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Tomato Poached Shrimp Recipe


Tomato Poached Shrimp Recipe
A popular appetizer on a buffet table but can also be served hot as a main dish over rice. If you don't mind the fuss of peeling the shrimp afterward, poaching them with their shells on really adds to the flavour of the dipping sauce.

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Ingredients
  • 1 lb fresh or frozen (thawed) large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup minced red onion
  • 1/4 cup minced red bell pepper
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 1/2 cups tomato juice (or for you Canucks out there, Clamato!)
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp minced, seeded jalapeno pepper
  • 3 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • Lime wedges

Directions
  1. Heat oil in a medium saute pan. Add onion, reed pepper and garlic. Cook and stir over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Add tomato juice, vinegar and jalapeno. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Stir in cilantro, lime juice and salt.
  2. Add shrimp to mixture. Return to a boil then reduce heat again and simmer for about 3 minutes or until shrimp are opaque. Remoe from heat; cool for 5 minutes.
  3. With a slotted spoon, remove shrimp from liquid to a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for about an hour, or up to 4 hours.
  4. For dipping sauce, transfer the liquid mixture to a food processor or blender. Cover and blend until nearly smooth. Return to saucepan and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until reduced to about a cup. Transfer to a bowl and cool then refrigerate.
  5. To serve, arrange shrimp and lime wedges on a platter around the bowl of dipping sauce.

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