Enjoy this distinctive platter heaped with shrimp and served with a tangy cocktail sauce – a delicious seafood appetizer!
Shrimp Cocktail Platter
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 26
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 2 lb (26 to 30 count) cooked peeled deveined large shrimp with tails, thawed if frozen
- 1 cup purchased cocktail sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon chipotle or regular chile powder
- Watercress or fresh parsley sprigs
- Lemon slices
Instructions
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Step1Rinse shrimp; pat dry. Line a 4-cup bowl with enough plastic wrap so that it hangs over edge of bowl. Arrange a layer of shrimp in a spiral pattern in bottom of bowl. Add additional layers, filling all spaces and pressing down, until bowl is full.
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Step2Fold the plastic wrap over shrimp. Place two 1-pound cans on top of shrimp and refrigerate 1 hour.
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Step3Meanwhile, in small bowl combine cocktail sauce, lime juice and chile powder; mix well. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
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Step4Unwrap bowl. Pull plastic wrap away from top of bowl. To unmold, place a large platter upside down over bowl, then turn platter and bowl over; remove plastic wrap. Garnish the shrimp spiral with watercress and lemon slices. Serve with sauce.
Nutrition
45
Calories
0g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
3g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 shrimp and 2 teaspoons sauce each
- Calories
- 45
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 65mg
- 21%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 100mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 3g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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