Herb-Poached Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1997, America's Test Kitchen TV

Yes, you can make a better shrimp cocktail; all it takes is making a few easy adjustments.

SERVES 4

TIME 1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To arrive at the best shrimp cocktail recipe, we began with the best shrimp we could find and then gave them as much flavor as they could handle without overwhelming them. We cooked the shrimp for our shrimp cocktail recipe in a stock made ...

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