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Orange Spicy Shrimp...EASY & DROP DEAD DELISH!!!

I have made these crustaceans many times, many different ways... scampi, marinara, cream sauce.... but NEVER has the recipe been this easy and delicious. I couldn't believe it!! My expectations were not that high because there are like 4 ingredients in here but I guess it goes to show that less is more!! If you like shrimp and spicy food then print this sucker and have a restaurant quality meal in about 10 minutes.

I put my shrimp over brown rice, but you can do whatever your little hears desire. This would be delicious on it's own as an appetizer.

Ingredients
* (Frozen) Raw Shrimp // I’m using the 26-30 per pound size and I’ll be cooking about 2 dozen of them. These shrimp have been de-veined already. This is a good feature…kind of like cruise control.
* Good quality Orange Juice // We’ll need 3/4 cup today. Drink the leftovers…it’s cold and flu season.
* 2-4 Cloves of Garlic // This depends on how much you hate vampires. I happen to really hate them.
* 3 Tablespoons Salted Butter // If you’ve got unsalted butter this recipe will not work…that is, unless you add a little pinch of salt.
* Ground Cayenne Pepper (1/2 tsp) // Make sure it’s fresh…dried herbs and spices loses their strength over time.
* Old Bay Seasoning ( 1 tsp) // And don’t go trying to substitute some kind of celery salt or something…this is OLD BAY we’re talking about. Shrimp practically beg to be bathed in the stuff.

Make sure your shrimp are thawed and that you pop the tails off and that is easy just pull them off gently.

Next we make the Spicy Orange Sauce:
Start by thinly slicing the garlic cloves (I’m using three big ones). Add the garlic slices to 3/4 cup Orange Juice. Add all the Cayenne (1/2 tsp) and Old Bay(1tsp) to the Garlic Orange Juice. Give it all a good stir. Now put it aside.

Shrimp:
  • Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a frying pan over high heat. Stainless steel or non-stick will work fine for this. You’re going to want to have those shrimp ready to add to the hot pan once all the butter has melted.
  • Quickly add shrimp into the pan working from the outside edge inward. The very center of the pan is typically the hottest and we don’t want our middle-child shrimp to get overdone.
  • After you’ve got all of the shrimp in the pan, wait for about 30-60 seconds and begin flipping the shrimp over (try to start with the first shrimp you put in the hot pan). Tongs are great for this.
  • After another 30-60 seconds the shrimp should now be cooked through, and should have an opaque quality about them.
  • Remove the cooked shrimp from the pan, leaving the heat on high.
  • Allow the pan to sit on the heat until it begins to smoke a little.
  • When you see smoke, add the Spicy Orange Garlic mix to the pan and give it all stir. Add the final tablespoon of butter to the sauce and after a few minutes of cooking and occasional stirring, we should have a thicker sauce that leaves “pan trails” when scraped through.
  • Return the shrimp back to the pan and give them a good toss and coat with their new lover.
Allow the intermingling of souls to take place for just a few seconds…and then it’s time for the real fireworks.

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