Creamy Bourbon Grilled Shrimp

After the success of the deliciously heavenly Honey Bourbon Chicken Wings, my friend Wes and I decided we needed to keep trying more bourbon recipes.  We like bourbon.  We REALLY like Four Roses Bourbon.   If we do recipes with bourbon in them, it gives us a logical excuse to try a drink or two.  Or three.

Whatever it takes.

So we took to the grill with another app in mind:  Shrimp.  Our Cajun Shrimp recipe was amazing and we wanted to try to make something even better this time!  To do so we also pulled out some other big guns:  Butter and heavy whipping cream.  We weren’t messing around.

To top it all off, we did something I’ve never done before – we lit food on fire.  It was SO COOL.  Poured the bourbon over the shrimp and took a lighter to it – POOF – flames.  It was probably the most fun I’ve had at a grill in years.  Maybe ever.  Of course it helps that the company I kept was a hilarious and creative guy like Wes.  It also helped that we sampled the Four Roses Bourbon a couple times.

You know, just in case.  Of something.

Anyway, this appetizer is a must next time you light your grill.  Creamy, tasty, a little smoke – and it’s fast and fun.  It’s recipes like this that remind me why I fell in love with cooking – especially outside.

Try it soon and enjoy this amazing Creamy Bourbon Grilled Shrimp with some friends – but only if you’re into things like totally blowing your friends away with flavor and leaving them begging for more.

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Creamy Bourbon Grilled Shrimp

This recipe will knock your socks off!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Calories 321 kcal

Ingredients

  

• About 1lb uncooked shrimp peeled, deveined, tails taken off.

For The Sauce

• 3 tbs butter
• 1 tbs chopped garlic
• 1/4 c minced shallot
• 2 c heavy whipping cream
• 2 tbs spicey brown or dijon mustard
• juice of 1 lemon squeezed

For Shrimp

• 2 tbs butter
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 1/2 tbs minced garlic
• 1/4 c Bourbon - preferably Four Roses
• I loaf french or sourdough bread cut into slices

Instructions

 

• Set up your grill for direct cooking - high heat. (add some light fruit wood for a bit of extra flavor)

Sauce

• Inside, heat butter in saucepan and cook shallot until it's clear.
• Add garlic and lemon juice & cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add cream and mustard and cook on medium-low heat for about 15-20 minutes.

Shrimp

• In a cast iron skillet, melt butter, then add shrimp, salt & pepper
• Add bourbon - light it for fun - and let cook off for about 1-2 minutes.
• Dump in the sauce and mix together in skillet for a minute.
• Toast your sliced bread on the grill - will only take a minute or so on each side.
• Put one piece of shrimp on each piece of bread and pour on extra sauce.

Keyword Creamy Bourbon Shrimp