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Shrimp In Mustard Cream

Type: Fish, Shellfish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

24   Jumbo shrimp - peeled, deveined
1 teaspoon 5mlChicken broth granules
1 cup 237mlCream
2   Butter - plus
3 tablespoons 45mlButter
4 teaspoons 20mlCreole mustard
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlDried tarragon
1/3 cup 78mlDry sherry
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped chives or green onion tops
2   Green onions - chopped
2 tablespoons 30mlSoy flour
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground white pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Heat a large saute pan over high heat with 3 tablespoons butter. When hot, stir fry half of the shrimp for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from pan and repeat with the rest of the shrimp.

Deglaze the pan with sherry until the liquid has evaporated. Add 1/2 stick butter, then saute onions and tarragon for about 2 minutes. Add flour and cook for 3 minutes.

Add cream and chicken stock granules, then cook for about 4 minutes or until mixture thickens. Whisk in butter, 2 tablespoons at a time.

Add mustard, salt and pepper. If sauce separates, re-whisk it briskly. Add shrimp and heat through.

This recipe yields 4 servings; 4 carb grams per serving.

Source:
Low Carb Diet Recipes at http://www.dietlowcarb.com

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