Description:

Marinated shrimp, a great party dish

Source:

Pat

Serves/Makes:8

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (.9 kg). shrimp
• 1 cup (225 ml) vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) red wine vinegar
• 1 cup (225 ml) chopped celery
• 2 tsp (10 ml). chopped green pepper
• 2 tsp (10 ml). salt
• 3/4 cup (175 ml) Creole Mustard
• 1 tsp (5 ml). black pepper
• 1 tsp (5 ml). cayenne pepper
• 4 bay leaves or more
• 2 onions, thinly sliced
• 1 lemon, thinly sliced
• Shrimp boil or pickling spices

Preparation

• Boil shrimp with shrimp boil or pickling spices.
• Allow shrimp to cool then peel
• Alternate shrimp, onions, celery bay leaves and lemon
• Mix remaining ingredients and pour this sauce over shrimp
• Refrigerate and marinate 24 hours.
• Serve with lots of toothpicks and Ritz crackers.

Comments

The onions and celery are as good as the shrimp. I have been making this for 42 years. There are never any left overs. One of my daughter-in-laws made this recipe using 10 pounds of shrimp for a recent party. She said they went very quickly. ENJOY!!