Camarones Borrachos (drunken Shrimp)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 15 jumbo shrimp
• 1 1/2 ounces butter
• 1 tablespoon. onion, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh cilantro, washed, dried, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile in adobo
• 2 ounces anejo tequila
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel and devein the shrimp.
• 2 chop onion finely.
• 3 wash the cilantro in several changes of water, dry it by squeezing it in a towel, and then chop in finely.
• 4 mash the chiptole chile.
• 5 heat a saute pan or frying pan over a high flame. add butter, onions and chipotle chile.
• 6 season shrimp with salt and pepper.
• 7 when pan begins to sizzle, add the shrimp. stir fry until shrimp are almost cooked, approximately 3 minutes.
• 8 remove the pan from the heat, add the tequila and return it to the flame. be careful when adding the tequila because it may flame up.
• 9 cook the shrimp for another 2 minutes, add the cilantro, and remove the pan from the fire.
• 10 taste the juice in the pan and season it with a salt and pepper.