How do you eat shrimp?Probably, you just boil it (or defrost it), remove the shell and eat the meat. Well, maybe wash it down with beer... And how do Europeans, who are more sophisticated in this matter, eat shrimp? Oh! They prefer shrimp with sauce. In Europe, sauces are generally very popular. What about Italian pasta alone! And French cuisine, where a special sauce is served with almost every dish? And the still mysterious fondue, when small pieces of something are dipped in some mind-blowingly delicious sauce? Well, fondue or not fondue, but shrimp sauce can really transform the taste of this product. Don't believe me? Then choose a recipe, prepare the sauce and look for confirmation in practice. Otherwise, all beer, yes beer - somehow not serious.
Green sauce
A simple and affordable recipe for garlic-dill sauce based on mayonnaise. Ingredients:
- Half a cup of mayonnaise;
- A bunch of fresh dill greenery;
- Tablespoon of lemon juice;
- Garlic.
Preparation:Garlic is an aggressive ingredient that can interrupt the taste of any other product. Therefore, take as much garlic as you think necessary. But a couple of cloves will be quite enough. So, chop the peeled garlic cloves, wash and finely chop the dill. Mix the mayonnaise with lemon juice, and then add the garlic and dill. That's it. You can season the sauce with salt and pepper, but this is also at your discretion.
Spicy sauce with horseradish
A recipe for those who like it hotter. The sauce, we note, is very simple and not particularly high in calories. Ingredients:
- Natural ketchup - half a glass;
- Root of horseradish - 50 g.
Preparation:Take a piece of fresh horseradish root, wash it and peel it. Then grind the root on a very fine grater almost into a puree, and then simply mix the puree with ketchup. If you want, you can add lemon juice and sugar to the sauce. But usually the acidity and sweetness in ketchup are enough.
Spicy garlic sauce
This recipe will also appeal to lovers of spicy food. But its composition is more interesting than that of the previous sauce. Ingredients:
- Tablespoon of olive oil;
- A punch of chili pepper;
- Garlic clove;
- Fresh lemon;
- Grains of coriander.
Preparation:If you like garlic, take not one, but two cloves. So, pass the garlic through a garlic press or chop it on a grater. Pour olive oil into a frying pan, heat it up and fry the garlic. While the garlic is frying, finely chop the pepper, then add it to the garlic and fry everything together for three to four minutes. Remove the frying from the heat, pour into a saucepan and add the juice of a freshly squeezed lemon and a teaspoon of crushed coriander seeds.
Cheese sauce
Do you like cheese? Then you will definitely like the cheese sauce for shrimp. Quite an unusual recipe, but an excellent result! Ingredients:
- 2 processed cheese;
- Half a glass of milk;
- 2-4 heads of onions.
Preparation:Cut the cheese into small cubes and place in a saucepan. Pour milk there and put on low heat. Constantly stirring the mixture, dissolve the cheese in the milk. Then add very finely chopped onion to the sauce and cook the sauce for five minutes. Pour the prepared sauce over the boiled and peeled shrimp.
Orange sauce
In some sources, the recipe for this sauce is known as Salsa Kosa. But we prefer to call it simply orange. Ingredients:
- Glass of mayonnaise;
- A third of a glass of sweet ketchup;
- Orange.
Preparation: Mix mayonnaise with ketchup.Squeeze the juice from the orange, strain it and add to the sauce. Mix everything well and put it in the refrigerator for about twenty minutes. Serve with boiled, fried or baked shrimp.
Spicy sauce
The recipe is notable for its complex set of ingredients. However, making this sauce is very easy. Ingredients:
- Tablespoon mustard;
- 3-4 garlic cloves;
- 50 grams of hard cheese;
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce;
- Half a cup of mayonnaise;
- Lime.
Preparation:Peel the garlic and grate it. Grate the cheese into shavings and squeeze the lime juice. Then put the mayonnaise, mustard, grated cheese and garlic into a bowl and pour in the lime juice. Grind everything thoroughly and cool. By the way, for a more delicate and uniform consistency of the sauce, you can whip it in a blender.
Milk sauce
Try making a milk-based sauce for shrimp. The recipe is simple and original at the same time, and its taste is simply amazing! Ingredients:
- Fat (not less than 3.5%) milk is a glass;
- Fused cheese;
- A teaspoon of lemon juice.
Preparation:Pour the milk into a saucepan, put it on the fire and let it boil. Then add the chopped processed cheese to the milk and melt it over low heat. Add lemon juice to the still warm sauce. Serve chilled.
Thai sauce
Whether or not people in Thailand eat shrimp is a secondary question. But this shrimp sauce recipe is known by that name. Ingredients:
- Half a cup of soy sauce:
- Tablespoon mustard;
- Lemon juice;
- Sugar and black pepper.
Preparation:Making this sauce is surprisingly simple! Even elementary. Grind soy sauce with mustard and lemon juice, add granulated sugar and ground black pepper to taste. That's it! Of course, many people would prefer to enjoy shrimp in its pure form, so to speak. But still, try making some kind of sauce for shrimp. Believe me, not only the taste of shrimp will be transformed, but also the meal itself. Cook with pleasure, and bon appetit! We recommend reading:
