Delicious food is the key to a good mood
Steaks, lean fish and seafood are especially popular among most men and women. Standard recipes and cooking methods soon become boring, as you want to give such products a special aftertaste. An ordinary lemon comes to the aid of housewives in such a situation.
For reference! The properties of the fruit are equally suitable for fish, meat and even shrimp. Fish baked with lemon slices will receive an extraordinary taste, delicate aroma and a wonderful aftertaste that will delight even the most fastidious gourmet.
Preparing lemon sauce for seasoning dishes takes just a few minutes, and thanks to a variety of recipe options, it will become a regular guest in your kitchen.
Rules for perfect taste
To prepare a spicy sauce, only juice and zest are used. The seeds should also be removed as they can impart bitterness. You need to squeeze the juice manually: cut the lemon into 2 parts and squeeze each one in turn. Before use, the resulting juice must be strained through a sieve.
To give the sauce a touch of haute cuisine, you can include several additional products:
- oils of different types;
- honey or sugar to soften the taste;
- salt
- assortment of spices (peppers, cumin, oregano);
- sour cream (can be replaced with cream or natural yogurt) - the product will add thickness and viscosity.
Herbs (finely chopped parsley, onion or dill) in the sauce can thicken it.
How to avoid spoiling the sauce with shrimp?
It is believed that a delicious sauce can fix even a bad dish. But this doesn’t work with shrimp – if they turn out “rubbery”, there’s nothing you can do about it. Therefore, for complete harmony, it is necessary to cook seafood correctly.
As a rule, shrimp are purchased frozen. They can be boiled-frozen (red) or fresh-frozen (grayish). In any case, the procedure will be as follows.
Any dish will be especially tasty if served with the right sauce. In many restaurants, sauce recipes are kept secret. emphasizes the special taste of the dish and its ingredients. Every good housewife should have several sauces in stock for different dishes. Here we will talk about additives for many people’s favorite shrimp. The seafood is not bad at all in its usual boiled form, but the dish will be much tastier if the shrimp are served with an unusual-tasting sauce.
It is convenient to dip large shrimp in the sauce, so it is recommended to boil the largest king prawns. In the store you will find both carcasses in the shell and already cleaned. To save cooking time and spare guests from the cleaning procedure, of course, it is better to choose the second option. Although, for gathering friends over a glass of foamy drink, peeling shrimp will be an activity as entertaining as cracking seeds.
Meat will give you strength
Lemon sauce according to the Italian recipe will give the meat dish a unique taste, combining pleasant sourness and attractive sweetness.
Ingredients:
- freshly squeezed fruit juice (3 tablespoons);
- 6 tbsp. spoons of olive oil;
- melted or candied honey (1 tbsp);
- spices (mixture of peppers, Italian herbs).
- salt
Strain the juice until transparent, add oil and honey. Mix thoroughly and add spices. That's it - the great sauce is ready. Pour it over the dish and enjoy the delicate taste.
Shrimp sauce
Since shrimp do not have a distinct taste, they, as an independent dish or a dish based on them, should be emphasized with a good aromatic or spicy sauce. Prawn sauce is easy to make.
Almost all of them are prepared using the same ingredients.
This can include small amounts of mayonnaise, ketchup, cream, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic.
. You can add slightly different spices to different sauces. It is better to serve fried shrimp with light sauces based on ketchup, and for boiled or baked shrimp you can serve sauces with mayonnaise and sauces with olive oil.
Spicy shrimp sauce with horseradish
Those who like it spicy will surely enjoy the spicy sauce for shrimp with horseradish.
. It is prepared very simply: you need to take 100 ml of ketchup and 50 g of horseradish root.
- The root must be fresh. It needs to be peeled and grated on a fine grater.
- The resulting mass must be mixed with ketchup. This sauce is suitable for any type of seafood, not just shrimp.
Chilli garlic sauce for shrimp
Another hot sauce is chili garlic sauce.
. To prepare it you will need: 1 tablespoon of olive oil, one small chili pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 lemon. If desired, you can add coriander.
- Chop the garlic, fry in a frying pan in olive oil until golden brown, add finely chopped chili pepper, mix everything thoroughly and continue stirring, fry for 3 minutes.
- Remove the sauce from heat, cool, add lemon juice and herbs or crushed coriander seeds. Coriander in combination with garlic will give this sauce a spicy aroma, and chili pepper will give it a spicy taste. If you need to make a larger amount of sauce, then take all the products in quantities increased proportionally by 2 times.
Salsacase - shrimp sauce
The sauce called “Salsakaza” has an unusual and refreshing taste. It includes
orange juice, which gives the sauce a light invigorating taste, despite the fact that the base is rather heavy ketchup and mayonnaise.
- How to cook: mix 250 ml of mayonnaise and 80 ml of ketchup. It's better if the mayonnaise is homemade.
- After mixing the mixture well until uniformly pink, add the juice of one sweet orange, mix again and put in the refrigerator to cool for 10-15 minutes. This sauce is good with boiled or baked shrimp.
Spicy garlic sauce for shrimp
Spicy garlic sauce is also easy to prepare. To prepare it, you need to take a bunch of fresh dill, 100 ml of mayonnaise, 1 head of garlic and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. You can add salt and black pepper to taste.
Garlic and dill need to be finely chopped,
mix with mayonnaise and lemon juice, add salt and pepper. The more juice you add to the sauce, the piquant and fresher the taste will be. Most often they are limited to 2-3 tablespoons.
Cheese sauce for shrimp
A very unusual sauce is obtained if you take 200 g of processed cheese,
melt in a container, add 4 finely chopped onions, keep on fire for another 5 minutes, then add boiled shrimp.
The number of sauces that can be served with shrimp is huge, it all depends on your taste and desire. In general, you can mix different ingredients for the sauce, the main thing is that you like the dish.
Every shrimp lover knows: it’s not enough to boil them, you also need to properly prepare the appropriate sauce to enjoy the taste to the fullest. The right sauce not only enhances the taste of seafood, but can even completely transform it.
Since shrimp do not have a distinct taste, they, as an independent dish or a dish based on them, should be emphasized with a good aromatic or spicy sauce. Prawn sauce is easy to make.
Almost all of them are prepared using the same ingredients.
This can include small amounts of mayonnaise, ketchup, cream, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic.
. You can add slightly different spices to different sauces. It is better to serve fried shrimp with light sauces based on ketchup, and for boiled or baked shrimp you can serve sauces with mayonnaise and sauces with olive oil.
Spicy shrimp sauce with horseradish
Those who like it spicy will surely enjoy the spicy sauce for shrimp with horseradish.
. It is prepared very simply: you need to take 100 ml of ketchup and 50 g of horseradish root.
- The root must be fresh. It needs to be peeled and grated on a fine grater.
- The resulting mass must be mixed with ketchup. This sauce is suitable for any type of seafood, not just shrimp.
Chilli garlic sauce for shrimp
Another hot sauce is chili garlic sauce.
. To prepare it you will need: 1 tablespoon of olive oil, one small chili pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 lemon. If desired, you can add coriander.
- Chop the garlic, fry in a frying pan in olive oil until golden, add finely chopped chili pepper, mix everything thoroughly and continue stirring, fry for 3 minutes.
- Remove the sauce from heat, cool, add lemon juice and herbs or crushed coriander seeds. Coriander combined with garlic will give this sauce a spicy aroma, and chili pepper will give it a spicy taste. If you need to make a larger amount of sauce, then take all the products in quantities increased proportionally by 2 times.
Salsacase - shrimp sauce
The sauce called “Salsakaza” has an unusual and refreshing taste. It includes
orange juice, which gives the sauce a light invigorating taste, despite the fact that the base is rather heavy ketchup and mayonnaise.
- How to cook: mix 250 ml of mayonnaise and 80 ml of ketchup. It's better if the mayonnaise is homemade.
- After mixing the mixture well until uniformly pink, add the juice of one sweet orange, mix again and put in the refrigerator to cool for 10-15 minutes. This sauce is good with boiled or baked shrimp.
Spicy garlic sauce for shrimp
Spicy garlic sauce is also easy to prepare. To prepare it, you need to take a bunch of fresh dill, 100 ml of mayonnaise, 1 head of garlic and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. You can add salt and black pepper to taste.
Garlic and dill need to be finely chopped,
mix with mayonnaise and lemon juice, add salt and pepper. The more juice you add to the sauce, the piquant and fresher the taste will be. Most often they are limited to 2-3 tablespoons.
Cheese sauce for shrimp
A very unusual sauce is obtained if you take 200 g of processed cheese,
melt in a container, add 4 finely chopped onions, keep on fire for another 5 minutes, then add boiled shrimp.
The number of sauces that can be served with shrimp is huge, it all depends on your taste and desire. In general, you can mix different ingredients for the sauce, the main thing is that you like the dish.
The right sauce will highlight and transform the taste of seafood. All lovers know that in order to fully enjoy a dish, you need to prepare a good shrimp sauce. To make the task easier, we offer a selection of the best and delicious recipes.
Ordinary shrimp can be transformed into a magical dish if you prepare the best sauce for it. Pamper your household with delicious food.
Ingredients:
- heavy cream – 260 ml;
- greens – 20 g;
- peeled shrimp – 550 g;
- butter – 60 g;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- dry white wine – 60 ml.
Preparation:
- Cut the butter into pieces. Place in a frying pan. Turn the heat to low and melt the butter.
- Cut the peeled garlic cloves into thin slices. Send to butter. Stirring constantly, simmer until transparent.
- Pour in the wine. Simmer the food until it evaporates completely. The sauce requires only the taste and aroma of grapes.
- Pour in cream. Boil. Add salt and mix.
- At this stage, place the seafood and simmer for a quarter of an hour.
- Remove the shrimp and simmer the sauce until the mixture is reduced by half.
- Return the main component and sprinkle with chopped green mass. Mix.
For lovers of spicy food, you can add more garlic to the composition. It should not be overcooked, otherwise the sauce will become bitter and acquire an unpleasant aroma.
A universal recipe for housewives
This lemon sauce is suitable as a dressing for meat or fish. For cooking you will need the following products:
- zest of half a lemon;
- lemon juice – 3 tbsp. l;
- corn oil (or olive) – 6 tbsp. l;
- mustard seeds – 0.5 tsp;
- black pepper - a pinch;
- sugar and salt 0.5 tsp each;
- basil leaves for decoration.
We cut off the zest, as this is what conveys the aroma of the fruit, and finely chop it. Squeeze the juice into a separate container and add the grated zest. Crush the mustard with a pestle until the smallest particles are obtained, and add it to the juice along with the pepper, mixing thoroughly. Add butter, sugar and salt. Beat the ingredients in a blender. Don't forget to garnish the sauce with basil, which will give it some zing.
In creamy garlic sauce
This recipe will really appeal to those who love spicy foods.
Ingredients:
- eight hundred grams of shrimp;
- eighty grams of butter;
- five cloves of garlic;
- three hundred milliliters of heavy cream or sour cream;
- parsley;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- lemon juice;
- lettuce leaves;
- coconut milk 20 milliliters.
Preparation.
- Let's start with garlic, which we peel and finely chop.
- Heat a frying pan and melt butter in it.
- Add garlic to it and fry until it starts to turn golden.
- Add cream and stir constantly.
- Add coconut milk and simmer for a few minutes.
- Boil the shrimp, clean it and add it to the frying pan.
- Season with salt and pepper and simmer for about seven minutes.
- Small mode and add parsley.
- Place the prepared shrimp on a plate with lettuce leaves and sprinkle with lemon juice. It’s best to eat shrimp with this sauce while they’re still hot.
- A small change you can make to this recipe is that the shrimp and sauce are cooked fake. Next, the shrimp are laid out on a dish and poured over with sauce. The taste is a little different, but no worse.
- Boiled rice or fresh vegetable salads are best served as a side dish.
Bon appetit!
Shrimp is a wonderful seafood that has become familiar to us.
Dishes made from these sea crustaceans are prepared very quickly, they are tasty and nutritious.
Shrimp in creamy garlic sauce is a spicy and rather unusual dish that will honor any housewife who thinks of preparing it in her kitchen.
Just try it - you will see how simple and tasty it is.
Easy “Dinner Soon” Recipe
This recipe is the easiest and fastest.
If you want to pamper your family with something delicious for dinner, but don’t have much time, try cooking shrimp in creamy garlic sauce according to this recipe.
If you like spicy food, you can add more garlic, but do not overcook it in the pan, otherwise the dish will taste bitter and have an unpleasant odor.
Simple greens go well with seafood - parsley and dill.
If you don't like any of them, you can use only one.
If preparing such a dish is your debut, do not experiment with other greens.
You may not get exactly the result you expected.
Melt the butter over low heat so that it does not burn and spoil the taste of the entire dish.
Preparation:
Although the dish is indicated for dinner, no one bothers to prepare it for breakfast, for example, as in the video:
Cooking aromatic fish
All housewives know how perfectly the sour taste of lemon sauce goes with fish. The presented recipe combines a delicate creamy taste and invigorating sourness.
To prepare it you need:
- 1 glass of lemon juice;
- 50 g butter;
- 1 egg yolk;
- 1 tsp mustard;
- 1 tbsp. water;
- green onions optional.
Place 1 yolk, mustard and water in a small heat-resistant container, whisk until smooth and place over low heat. Cut the butter into small cubes and gradually lower into the mixture. Remove the pan from the heat and carefully add lemon juice while stirring constantly. When the sauce has cooled slightly, you can add finely chopped green onions.
Mayonnaise sauce for boiled shrimp
The sauce made from mayonnaise is very tasty; it is recommended to serve it with boiled shrimp. The base of the sauce can be homemade mayonnaise; this product does not contain artificial additives. But you can also take industrially produced mayonnaise.
- 150 gr. mayonnaise;
- 150 gr. unsweetened thick yogurt or sour cream;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 50 ml lime juice;
- 2 teaspoons grated lime zest;
- 1 pinch of cumin;
- salt and white pepper to taste.
Peel the cucumber, cut it in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Cut the remaining part of the cucumber into very small cubes.
Advice! When preparing this sauce, it is not advisable to replace lime with lemon.
Mix mayonnaise and yogurt in a bowl, add lime zest and juice, add cumin. Season to taste and add white pepper. Add cucumber cubes and mix well. Transfer to a sauce boat and serve with boiled shrimp.
Seafood for special occasions
The following lemon sauce recipe will bring any seafood dish to perfection. This thick, flavorful sauce is especially good with shrimp.
We will need:
- half a lemon;
- 1 glass of cream 20%;
- 2 yolks.
To prepare the sauce you need to follow a number of steps.
- Separate the yolks from the whites and combine them with the finely chopped zest of half a lemon.
- Add sugar, salt to the mixture and beat everything with a blender.
- Heat the cream, but do not bring it to a boil. Carefully, in a thin stream, pour the yolk-lemon mixture into them and cook until the first signs of thickening appear.
- With the same caution, add lemon juice to the mixture and bring to the desired thickness.
- Remove the finished sauce from the heat and cool.
Horseradish sauce
Each housewife prepares the sauce in her own way. Here is one of the most interesting recipes. Mix finely grated horseradish root with plain ketchup or mayonnaise to taste. You can use horseradish, which is sold in jars in the store. Boil the shrimp, peel it or buy it already peeled. You just need to dip the shrimp in the sauce and enjoy their delicious taste. Bon appetit!
Fans of spicy hot sauces will definitely love the following recipe. You will need:
- Chilli
- One or two cloves of garlic (to taste)
- Olive oil – a couple of tablespoons
- Lemon
- Coriander beans
- Honey (optional)
To prepare the sauce, fry the garlic passed through a press and very finely chopped hot chili pepper in hot oil. Then we transfer the finished mass into a gravy boat, add freshly squeezed lemon juice, honey and ground coriander grains. Mix everything and serve.
