Monday, February 2, 2009

Meal 7: winter spiced shrimp

So i luv my mom, she sacrifice soo much just to get me to states, n she's prob the only woman i the world i would ever use "Love", (I'm not Oedipus). But MEMOM Han is just like all other women, they will annoy the shit out of you sometimes........but o well, that's how families are. Anyways, I was talking to her the other day, and she was telling me that how cold it is in tw, so i asked her how cold is it over there; get ready for her answer ........."42F, 6C".....WTF, mom do you want to try -18 F...I'll do anything just to get 42F right now....back to the food, i love this dish, easy to make and some how i get warm after i eat it(maybe bc it's the wine i drank with.....)here's the meal 7 winter spiced shrimp, also known as Greek spiced shrimp. i found this recipe on line, but i also did little modification, so enjoy it!!!.




Ingredients:

* 6 -8 pcs shrimps
* pinched lemon pepper
* dazzled of EVOO
* 1/4 cup of white wine
* juice of Half lemon


* tomato(chopped to dices)
* 1/4 onions( chopped)
* 2 celery heart ( chopped)
* 1/4 cup of chicken stock
* pinch of cinnamon
* 2 pinches of all spices
* 2 tbs heavy cream
* feta cheese( w/ tomoato and basil blend)
* fresh dill

STEP1 - CROUCHING TIGER SHRIMP HIDDEN WILSON????

mix evvo, white wine and lemon juice. throw the shrimps in and let it sit for 15-20 mins. Take the shrimps out and dry them with paper towel n rub them with lemon peeper evenly. saute the shrimp with some quick fire(do not cook the shrimps too long as soon as the shell turn into red, get them off the skillet.) plate them on a plate(the kind you can put into oven later.)




STEP 2 SPICED TOMATO SAUCE





saute onions and celery in a sauce pan then add tomatoes and turn the heat to med. Once the tomatoes are cooked and turning to paste looking, add all spice, Cinnamon, and chicken stock. turn the heat to low, once it starts to boil add heavy cream to thicken the sauce. Set it a side.


STEP 3 - ASSSSSSEMBLE
So we got the shrimp done, and we got the sauce done, now we just need to put them together, first pre-heat the oven @ 300 F. Add sauce to the shrimp plate and make sure you cover all the shrimp w/ sauce, and put feta cheese on top. stick it in the over for bout 15- 20 mins, then add fresh dill to garnish the plate.






1 comment:

food makes me happy said...

Man I think you're eating too well at home!