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This recipe gives you all the flavors and festiveness of a shrimp boil, but on a smaller dinner-party scale. No turkey fryer required. 

Get into summer mode with this tasty new recipe from Chef Ollie’s kitchen!

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Low Key Shrimp Boil

Chef Ollie Honderd
Feed a crowd with this delicious but low-key shrimp boil in less than 45 minutes.
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Course Main Course, Side Dish
Servings 8 servings

Equipment

  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 chef's knife
  • large sauce pan or casserole dish with lid

Ingredients
  

  • 6 ears corn
  • 4 slices bacon chopped
  • 3 ribs celery diced
  • 1 onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic sliced
  • 1 tbsp Old Bay Seasoning
  • 4 small red potatoes diced
  • 1/2 cup canned tomatoes
  • 1 pound shrimp peeled, deveined, chopped
  • 1 small bunch scallions chopped
  • 1 small bunch parsley chopped
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • zest from 1 lemon
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

Instructions

  • Cut the corn off the cob: cut the stem (larger) tip off to create a flat surface—stand the corn upright with the flat surface securely on the board, carefully shave off a side of kernels, rotate and continue until done; finally, scrape the cobs with the back of the knife to harvest the “milk” and remaining goodness
  • Render the bacon in your largest sauce pan or casserole dish for 5 minutes, then add the celery, onion, garlic, and old bay and sweat gently for 10 minutes
  • Add the potatoes, a large pinch of salt and enough water to barely cover the potatoes, cover the pan and simmer ten minutes
  • Uncover, add tomatoes and corn and increase heat to reduce the mixture; go until the mixture is a bit wet but not soupy, 10 minutes or so
  • Stir in the shrimp, remove from heat and pop the lid back on; let shrimp steam gently til cooked through, about 5 minutes.
  • Lastly, finish with lemon juice and zest, scallion and parsley, taste and adjust the seasoning with black pepper or salt

Notes

**TIPS**
  • if you don’t have old bay, substitute 1t smoked paprika, ¼ t cayenne, ½ t ground fennel, three rasps of nutmeg, and three dried bay leaves
  • This recipe is great served over rice, grits or on toast
  • You can opt for a more rustic dish by keeping the shrimp whole, cutting the vegetables into larger pieces and serving corn on the cob the side
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