Spicy Beer and Butter Shrimp + Cornbread Panzanella Salad.
Oh this Spicy Beer and Butter Shrimp Salad, let’s talk about it.
First of all, it has been sitting on my computer since July 8th. Ok wait, the salad itself has not actually been sitting on my computer for over a month. Oh my gosh, can you imagine what it would look like?
Eww!
Especially, here in Oregon where things are moist and seem to grow mold like a bazillion times faster than Colorado. Honestly, I’ve thrown out so much moldy food here it is insane. Such a waste of money. I swear, NOTHING grows mold where I live in Colorado. I’m not sure if it’s just the dryness or the ten thousand feet of elevation (both), but I never throw food out at home.
Oh, and I have I mentioned how much I hate mold? I hate it.
Did I tell you guys about the moldy sweet potatoes?
Oh so gross, I am not even going to get into it since this is a food blog and I want to make food sound good to you and not make you want to puke your guts out.
Let’s just say they were mushy, fuzzy, black and disgusting. The images will be burned into my brain forever. So gross!
And back to shrimp (sorry for the queasy trip down memory lane).
So yes, the photos of this buttery shrimp salad have been sitting on my computer for over month. As to why I have waited this long to share this amazing salad, that honestly is so much more than a boring salad, I have no idea.
Actually, I do.
I kind of hate the pictures, and when I hate the pictures, even if others don’t, I tend to wait to post the recipe until I have time to make it again and redeem myself.
And it is not even that I don’t like photos or that I think they are that bad, it’s more that, looking at them now, I would have done them differently.
I am highly crazy, I know this.
But I am what I am and I just can’t change it.
But this time, I said screw it.
And only because I basically got yelled at by my family. Especially my dad, who loved this salad more than anyone (FYI, I totally did this with chicken for everyone else. Tons of seafood haters around here). He could not believe I had not even posted this yet. Actually, he was shocked.
Apparently, he really like this one.
Plus, summer is coming to an end soon and I wanted you guys to see this while the summer veggies are still flowing into stores and popping out of gardens like crazy.
Tell me, are you lucky people with gardens just flooding your veggie drawers with produce fresh from your gardens? Because if you are, you are probably going to want to make yesterdays post, simple garden vegetable pizza, as well. I mean the pizza has loads of melty fontina cheese, which in my book you can’t go wrong with, cheese is always good.
Oh, and I should probably start telling you a little bit about this salad now, huh?
Cornbread croutons are the best way to use up leftover cornbread, which during the summer months we have with dinner many a nights. Of course, the day I made this salad we had zero cornbread left. Figures.
So I just made these Sweet Honey Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Biscuits except I melted the butter and spread the batter out into an 8×8 Pyrex dish. Worked awesome. Stuff’s so good. It was hard not to eat the hot pan of cheesy, spicy cornbread right there and then.
But then there is the main star. The spicy, buttery, beer shrimp. Now these guys are so good. The shrimp is simmered in the butter and the beer and the spices. Wow. So saucy, so spicy, so buttery and so beery.
Shrimp + butter + beer? It really works, in case you were wondering.
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Spicy Beer and Butter Shrimp + Cornbread Panzanella Salad
By halfbakedharvest
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: salad
A super tasty and filling salad
Ingredients
Shrimp
- 1 pound of peeled and deveined raw shrimp
- 3/4 cup beer
- 4 tablespoon butter
- 1 clove garlic minced or grated
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Salad
- 3 cups of cubed cornbread (I used this recipe only I baked the cornbread in an 8x8 pan)
- 8 cups spring greens
- 1 ear grilled corn kernels removed
- 1 pint grape tomatoes halved
- 1 avocado diced
- 8 ounces cubed sharp cheddar cheese
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 limes juiced
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 chipotle chile minced
- 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped, plus more for garnish
- salt + pepper taste
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
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Grease a baking sheet and spread the cubed cornbread in an even layer on the baking. Add a few tablespoons olive oil, salt and pepper. Carefully toss the cornbread in the olive oil, making sure not to let the corn bread crumble into small pieces. Toast in the oven for 7-10 minutes, turning once, or until cubes are browned the way you like them. Remove from the oven and set aside.
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While the cornbread bakes work on the shrimp. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat, add the butter. Add the shrimp, beer, garlic, smoked paprika, brown sugar, cayenne, chili powder, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer until the shrimp is cooked through and the sauce has thickened and reduced down to about 1/3 a cup or so, about 10 minutes total. Stir the shrimp 3 or 4 times while cooking.
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In a small bowl whisk together 2 tablespoons olive oil, the lime juice, honey, chipotle pepper and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper.
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To assemble the salad place the spring greens, tomatoes, grilled corn and avocados in a large bowl. Add as much of the dressing as you would like and toss well. Divide the greens among four plates or bowls. Top each plate with equal amounts of the cornbread croutons and cubed cheddar cheese. Finally, divide the shrimp among the salads adding some of the sauce as well, if desired. Serve immediately.
August at its tastiest, for sure!
YUMMY!
This salad looks amazing, I love spicy shrimp!! I although I’d have to make it with chicken too because apparently, I’m the only one who likes seafish in my family (grand, that way I don’t have to share my shrimps with anyone else)… but I’m sure that the chicken version will be fantastic as well.
The cornbread croutons idea is great, too. I’d never made croutons out of it, they must be awesome! :–)
What a great use of cornbread!! And I love that there is some protein on this salad…makes the whole thing a meal!
Thanks Steph!
So glad you did not include any photos of your moldy sweet potatoes! And these pictures are AWESOME!!!
Shrimp look so tasty! I think I need to wait till lunchtime to read your blog! Today I have 3 maybe 2 more hrs to go 🙁
Haha! That would have been so grows!!
Thanks so much, Shashi!
Okay that shrimp looks so yummy! I am pinning this right now because I just can’t go another day without eating it. Yummy! xx. McKenna (Lou) Ryan
Thank you so much, McKenna! I hope you love it!
AAAAMAZNG! Spicy beer AND butter?? OKAY!
Thank you, Laurie!!
Oh and I have to tell you, I loved your mini greek gyro meatballs you posted today!! They look so good!
YOU COOKED WITH BEER! Awww, I’m so proud of you 🙂
Oh yes!! It was so good!!
Thanks Jackie!
This looks so good. I just love the way it looks..
Thank you so much, Barbara!
I know that even if I say the pictures are terrific, you probably won’t believe it! So I will say it anyway 🙂 These pictures are incredible and that salad looks amazing. Anything with seafood and bread is a good recipe in my book. Thanks for sharing.
Awe, thank you so much!! You are so sweet, Chelsea!
Wow those shrimp look incredible and so does the salad. Great recipe!
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Thanks you so much, Eric!
THIS. IS. OUT of CONTROL. Oh my goodness, it is amazing looking. And adding breading…holy moley.
Thank you so much, Cathy!
Oh how I could dive on into this scrump-dilly-icious salad!!! Wow!
Thanks Robyn!
Aww, your pictures are always beautiful, these included! 🙂 I’m so glad you still decided to share this yummy salad with us!
Thank you so much!!
What a great dinner salad for the summer! Everything in it looks so great and seems like the flavors would work perfectly together 🙂
Thank you so much, Laura!
I am with you on the whole mold thing. I’ve lived in the Pacific Northwest for so long I don’t remember what it’s like in other places but I do have to through food out, go through tons of bread around here. ugh. And I’m also with you on the whole holding onto blog posts until you have it just perfect. Sometimes I hate the picture. Sometimes I love the picture but I need to tweak a few things about the recipe itself. I’ve got recipes in my queue that have been there for a couple months too because I haven’t had the chance to remake them so they are good enough to share. Tough job we have huh? 😉
Haha, yup super tough! LOL!
Thanks Des!
Haha, I totally pictured black fuzzy mold! Too gross!! What’s not gross is your crazy good salad!!
Thanks Jocelyn!
I just made this and it was awesome and enjoyed by everyone in the fam! Thank you for sharing!!!!
THIS RECIPE IS BOMB. Even if you don’t make the salad, this should be just the way everyone cooks shrimp for the rest of eternity.
Thank you so much Sarah! xTieghan
This was delicious! We had it with smoked ribs! Question about the Intructions-it ways to mix 2T of oil with the lime , honey and chipotle pepper-but ingredients listed 3T-what is the other T of olive oil for? Also, the shrimp sauce never thickened-what did I do wrong! Thanks for a great recipe
Hey Kathy,
Thanks so much for giving this recipe a try, I am so glad that it was enjoyed! Have a great week:) xTieghan