Mineralesque Shrimp

Mack Therber <macktherber@hotmail.com> posted the following recipe to soc.motss in August 2001.

Ingredients

• 1 lb. deveined shrimp
• 1 lemon
• 1 orange
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 large tomatos, roughly chopped
• 1/3 cup fine olive oil
• 2-4 medium cloves of garlic, pressed
• 1/8 teaspoon finely ground cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Course salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

Directions

This is a quick cook, so get your ingredients together before you start.

1. In a 12" non-stick skillet, pour olive oil and heat on high until a thin smoke starts to rise.
2. Throw in onions and garlic and a minute later tomatos.
3. Cut lemon and orange in half and with a citrus reamer, ream them but good.
4. Strain juice through seive and add to skillet.
5. Add the rest of the ingredients, including shrimp, continuing to cook on high for about 2 minutes.
6. Throw in a teaspoon of lemon zest and reduce to simmer for 2 more minutes.

You'll think you had died and gone to San Francisco.

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