Salt & White Pepper Shrimp Recipe

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Salt & White Pepper Shrimp

Salt & white pepper shrimp is one of those dishes that proves you don't need much to make something great. A handful of ingredients, cooked right, and you get sweet shrimp, a little heat from the white pepper, and just enough salt to make everything come alive… simple isn't always easy, but this dish gets it right!

SERVES

3-4

PREP & COOK TIME

25 mins

DIFFICULTY

Medium

INGREDIENTS

1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1½ tsp kosher salt
2 tbsp fresh white peppercorns, coarsely cracked
1 bunch asparagus, cut into 3 inch tops
2 tbsp neutral oil
3 tbsp butter
2 scallions, sliced, for serving
Rice, for serving
Optional: 1 to 2 tsp fish sauce

THIS RECIPE FEATURES

Milly Pepper tin of White Pepper on white background.

Fresh White Pepper

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DIRECTIONS

Pat the shrimp dry and season with salt. Spread the cracked white pepper on a plate and press the shrimp into it, coating heavily on all sides.
Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp in a single layer and cook for 1 minute, until it starts to color.
Lay the asparagus tops over the shrimp. Cook for 2 minutes more, turning the shrimp once, until the shrimp is just cooked through and the asparagus is bright green and crisp-tender. Remove both from the pan.
Lower the heat and add the butter, swirling to build a quick pan sauce. Off the heat, add the fish sauce if using.
Toss the shrimp and asparagus back in the butter sauce to coat.
Serve over rice, finished with scallions.

recipe author

antonio mora

Antonio Mora, a good friend of ours, has been cooking in NYC kitchens for over 25 years, most recently as executive chef at Quality Meats, before making his way upstate. These days he's slinging chopped cheese, bacon-egg-and-cheese, and other bodega classics at his own shop, Tiny's Sandwich, in Hamden — with the same care he brought to the city, just better ingredients and a lot more elbow room.