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Drunken Shrimp

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Ingredients

Makes
4
  • 48 jumbo peeled, deveined shrimp
  • 12 oz beer (recommended: Budweiser)
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, divided

Ingredients for 4 servings (1.3 kg) · the original recipe

Method

  1. 1

    Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add shrimp and cook until slightly undercooked. Quickly place shrimp in ice water and drain. Set aside.

    Stovetop
  2. 2

    Season shrimp with salt and pepper. Deglaze pot with beer and add shrimp. Bring to a simmer over medium low heat.

    Stovetop
  3. 3

    Once beer simmers, lower heat to low and cook 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Stir in butter 1 tbsp at a time and serve warm.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.

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