Spicy Ale Shrimp

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 3 (12 ounce) bottles pilsner beer, divided
• 1 tablespoon seafood boil, blend (i use old bay!)
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns or 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 lemon, sliced into quarters
• 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• seafood cocktail sauce, for serving

Recipe

• 1 place 2 bottles of beer, old bay, peppercorns or mustard seeds, red pepper flakes, bay leaves in a large stockpot.
• 2 squeeze lemon juice into pot and add lemon quarters.
• 3 stir well.
• 4 bring mixture to a simmer over medium high heat.
• 5 in the meantime, pour the remaining bottle of beer into a large bowl filled with ice, and set aside.
• 6 once the beer mixture on the stove comes to a simmer, add shrimp.
• 7 give pot a shake to make sure all shrimp get covered in the beer and spices, cover, and remove from the heat.
• 8 let pot sit for 3 minutes to cook shrimp.
• 9 drain liquid and transfer shrimp to the bowl of beer and ice in order to stop the cooking.
• 10 shrimp can be placed in the fridge in the ice mixture until ready to serve.
• 11 when cool, remove shrimp from the bowl, arrange on a platter, and serve with your favorite cocktail sauce.