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Creamy Bourbon Grilled Shrimp

This recipe will knock your socks off!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
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