Roasted Jumbo Shrimp With Potatoes Lemon And Capers Recipes

ROASTED JUMBO SHRIMP WITH POTATOES, LEMON AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Wash the shrimp and pat them dry with paper towels.
• In a medium bowl, combine shrimp, 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Toss together and refrigerate.
• Rub a 9-inch baking dish with olive oil.
• Place the potato slices, slightly overlapping, in the pan.
• Drizzle them with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Roast the potatoes in the oven for about 15 minutes, until golden and just tender.
• Remove potatoes from the oven, top with the shrimp and the marinade, and return to the oven.
• Cook an additional 10 minutes, until the shrimp is opaque and slightly roasted looking.
• Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the capers.
• Serve at once with a green salad.

BUTTERFLIED BAKED JUMBO SHRIMP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Spread bread crumbs on baking sheet and toast in oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool.
• Raise oven temperature to 500°.
• Butterfly shrimp, then turn the shrimp over and make 3 small shallow slits horizontally across the shrimp being careful not to cut all the way through to prevent shrimp from curling during cooking.
• Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Mix together oregano, thyme, parsley, basil and garlic and add to the bread crumbs along with salt and pepper.
• Brush baking dish with some of the melted butter, coating the bottom well.
• Dip the shrimp in the butter, opened side down, then dredge in the crumb mixture, pressing so they stick.
• Place shrimp, bread crumb side up in baking dish in one layer.
• Drizzle the tops with a little more of the melted butter.
• Bake for about 5 minutes or until shrimp are cooked and bread crumbs are browned.
• Toss arugula with olive oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
• Divide among 4 plates and place 4 shrimp around pile of arugula.
• Drizzle with more butter and serve with lemon wedges.

JUMBO SHRIMP WITH TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the tarragon sauce: combine the soured cream, tarragon, mustard and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat a large frying pan. Brush the shrimp with oil, add to the pan and cook over a high heat until they turn pink.
• Keeping the heat high, add half of the wine and the garlic. Boil rapidly for 2-3 mins then stir in 2 tbs of the parsley.
• When the wine has reduced slightly, lower the heat and add the remaining wine and season with salt and pepper.
• Simmer for 5 minutes Spoon the cooking juices over the shrimp, sprinkle with the remaining parsley and serve hot with the tarragon sauce on the side.