Spicy Beer Shrimp makes an easy and tasty party appetizer. Serve with some warm crusty bread for sopping up all the tasty broth. The beer gives a unique and delicious taste to the shrimp and you can add as little or as much spice as you like.
Fresh shrimp are simmered in a mixture of butter, beer, Old Bay seasoning, red pepper flakes, onion, and garlic.
Shrimp cook in just a few minutes so it is best to let them soak in the cooking liquid for awhile after they are cooked. They will soak up more of the flavors this way. You don’t want to overcook the shrimp so be sure you remove them from the heat before they are fully cooked. They will continue to cook in the hot liquid.
The shrimp cook in their shells for maximum flavor. Eating them is messy. Be sure to have plenty of paper towels handy and a few cold beers to wash down all that spice.
If you want to, serve these Spicy Beer Shrimp with cocktail sauce or just peel them and dip them in the spicy broth. Either way, this is an easy, tasty meal or appetizer perfect for lazy summer days.
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Spicy Beer Shrimp
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
- 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 bottles beer, Pale Ale or Lager
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 to 2 1/2 pounds medium to large fresh shrimp, unpeeled
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
- Add salt, Old Bay Seasoning, and crushed red pepper flakes.
- Add shrimp.
- Pour beer and water over the shrimp. Stir and cook until shrimp just turn pink. They will continue to cook so be careful not to overcook them. Remove pot from heat and let shrimp sit in the beer mixture for 30 minutes
What a lovely recipe for my fresh caught big shrimp! Cooking shrimp can be a fickle thing so I mixed the broth first and brought it to a boil and then added the shrimp and took it off the heat immediately and let the shrimp do their thing. Perfection!!!
The best boil shrimp ever. It’s easy to fix.
Very good! (halved recipe) We had this wit toast as a main course for a casual dinner for two. I like that I can control the heat for other family members so easily in future recipes by adjusting the crushed red pepper.
Will definitely make again.
Delicious!
These are so tasty, easy to make, great appetizer to serve for the playoff games & upcoming Super Bowl! Go Green Bay Packers!!
The best boiled shrimp recipe ever! I love this recipe & it is so easy!
Since I can’t stand Old Bay, I substitute Tony Chachere’s creole seasoning.
I love Old Bay but I love me some Tony’s too..will try your idea the next time I make this..thanks for the tip