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Spicy Shrimp Toasts with Lemon Garlic Butter – Is it an Appetizer or an Entree…You decide!
Succulent, quick sauteed Shrimp with a light Cajun Spice served on toasted French Bread with a luxurious drizzle of Lemon Garlic Butter are seriously delicious.
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The BEST Teriyaki Marinade – Quick and easy, asian-inspired marinade that will tenderize the toughest cuts with all the flavors of soy, ginger, garlic, sesame, and chili, sweetened with a little brown sugar.
Teriyaki Marinade is of Japanese origin, but in my house, Teriyaki always brings to mind The Great One. The Great One is my Grandpa, but my kiddos gave him this rather grand title and it has stuck.
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Roasted Red Pepper Pasta with Cajun Shrimp – Smokey, Sweet, Creamy with a just a little Spice!
Roasted Red Pepper Pasta with Cajun Shrimp has all of the sweet and smoky flavor of roasted red peppers and roasted garlic with a touch of cream and spice. The simple sauce is topped with sauteed, Cajun-spiced shrimp and served over a bed of fettuccine with a garnish of fresh parsley and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
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Oh Shrimp Dumplings, how I adore you! The perfect medley of mouth watering shrimp, cabbage, green onion, ginger, sesame oil, and garlic all magically wrapped up in a delightful dough steamed to tender perfection with a crispy edge. Dipped in a salty-sweet soy sauce, it’s a little bite of heaven.
Is it wrong to admit that sometimes the motivation behind making Shrimp Dumplings is simply that I love them so much that I want them for dinner? Not as an appetizer, but sometimes that is ALL I wanted for dinner.
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Sweet with a Smokey, Spicy Heat, this Homemade Chipotle Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce is so good, you can use it on virtually anything!
This is a simple, but flavor packed sauce that can be whipped up in minutes.
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These Shrimp Cakes with Corn Salad and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce are so delicious!
In my last post, Asian Shrimp Cakes with Mango Chutney and Honey Sriracha Sauce, I described the very entertaining dilemma of how to get a crispy cake full of fantastic, seafood flavor with a tender, flavor packed interior when crab is just not available. The answer is SHRIMP!
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Asian Shrimp Cakes with Mango Chutney and Honey Sriracha Sauce are so bright and flavorful, you will want to make these again and again!
It’s funny sometimes how a recipe can come about. I really had a hankering for crab cakes. Well, crab is definitely rather limited in the Midwest unless you want to buy it in a can and who wants to do that? So the question became how to get that perfect bite of seafood cake that is crisp on the outside and bursting with fresh seafood flavor on the inside. …
Baked FRESH Salmon Cakes (Salmon Patties) with Spicy Remoulade Sauce! Oh my!
One of my favorite things about this recipe is that I feel like I get to have my cake and eat it too. (Sorry, I couldn’t help the corny pun.) Maybe that’s because I LOVE cake. And I’m not just talking about sweet cakes, but I am seriously obsessed with crab cakes, fish cakes, shrimp cakes, and especially this Baked FRESH Salmon Cake (aka Salmon Patties) with Spicy Remoulade.
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Salmon is all about how you cook it. When done correctly, it will melt in your mouth like butter. Of course, it always helps when you are cooking with butter. My Pan Seared Salmon with Garlic Wine Cream Sauce is guaranteed to impress.
This simple, but decadent recipe uses technique that will create a dish easy enough for a weeknight, but would be outstanding for company.
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