Caramelized Shrimp
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Serving caramelized shrimp with lemon gives you the full range of flavors in one dish: salty, sour, sweet, and bitter. No one will turn down such an appetizing appetizer, especially with a glass of light or dark chilled beer. Children, however, may find the dish very spicy.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the listed ingredients. Thaw the shrimp in advance if you purchased them frozen.
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Step 2
Peel the garlic cloves, rinse them in water. Dice them finely or press them through a special device into a skillet. Add salt, sugar, ground black and red pepper, and ground paprika to the same pan. Pour in vegetable oil and warm all the spices in it for about 2–3 minutes so the sugar has time to dissolve. Then simmer until the bitter syrup begins to darken slightly — this will take another 2–3 minutes.
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Step 3
At this point, add the shrimp to the pan and stir. Sauté for about 3–5 minutes. At first, the seafood will release liquid — it should be cooked off. Only after that will they begin to brown.
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Step 4
As soon as the shrimp caramelize and absorb the bitter sugar syrup, the dish is ready. Turn off the heat and let the shrimp cool for about 5 minutes. During this time, they will absorb even more of the syrup.
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Step 5
Place the dish on a plate and serve with lemon slices—squeeze the lemon over the shrimp so the juice coats them and the seafood is not so sweet.