Bum Shrimp Recipe

So, tonight we tried another new recipe from the April Cooking Light. Despite the yummy results from last night's dinner tonight's did not get rave reviews. We tried the New Orleans Style Shrimp. It was easy to prepare and clean up, but this was not enough to make up for the mediocre flavor.

To start the dish you prepare a simple marinade and put the shrimp (with the shells on) in it for 30 minutes. Ours ended up marinating a little bit longer because we decided to take Cash on a walk while we waited for them to marinade. Once marinated you put them in foil packets and bake them. I prepared a simple salad with hearts of romaine, grapefruit slices, goat cheese and pecans to go with it. We also served crusty french bread with it per the recipe's recommendation. While it was fun to peal the shrimp since it reminds Russ and me of the summer and being at the beach the shrimp did not have much flavor. In fact we pulled out the cocktail sauce out of the fridge since these needed some help. We dipped our bread in the sauce only to find it bitter and the shrimp were slightly overcooked. This could have been somewhat in part due to the longer marinating time, but I still don't think they would have been much better if we had marinated them for only 30 minutes. Clean up was easy since you just roll up the foil and toss it and there were no pots or pans involved.

All in all this was a bust. Russ rated it a 6 only because of the easy clean up and that it was fun to peal the shrimp. As you can see from Cash's expression in the picture he was even disappointed in it. We will not be trying this recipe again. In fact next time we are in the mood for something similar I'd rather take a little more time and effort and do a small shrimp boil.