Spicy Shrimp Cocktail

Name: Spicy Shrimp Cocktail
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: onions; garlic; jalapeño peppers; raw shrimp; ketchup; horseradish; fresh lime juice; tabasco sauce; worcestershire sauce; iceberg lettuce; lemons

Preparation info

Serves
16

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Anna and Michael Olson Cook at Home

By Anna Olson and Michael Olson

Published 2010

About

This is the typical shrimp cocktail that used to be on every menu. Did we really get tired of it? Use tall martini glasses for a fun presentation.

Ingredients

For Shrimp

Americas
Canada
Fish course
Dinner
Pescatarian
Christmas

Method

In a saucepot, bring 4 cups (1 L) water to a boil with the onions, garlic and jalapeño. Add shrimp, turn off heat and let sit 6 minutes. Remove shrimp and cool in ice water. Drain and chill completely.

To make sauce, blend ketchup with horseradish, lime, Tabasco and Worcestershire. This sauce can be made several days ahead of time and held in the refrigerator.

To plate, place sh