Shrimp in Hot Cocktail Sauce

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Servings: 8
  • Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 lbsshrimp, Shelled and deveined( large)
  • 6peppercorns
  • 2lemons, rind of, 1 inch strips
  • 1bay leaf
  • bibb lettuce
  • salt
  • Sauce

  • 2/3 cupchili sauce
  • 1/3 cupketchup
  • 12teaspoonsprepared horseradish
  • 1/2 teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoonsoy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoonlemon juice
  • 1dashTabasco sauce
  • Directions

  • Add enough cold water to cover shrimp by 1 inch.
  • Add peppercorns, lemon peel, bay leaf and salt. Bring to boil high heat and boil shrimp 30 seconds or until just turn pink and just cooked.
  • Drain and rinse under running cold water and drain them thoroughly.
  • Sauce: In a bowl combine all ingredients and chill.
  • Line cocktail glasses with Bibb lettuce and add 1 tablespoon sauce to each glass.
  • Divide shrimp among the glasses and garnish them with the remaining sauce and a slice of lemon.
  • Reviews

  • “This is the shrimp cocktail recipe I have been searching for. Thanks. It made a wonderful appetizer.”

  • “Awesome, yet easy. Thanks.”

  • “Perfect sauce enjoyed by all – This combo is just right Thanks Helen for THE sauce I’ve been looking for”

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