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Portuguese Beer Sauce Recipe


Portuguese Beer Sauce Recipe
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I have only used this recipe with prawns, but what is stopping using it to baste a good piece of rump on the braai (BBQ), it is delicious!!!

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Ingredients
  • 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
  • 6 large garlic cloves, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons finely ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
  • 30 uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined
  • 2 cups Jamaican lager or other lager beer
  • 6 cups low-salt chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1- 2 tsp chili (optional)
  • Freshly cooked white rice

Directions
  1. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped garlic, black pepper, dried thyme, and cayenne pepper and stir 1 minute. Add shrimp and sauté 1 minute. Stir in beer. Using slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to large bowl. Add chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce, and honey to skillet and boil until sauce is reduced to 1 1/4 cups and coats spoon thinly, about 45 minutes. Return shrimp to sauce and simmer until shrimp are just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt. Serve with rice.

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Will have to make.Just happen to have shrimp and beer on hand.Thanks for an interesting post...Bob


This sounds good. Can I come over robertg?


That sounds absolutely perfect - for shrimp or beef or pork, and why not chicken, too? I am looking forward to trying this one - thank you~


Wow, this sounds just like something Poppop makes and I miss it very much. I can't wait to give it a try on my own.


This sounds delicious - thanks for sharing your recipe! =)


Looks good!! how do you pronounce braai


I made this last night and Mary and I "licked the plate clean". A great taste treat. Thanks again for a great post......Bob


Went and bought some Black Tiger Prawns today, guess what Shane and I will be eating on Friday night????


DID YOU SAY BEER! I'M IN! PASS THE RED STRIPE MOM! THIS SOUNDS AWESOME!



Thank you for sharing a wonderful recipe! This is definitely on the menu this summer.

Hoping all is well with you and yours,
Ray


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