Ray's on the River BBQ Butter Shrimp

Number of Servings: 
4
Ingredients: 
BBQ Compound Butter
2# Butter
2 oz. Garlic, finely minced
2.5 oz. Worcestershire sauce
4 oz. Lemon juice
5 Tab. Ground Black Pepper
10-dash Tabasco sauce
3 Tab. Paprika
2 tsp. Ground Cayenne Pepper
1.5 Tab. Salt
2 tsp. Fresh Thyme, chopped fine
1 tsp. Fresh Rosemary, chopped fine
2 tsp. Fresh Oregano, chopped fine
BBQ Butter Sauce
12oz. Beer, Dixie, Budweiser or any lighter beer
2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
1.5 # BBQ Compound Butter
Shrimp
16ea. 16-20 Size Shrimp, Ocean Garden Mexican White
4 ea. Green onions, green part only, cut on a severe bias cut.
1 oz. Canola oil
4 pieces crusty French bread, brushed with butter and grilled
Crispy fried tobacco onions for garnish (optional)
Salt
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
Blackening Spice, for seasoning
Instructions: 

BBQ Compound Butter

Soften butter to room temperature. Place the butter in a food processor with all the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth. Remove and chill completely.

Yield 2.25 Pounds

BBQ Butter Sauce

In a saucepot add the beer and reduce by half. Add the cream and reduce the cream by half to three quarters. Remove from the heat and slowly add the BBQ butter stiring until all the butter is incorporated. Adjust the seasoning if needed with salt, pepper, lemon or Tabasco. Hold for service.

Yield 1 Quart

Shrimp

Season both sides of the shrimp with salt, pepper and blackening spice. Place the oil in a sauté pan and heat over medium high heat until almost smoking. Add the shrimp and sauté until just translucent in the center and crisp on the outside, remove from the heat, and hold for service. Place bread in the center of the plate, pour the sauce around the bread and place the shrimp around the plate. Garnish with the crispy onions and the green onions.
Source: Recipe compliments of Ocean Garden Products, Inc.and Executive Chef Gregg McCarthy, Atlanta

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Tue, 12/13/2011 - 23:08 — Anonymous
Would totally reccommend these! Made them for a ladies Xmas party...they loved them. Would be careful with the pepper though... I halved the black pepper and it was just spicey enough. Kudos to the poster. Brian G... Ohio

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