Captain Ric’s Marinated Party Shrimp Appetizer

This is a fresh, flavorful marinated shrimp appetizer fit for most any occasion or season.  We love making this for a happy hour with friends or as an appetizer before a celebration dinner.

The Marinated Party Shrimp Appetizer Ingredients

First, you will need 2 1/2 lbs of cooked, peeled and deveined shrimp.  For the mustard vinaigrette, you will need fresh parsley, diced shallots, tarragon vinegar, white wine vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, red pepper flakes, salt and fresh ground pepper.

Preparing this Appetizer

We like to purchase precooked (frozen or fresh) and deveined shrimp, as this makes this appetizer simple to make.  If you purchase frozen shrimp, defrost the shrimp overnight in the refrigerator.

Now, rinse the shrimp in a colander and allow to drain while you prepare the mustard vinaigrette marinade.  Wash and chop fresh parsley.  Then peel and dice the shallots.

To make the marinade, in a small bowl, combine all of the vinaigrette ingredients with a whisk.  Next, put the drained, cooked, deveined and shelled shrimp (you can leave tails on or remove them) in medium sized glass container.  Then pour the marinade over the shrimp, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.  Serve over a bed of lettuce or on a serving platter with toothpicks.

Notes and Serving Suggestions for this Shrimp Appetizer

• On occasion, we have struggled to find tarragon vinegar in the grocery store. When this is the case, you can soak some fresh tarragon leaves in white wine vinegar for a few hours, then remove the tarragon leaves then use the vinegar in place of the tarragon vinegar.

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Captain Ric’s Marinated Party Shrimp Appetizer

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• Author: Gnarly Roots
• Total Time: 15 minutes
• Yield: 8-10 1x

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This is a fresh, flavorful marinated shrimp appetizer fit for most any occasion or season.  We love making this for a happy hour with friends or as an appetizer before a celebration dinner.

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Ingredients

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• 2 1/2 lbs of cooked, peeled and deveined shrimp

For the mustard vinaigrette

• 1/4 C fresh parsley
• 1/4 C diced shallots
• 1/4 C tarragon vinegar
• 1/4 C white wine vinegar
• 1/2 C olive oil
• 4–5 T Dijon mustard
• 1/2 T red pepper flakes
• 1/2 tsp salt
• fresh ground pepper to taste

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Instructions

1. We like to purchase precooked (frozen or fresh) and deveined shrimp, as this makes this appetizer simple to make.  If you purchase frozen shrimp, defrost the shrimp overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Now, rinse the shrimp in a colander and allow to drain while you prepare the mustard vinaigrette marinade.
3. Wash and chop fresh parsley.
4. Peel and dice the shallots.
5. To make the marinade, in a small bowl, combine all of the vinaigrette ingredients with a whisk.
6. Next, put the drained, cooked, deveined and shelled shrimp (you can leave tails on or remove them) in medium sized glass container.
7. Then pour the marinade over the shrimp, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
8. Serve over a bed of lettuce or on a serving platter with toothpicks.

Notes

• This recipe has a short prep time but should marinate for 2 hours at least for best results!
• On occasion, we have struggled to find tarragon vinegar in the grocery store. When this is the case, you can soak some fresh tarragon leaves in white wine vinegar for a few hours, then remove the tarragon leaves then use the vinegar in place of the tarragon vinegar.

• Prep Time: 15 min
• Category: Appetizer