BBQ Cajun Shrimp

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BBQ Cajun Shrimp is a New Orleans favorite made with

butter, lemon, tomatoes and spices for the perfect messy
delicious shrimp dish you’ll crave all summer long!

We love easy shrimp recipes like Kung Pao Shrimp, Easy

Honey Garlic Shrimp and Spicy Louisiana Shrimp Dip.

BBQ Cajun Shrimp, bring home a bit of New Orleans flavor

with the spices, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and lemon
butter spooned over some crispy baguette slices. You can
also substitute the spices for a pre-made cajun spice mix if
you’d like too, but I still recommend adding all the fresh
garlic even if your spice blend contains garlic powder.

We love Cajun flavors, like Easy Cajun Jambalaya

Pasta and Easy Jambalaya (Chicken, Shrimp and
Andouille) so making a bbq shrimp was the a no brainer for
us. We love slicing up some fresh bread, scooping piles of
shrimp on top then spooning over all the delicious butter.

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It’s so full of flavor, and for all the
additional ingredients that get added to
the mix it still is distinctly a butter flavor. So rich, spicy,
lemon and garlic flavored. The shrimp come alive with
these flavors.

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Why melt the butter so slowly?
We literally melt the butter so slowly that we melt away the
tomatoes and cook them down until the butter is a
beautiful shade of red from the tomatoes and paprika.
Cooking it so slowly allows all the spices to really flavor the
butter without allowing the butter to brown/burn.
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How do you make homemade Cajun seasoning?
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoons dried oregano
1/4 teaspoons dried thyme

1. Mix all the ingredients together and store in a covered

container for up to three months

What makes the flavors so authentically New Orleans?

The reason we look to the south for this recipe (which is

nothing like a typical “BBQ Shrimp”) is a butter sauce with
Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice. You can be creative
about the cajun seasonings you want to use since you may
have a jar of this in your cupboard.

New Orleans recipes are not shy about cooking with fats. In
jambalaya they use butter and sausage fat. Many of the
dishes are deep fried like po’ boys. So cooking a pound and
a half of shrimp with a cup of butter isn’t crazy for those
from the region.

You can of course edit the sauce as you’d like. But if you cut
back the butter too much you are going to lose the magic
of this sauce. I’d recommend making an alternate shrimp
recipe if you lose more than half the butter. The flavors are
just too different.

Second, don’t skip the Worcestershire sauce though, it is

the classic flavor of the dish. I know many people will
substitute soy sauce for Worcestershire sauce, I promise
you it is not a good idea.

BBQ Shrimp In the Oven:

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To a foil lined sheet tray add all the ingredients and cook at
425 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Recipe

Prep Time: 10
minutes
Cook Time: 10
minutes
Total Time: 20
minutes
Course: Main
Course
Cuisine:
American
Author: Sabrina

BBQ Cajun Shrimp is a New Orleans favorite made with

butter, lemon, tomatoes and spices for the perfect messy
delicious shrimp dish you'll crave all summer long!

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter

4 cloves garlic chopped
1 roma tomato chopped finely but without seeds or
juices
1 lemon juiced
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1 1/2 pounds shrimp peeled and deveined (any size
works here)
parsley chopped for garnish

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Instructions

Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen

timer while cooking.

1. Add the butter to the pan on medium-low heat with

the garlic, tomatoes, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, bay
leaves, sweet paprika, cayenne pepper, kosher salt
and black pepper and let it melt together on low heat
for 5-7 minutes while the tomatoes melt.

2. Remove the bay leaf.

3. When the juice of the tomatoes seems to have
evaporated you're ready to add the shrimp.
4. Raise the heat to medium-high and add the shrimp to
the pan, cooking just 1-2 minutes on each side.

5. Serve with additional lemon wedges, parsley and

crusty bread if desired.

Nutrition Information

Yield: 4 Servings, Amount per serving: 428 calories, Serving

Size: 1 , Calories: 428g

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