Creamy Curried Shrimp

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Large shrimp
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Onion chopped fine (medium)
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Green pepper - seeded and cut (small)
		Into strips
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter
1		Garlic - minced
2 teaspoons	10ml	Curry powder
1/4 cup	59ml	Brandy - heated until
		Lukewarm
1 teaspoon	5ml	Paprika
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 cup	118ml	Whipping cream
3		Tabasco sauce
		Fluffy rice

Recipe Instructions

1 Shell and devein shrimp.

2 In a large frying pan cook onion in the butter until soft but not brown. Mix in garlic and curry powder. Cook about 30 seconds.

3. Add uncooked shrimp in a single layer. Drizzle with brandy and ignite and cook, stirring lightly, until flames subsides. Sprinkle with paprika and salt.

4. Mix in cream. Cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently, until shrimp are pink and firm to the touch and liquid is reduced slightly.

5. Taste, add salt if needed. Season with Tabasco sauce to taste. Serve curried shrimp over rice.

Source:
Cooking Light, Sept. 1995, page 92

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