Shrimp Martinis

11 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined, tail on, or buy them precooked
  • 2 ribs celery, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp hot sauce
  • 1 juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 cup chili sauce
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup vegetable juice (I use V8)
  • 1 salt to taste
  • 1 pepper to taste
  • 1 lemon, wedged
  • 2 rounded spoonfuls prepared horseradish

Directions

  1. 1
    If your shrimp are raw, steam them until pink, about 5 minutes, then run them under cold water to stop the cooking.
  2. 2
    Chill until ready to serve.
  3. 3
    Mix the celery, horseradish, lemon juice, hot sauce, chili sauce, ketchup, and vegetable juice together and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. 4
    Pour the sauce into 4 martini glasses and surround the rims with chilled shrimp.
  5. 5
    Serve lemon wedges on cocktail forks alongside the glasses.
  6. 6
    *To add an extra elegant flair, decorate the glasses with a swirl of lemon peel or frost them in the freezer.
  7. 7
    *
  8. 8
    **Also keep a bowl nearby for the tails so your guests don't feel like they have to eat them.
  9. 9
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