[CH] a recipe and Calvin's powder
Bill Williams (biwilliams@InfoAve.Net)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 07:42:28 -0600
Hi all,
For years my favorite recipe has been a dish called Cajun Shrimp, which
I'm about to pass along. But first let me say that what everybody likes
about it is the dipping sauce that the shrimp swim in and that you soak
up with french bread.
So here's the real reason for this message - since I live in a small
town, and not near either coast, decent shrimp is hard to come by.. so I
thought I'd just make the sauce, without shrimp.. quick, easy and
wonderful!!!
1/2 cup olive oil
6 garlic cloves, chopped
4 green onions, chopped - or you can use one regular onion diced
12 dried hot red chiles
14 drops hot pepper sauce
2 1/2 pounds med. shrimp, peeled, tails left on
1/2 cup soy sauce
french bread
heat oil over med-high heat in a large skillet
add garlic and saute a bit
add onion - if using regular onion let it saute a while too
add chiles and hot pepper sauce and simmer for three minutes
add soy sauce and shrimp and simmer 2-4 minutes till shrimp are done
Serve in bowls with bread for dipping
Notice that when I assembled the ingredients I left out the shrimp.
That's because, the last time I made it I just made the sauce for
dipping. If you actually have shrimp, you add it when you add the soy
sauce.. if you're not gonna use shrimp, you might add a few drops of
fish sauce instead, but beware of saltiness - the combo of soy sauce and
fish sauce can make a salty broth.
Now for a rare, negative comment on Calvin's powder.. although wonderful
with food, my first experience with this stuff was the required, moisten
the finger taste test - gooood stuff, but somehow I got some in my EYE!
;-) This is not recommended.....
Bill