Chile-Garlic Shrimp

Name: Chile-Garlic Shrimp
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 ounce dried, guajillo chiles; 1/2 cup, water; 1 tablespoon, Worcestershire sauce; 6 , garlic cloves (2 chopped, 4 sliced thin); 1 teaspoon, table salt, divided; 2 pounds, extra-large shrimp (21 to 25 per pound), peeled, deveined, and tails removed; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 2 tablespoons, lime juice; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 2 pieces; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh cilantro

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2020

Main Courses

Fish & Seafood

Weeknight

Quick-cooking shrimp and ultraflavorful dried chiles team up to kick the midweek dinner blues to the curb.

SERVES4

TIME50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We were after a Mexican-inspired meal of plump, juicy shrimp simmered in a deeply flavored, garlicky, chile-infused sauce. To start, we toasted dried guajillo chiles to bring out their fruity, lightly spicy flavor. We then blended the chile...

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