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Morton's Shrimp Alexander

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Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner...

Yield: 4 Ready in 2 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Shrimp.

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
4 oz.butter or margarine
1 Prepared breadcrumbs; (see below)
U-12 Louisiana Shrimp; (large 12 per pound)
Prepared Breadcrumbs:
2 cupsplain breadcrumbs
2 tspshallots; finely minced
2 tspparsley; chopped
1 tbspfresh garlic; chopped
Salt and pepper

Morton's Shrimp Alexander Preparation

In a small saucepan, melt 4 oz. of butter. The butter should be warm, not hot. Dip cleaned shrimp in warm butter one at a time. Let excess butter drain off, then pad buttered shrimp into prepared breadcrumbs (see recipe below).

Place breaded shrimp on baking sheet vein side down with the tail curled up. Place sheet in a 500-degree oven for approximately 4-5 minutes, until golden brown.

Serve with white wine butter sauce or any other light cream sauce.

Mince shallots, chop garlic and parsley. In a mixing bowl, combine garlic, shallots, and parsley into plain breadcrumbs, being careful not to leave any lumps of garlic or shallots. Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Calories Per Serving: 648
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Morton's Shrimp Alexander Reviews

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Active/ Total time depends on whether you buy the shrimp already deveined or not. [I posted this recipe.]
4 years, 4 months, 4 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes ago

Tags

  1. garlic
  2. shrimp
  3. shallot
  4. new year's eve
  5. christmas eve
  6. dinner party
  7. Shrimp.
  8. American

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