Emergency Shrimp Sauce

13 years ago

When I thawed the shrimp, I was sure I had a bottle of shrimp cocktail sauce in the cupboard. WRONG! While I was lamenting and considering the ingredients on hand, Hub was busy rummaging, squirting, and mixing things together. It was delicious!

This is all it was:

A good size squirt of ketchup, three leftover pkgs of Taco Bell mild Taco Sauce and a drop or two of Tabasco, stirred together.

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lindac
13 years ago
My emergency cocktail sauce....and frankly I like it better than the "real stuff" is catsup, a dash of worchester sauce, fresh lemon juice and horse radish..
wizardnm
13 years ago
I never buy cocktail sauce but I always have catsup and horseradish and usually celery (grind in mini FP).

Another favorite and served at one of my favorite restaurants is mayo and Honeycup Honey Mustard mixed together.

Nancy
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Here is a recipe for shrimp soup that I like: SPICY SHRIMP SOUP WITH LEMON GRASS The most popular soup in Thailand. A classic Thai seafood soup of excellent taste. Minutes quick for easy preparation. Lemon grass and kaffir lime leaves are there for flavor, but not to be eaten. 1/2 pound shrimp 4 cups water 1 stalk fresh lemon grass, sliced 1 can (8 oz.) straw mushrooms, drained 2 kaffir lime leaves (or regular lime leaves or 1 tsp lime zest) 1 to 4 tablespoons fish sauce * 1/4 cup fresh lime juice 2 green onions, sliced 1-2 tablespoons chopped cilantro 1 to 4 red chili peppers, seeded and chopped or 1/2 teaspoon red chili paste Garnish: Cilantro sprigs Devein shrimp; leave shells on for color, if desired. Bring water to a boil. Add lemon grass and straw mushrooms; immediately reduce heat to medium-low. Add shrimp and cook for 3 minutes; stir in fish sauce and lime juice. Sprinkle with green onions, cilantro, and red chili peppers, if desired. Remove lemongrass and lime leaves and serve hot. Garnish with cilantro sprigs. Makes 4 servings. Note: Fresh mushrooms can be substituted for the canned mushrooms, but add at end of cooking time. Idea: Spicy Thai Vegetable Soup can be prepared by substituting tofu and mixed vegetables for the shrimp. Use 1/2 teaspoon of salt instead of the fish sauce. *The amount of fish sauce used in this recipe depends on the brand selected and personal taste. This is an old recipe (from the 1980s) but I still make it. I never used canned mushrooms, however, and generally use Kaffir lime juice. Use your shrimp stock for part of the water, and the flavor will be improved.
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annie1992
13 years ago
I also make cocktail sauce just like LindaC, but my latest favorite is actually the Sweet and Spicy Chili Sauce from the Ball Complete Book of Canning that I was gifted by trsinc in a book swap. The stuff has tomatoes, apple, pear, spices, hot peppers and it is yummy. elery ate the last of the bowl we had the other night with a spoon.

Annie
pkramer60
13 years ago
I bought shrimp at the beach but couldn't find thesauce, so I roughed it, it was half ketchup, half horseradish, a grind of pepper and a sqeeze of lemon. Perfect!

Like tartar sauce, the bottled stuff is often to sweet for me.
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
13 years ago
Custom shrimp cocktail sauce is so incredibly easy to make and create. You can use almost any salad dressing, add horse radish or wasabi or -----.

For a party, I always serve shrimp cocktail with four or five different sauces. Makes it very interesting and special.

dcarch
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13 years ago
Shermann , what an ingenious husband you have! Sounds tasty!

I make several but the one I make most often uses ketchup, horseradish , lemon and a splash of tobasco. I also use Soy sauce, ginger, rice wine vinegar and garlic. I make a remoulade for Clive but I'm not crazy about mayo based dips.

Think it's time for a shrimpfest!
caliloo
13 years ago
Your "emergency" recipe sounds great! I bet the taco seasoning was an interesting twist. Like Linda, et al, I never buy cocktail sauce since I do the ketchup/horseradish/celery salt/worcestershire/etc also.

Interesting ideas everyone

Alexa
jude31
13 years ago
I would imagine Sharon's chile sauce would make a great cocktail sauce with some horseradish...taste...maybe some lemon. I haven't tried it but when I tasted what I made that was what I thought of. It's very sweet so the lemon would be a good contrast.

jude
hawk307
13 years ago
Sherrmann:
Sorry I'm late. I do as the others.

If you want to go over the top,

add some Garlic Powder, a pinch of Cream of Tartar and
a pinch of Mustard.

Add more or less of the Spices you like.
I'll test it for you.
LOU
cookingrvc
13 years ago
I've been making a very nice cocktail sauce with various amounts of ketchup, wasabi sauce (Gold's makes a nice one), juice of one lime, tobasco (got to try it with the Chipotle Tobasco), dash of vodka, chopped cilantro, dash of seasoned rice vinegar, and a dash of Worstershire.

The wasabi sauce makes all the difference. Folks love it and always ask for the recipe.

Sue

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