How to Peel & Eat BBQ Shrimp
Almost any classic New Orleans restaurant has barbecue shrimp on their menu, a popular dish native to the area. Barbecue shrimp is not just shrimp thrown on a grill and slathered in sauce. Traditional barbecue shrimp is unpeeled shrimp cooked and served in a spicy homemade barbecue sauce with crusty bread on the side. Eating barbecue shrimp can be messy and bibs are often served at restaurants. Whether you make it at home or you eat it out, follow a few simple steps for easy peeling of the shrimp. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Allow the hot barbecue shrimp to cool slightly before handling. Typically barbecue shrimp will be served piping hot.
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Grab a shrimp by the tail and with one hand and twist the head off with the other hand. Suck the juices out of the head if you would like.
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Rip off the legs which holds the shell together. The rest of the shell should easily come off.
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Pinch the shrimp above the tail to remove the tail shell. You can dip the tail shell into the barbecue sauce and suck out the sauce.
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Dip the peeled shrimp in the barbecue sauce. Repeat the shelling process for all the other shrimp as you go.
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Tips & Warnings
After eating all of the shrimp, sop up the rest of the sauce with crusty bread served on the side.
Serve the shrimp with a bowl of warm water and a hand towel so that people can rinse their hands off right away after eating the messy shrimp.
Do not eat any shrimp whose head is hard to pull off, as this is an indication of an undercooked shrimp.
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