Herb-Poached Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce

Name: Herb-Poached Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 pound, jumbo shrimp (16 to 20 count), peeled, deveined, and rinsed, shells reserved; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1 cup, dry white wine; 4 , peppercorns; 5 , coriander seeds; 1/2 , bay leaf; 5 sprigs, fresh parsley leaves; 1 sprig, fresh tarragon leaves; 1 teaspoon, lemon juice from 1 small lemon; 1 cup, ketchup; 2 1/2 teaspoons, prepared horseradish; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon, ancho chili powder (or other mild chili powder); pinch, cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon, fresh lemon juice

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

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

SERVES4

TIME1 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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