Recipe #53: Butter Sauce and Shrimp Appetizer

The decision to make this sauce was definitely on a whim -- I originally purchased "Manager's Special" raw kale to make a salad. Well, lately Kroger has let me down by not always giving the best estimate when an item on their shelf will be expired. Instead of the grocery store removing the item in an accurate time frame we've ended up purchasing the "Manager's Specials" when the items are already spoiled. These occurrences have been majorly disappointing and inconvenient since everything we do is usually on a time schedule. (Well, who's time isn't valuable?)

But tonight I did not have time to go back to the grocery store. I'd spend more time than I was willing by returning the spoiled kale and then searching for an alternative. I quickly had to figure out what I could make from the ingredients I had in my refrigerator/food pantry. Luckily I found this great recipe: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1745,149160-243201,00.html and this replaced the kale concept with a sauce for my cooked shrimp. And I did not have to leave my apartment!

I've gotta tell you, I could imagine this sauce being used at a nice restaurant for more than just shrimp. Really, any white fish would taste great with this sauce. I was very impressed because the ingredients were not only very inexpensive to carry in your refrigerator but they were all great complements to one another. It only took about 10 minutes altogether (and that included eating the end product, too). In fact, I might have had more to say about this sauce if we had savored the meal a little more than we did. It was gone almost as soon as it touched the table.

Ingredients:

* 1 lb of Shrimp (I purchased mine already cooked)
* Just a sprinkle of Fresh Cilantro
* 1/4 cup of Butter
* 1/2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice
* 1/2 Tbsp of Worcestershire Sauce
* 1/4 Tbsp of Soy Sauce
* 2 small drops of Sriracha





Cooking Directions:

In a small sauce pan add the butter, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and sriracha.

Melt and stir on medium low heat.

Remove from the heat and pour into a serving bowl.

On a plate add the cooked shrimp and sprinkle the top with chopped cilantro leaves.