North Shore Garlic Shrimp

Ingredients

• 1½ lb Shrimp
• 8 cloves garlic, minced (a full truck-stop dose)
• 4 tbsp butter + 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp flour or rice flour
• ½ tsp paprika + ¼ tsp cayenne
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 2 scoops rice per plate, mandatory

Method

1. Toss the Shrimp with the flour, paprika, cayenne, and ½ teaspoon salt — the light dusting builds the crust that holds the garlic butter.
2. Melt half the butter with the oil over medium-high and sear the Shrimp 90 seconds per side until golden. Remove.
3. Drop the heat, add the remaining butter and ALL the garlic, and cook gently 90 seconds — golden and nutty, never brown; truck rules.
4. Return the Shrimp, toss through the garlic butter, and finish with lemon.
5. Serve over two scoops of rice with every drop of pan butter poured on top. Napkins: several. Regrets: none.