Freddie is a kind of individuals who can open a cabinet or fridge, stare at the whole lot for a minute, and work out a scrumptious meal to make with no matter he finds. Are you a similar? It all the time impresses me, and I like to sit down on the counter, do the New Yorker crossword puzzle, and watch him in motion.
This summer time, one of many meals he whipped up was spaghetti with tomato sauce, a inexperienced salad, and baked shrimp. A couple of readers requested in regards to the shrimp, so I known as Freddie this morning, and he instructed me the steps. Right here goes:
Baked Shrimp
by Freddie
“My dad is a superb cook dinner, and one factor I’ve discovered from him is find out how to make a number of programs at residence and make it really feel particular. In our Italian-American household, macaroni is all the time a part of the meal, all the time with a do-it-yourself sauce — that’s some extent of pleasure. (No matter what sort of noodle it’s — often penne or ziti — we name it ‘macaroni.’) For this particular dinner, I used to be making an attempt to make one thing simple, so I might hang around with my dad and mom and Joanna. Sliding a giant tray of shrimp into the oven was a great way to do this.”
You’ll want:
bag of frozen, pre-cooked shrimp
flour
salt
pepper
eggs
panko bread crumbs
spices, like paprika, garlic powder, onion powder (non-obligatory)
olive oil
lemon
Non-recipe recipe:
Preheat oven to 350F. Defrost the shrimp. Pull off the tails (in the event that they nonetheless have tails) and pat dry.
Set out your commonplace three plates: flour (you may salt and pepper the flour, too, in the event you’d like; Gordon Ramsay seasons virtually each layer with salt and pepper; it looks like such a small factor however it actually helps the ultimate product), egg wash, and panko bread crumbs (seasoned, in the event you’d like, with paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper). Gently coat every shrimp in flour, then egg; then press the shrimp into the bread crumbs.
Put tin foil on a baking sheet and unfold a skinny layer of olive oil on prime of the tin foil. Prepare the shrimp in a single layer on the foil. Then drizzle a bit of oil on prime of the shrimp.
Bake in oven for 10-Quarter-hour. Earlier than serving, drizzle lemon juice on prime of shrimp.
Serve with pasta with tomato sauce and inexperienced salad, in the event you’d like. You possibly can eat the shrimp with the pasta or individually — breaded shrimp and purple sauce will be so, so good. Take pleasure in!
Ideas? What different shrimp recipes do you want? Listed here are just a few CoJ favorites:
* shrimp with feta
* shrimp rolls
* chilled buttermilk-pea soup with shrimp
* five-ingredient Trader Joe’s shrimp tacos
* shrimp salad platter
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