan and add the lemon halves. Add the parsley sprigs, garlic, salt, and peppercorns and bring to a boil. Once the water boils, add the shrimp and cook until they turn white and pink, 3-4 minutes. Remove the shrimp from the liquid and cool completely.
Step 2
• Before servingPlace crushed ice on a serving platter and top with shrimp. Serve with cocktail sauces.
Step 3
• Hot cocktail sauce:
  Yield: about 1 cup
  
  Place ketchup, chipotle, horseradish and lemon juice in a small bowl and stir to combine.
  
  Lemon and Basil Cocktail Sauce:
  Yield: about 1 cup
  
  Place sour cream, mayonnaise, basil, lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper in a small bowl and stir to combine.

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