by Amy Andrews | Mar 6, 2025 | * Make in Advance, * Weeknight Cooking, Appetizers & Snacks, Fish & Shellfish, Season: Autumn, Season: Spring, Season: Summer, Season: Winter, Tips: How-to
This quick, gentle cooking method makes for tender, delicious shrimp, especially if you buy wild-caught, Gulf Coast shrimp. Once cooked, plunge into an ice bath to cool then keep refrigerated until you want to enjoy a shrimp cocktail. Chilled poached shrimp make great...
by Amy Andrews | Feb 19, 2015 | Appetizers & Snacks, Fish & Shellfish
I set a bag of frozen shrimp in my refrigerator to thaw but didn’t get around to making the recipe I had in mind, so days passed…one, two…I couldn’t face three, so I poached them. And I’m going to do it regularly! On day one, even!...
by Amy Andrews | Aug 25, 2024 | * Make in Advance, Appetizers & Snacks, Fish & Shellfish, Main, Picnic, Season: Spring, Season: Summer
Trust me, there are quite a few shrimp in there under the pickled vegetables! Serve as a wine nibble, appetizer, or as a main dish if you have something else to go with, like a green salad and these lemon beans. For shrimp, buy frozen, preferably sustainably wild...
by Amy Andrews | Aug 13, 2025 | * Weeknight Cooking, Fish & Shellfish, Fresh & Light, Season: Summer
When you want the flavor of spring rolls but don’t want to deal with the rice paper rolling, make these bowls instead. Featuring Lotus Food’s brown rice soba noodles (that cook in 7 minutes), peanut sauce, and poached Key West pink shrimp. Spring Roll...
by Amy Andrews | Aug 12, 2022 | Appetizers & Snacks, Fish & Shellfish, Fresh & Light, Main, Season: Spring, Season: Summer, Vegetarian
For a refreshing dinner in hot weather, make these Vietnamese rice paper rolls. Set up all the ingredients on a platter and you can recruit everyone to make their own—fun and helpful! My #1 tip is to soak the wraps (“rice paper” which is sometimes made...
