Buttery New Orleans Shrimp

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
• 1 cup shallot, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup onion, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup celery, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs shrimp, shells on (see note below)
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dried basil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup chablis
• 1/2 lemon, juice of

Recipe

• 1 prepare all ingredients and have ready before you begin. preheat dutch oven over medium-high heat. add butter and melt it until it starts foaming--don't let it burn.
• 2 turn the heat to high and add all the chopped vegetables and the parsley, stirring them quickly and constantly for about 4 minutes. as they cook, the butter will pick up the color of the bell peppers.
• 3 add the shrimp along with the remaining ingredients. continue stirring, thoroughly coating shrimp with butter mixture. keep this up for at least 3 minutes (the shrimp will begin to turn pink in spots). once the shrimp are coated, cover the dutch oven and cook on high heat for about 3 more minutes.
• 4 note: look for shrimp that have their shells on but have been deveined already. if you can't find them, split shell along the back and remove vein, but leaving shell on.