Ingredients for Making Cajun Shrimp

Series Summary

For those of us who enjoy seafood, nothing can compare to fresh shrimp. Whether it is grilled, boiled, or fried, shrimp always seems to be the perfect seafood dish for any occasion. However, even though shrimp is a tasty treat on its own, spicing up this delicious crustacean can be just the thing to appeal to the wild side of your taste buds.

In this free video series, learn how to make BBQ shrimp. Our expert chef, Elvis Hillard, shows you everything you need to know to make this meal. Learn how to peel and wash shrimp. Also, Elvis shows you how to simmer shrimp in a special sauce. Finally, learn how to serve barbecue shrimp with bread. So, if you are looking for a different way to prepare shrimp, take some time, and learn how to make BBQ shrimp today!

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Elvis Hillard and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village and today we are going to talk about making New Orleans barbecue shrimp. We are going to talk about the ingredients here we are going to make this New Orleans style barbecue shrimp. It is definitely one my favorites I love it. It is shrimp, I like to use like bigger shrimp they do say that smaller shrimp is good to use as far as making for gumbo and things cause it absorbs flavor really well. But today we are going to use 21-25 that is the count you know 21-25 just means basically you get 21-25 in a pack. Butter, 1 lemon, you are going to use a couple of toes they call it toes this is the bulb you are going to ripe off about 4-5 of them. This recipe is for basically we are going to go by visual and I try to break down to you as best as I can. Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, we are also using fresh garlic, ground black pepper. This recipe calls for beer which I love but this is the next best thing that we found which is a pale ale beer. You olive oil, salt and pepper. So once you peel your shrimp you can work that out. That is basically it the ingredients that you are going to have to use to make this. "