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Shrimp with two dipping sauces

4
Points®
Total Time
20 min
Prep
14 min
Cook
6 min
Serves
8
Difficulty
Easy
The perfect appetizer, one main and two dippers! Buy pre-cooked shrimp and you can have this holiday hors d'oeuvres ready for guests in just 20 minutes. The sauces are both spicy but one is salty-sweet thanks to soy sauce and hot chili peppers and the other is sweetened by a hit of orange marmalade. Try this duo of sauce with some skewers of grilled flank or chicken as well for a full buffet of appetizers. Play with the heat ingredients with find your favorite blend.

Ingredients

Cooked frozen shrimp

2 pound(s), large For the Horseradish Marmalade:

Store-bought horseradish

5 Tbsp

Orange marmalade

7 Tbsp

Less sodium soy sauce

2 tsp

Water

1 Tbsp, at room temperature For the Red Pepper Coulis:

Red bell pepper

1 large, chopped

Red hot chili peppers

cup(s), chopped or sliced, or cherry pepper, or less to taste (1 to 2 Tbsp)

Jarred minced garlic

½ tsp

Shallot

2 Tbsp, chopped, finely chopped

Vegetable broth

¼ cup(s)

Table salt

¼ tsp, or to taste

Black pepper

¼ tsp, or to taste

Peppermint leaves

2 tsp, finely chopped, or to taste

Sun-dried hot chile pepper

1 item(s)

Sun-dried hot chile pepper

1 item(s)

Instructions

  1. Arrange shrimp on a serving platter.
  2. In a small bowl, combine horseradish marmalade ingredients.
  3. To make red pepper coulis, in a small saucepan, combine red pepper, chili pepper or cherry pepper, garlic, shallots and broth; bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until peppers are tender, about 2 to 4 minutes. Process mixture in a blender until smooth; stir in salt, pepper and mint. Pour into a small serving bowl and chill before serving.
  4. Yields about 4 ounces of shrimp and 1 1/2 tablespoons of each kind of sauce per serving.

Notes

Cut back on the chili peppers and horseradish if you prefer your food on the mild side. Serve leftover sauce with grilled chicken or fish.