Focus on food: August 23, 2007

Make Your Own Shrimp Mozambique!

Ingredients:
• 2 lb. large shrimp (16-20) Peeled and deveined
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup chicken stock or seafood stock
• 3 cloves garlic
• ½ bunch parsley
• 1 can of beer
• 1 package sazon seasoning
• 2 tablespoon. pimento moida
• 1 onion, chopped
• ¼ c. olive oil
• cup of white rice, whole grain

Directions:
1. Melt butter in a large sauté pan until foam recedes. Add onion and sauté until translucent. Chop garlic and add. Sauté for 1 minute, being careful not to brown garlic. Add pimento moida, seafood stock, and sazon. Bring to a boil.

2. Add beer, return to a boil. Add rice and olive oil. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until most of the water is absorbed.

3. Add shrimp and chopped parsley and sauté until shrimp is cooked. Aprox. 10 minutes, or until shrimp is firm to the touch and loses its translucency.

4. Ready to Serve!