Easy Shrimp Mozambique

  5.0 – 6 reviews  • Portuguese

White bread for the bread maker that is tasty.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  1. 4 tablespoons butter
  2. ¼ cup finely chopped onion
  3. ½ cup water
  4. 8 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  5. 2 (1.41 ounce) packages sazon seasoning with saffron (such as Goya Azafran)
  6. 1 lemon, juiced
  7. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  8. ½ (12 ounce) bottle beer
  9. 2 teaspoons hot sauce (such as Tabasco), or to taste
  10. 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Sauté onion in hot butter until slightly golden, about 5 minutes. Stir in water, garlic, sazon seasoning, lemon juice, salt, and pepper; cook for 2 minutes.
  2. Stir in beer and hot sauce; bring to a boil. Add shrimp and cook until bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, about 3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 227 kcal
Carbohydrate 7 g
Cholesterol 203 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 20 g
Saturated Fat 8 g
Sodium 3385 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 13 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Laura Garrett
I added sauteed mushrooms, zucchini and diced yellow pepper, and used a crab stock instead of water, it was yummy! Next time I will make more!
Taylor Wallace
Delicious!! I also added paprika, turmeric and used veggie broth instead of water and 2 tablespoons of Frank’s RedHot hot sauce. I also put it over cheesy grits. Definitely making this again!
Alice Johnson
Definitely a good starting point for this dish. I substituted veggie broth for the water. Also, I’m not a fan of the packaged sazon mixes because they typically include too much MSG. Instead, I make my own sazon with a teaspoon of turmeric, a teaspoon of paprika, a half teaspoon of Portuguese assafroa (safflower powder), a quarter teaspoon on saffron (crushed). Add some turmeric and paprika to the white rice while it’s cooking for a delicate orange/yellow color.
Nicole Campbell
. Use a Portuguese hot sauce, such as Gonsalves. https://www.famousfoods.com/gohotsamopi3.html Use A LOT MORE than 2 Tablespoons!
Nancy Mathis
Very good!!! My wife and I just returned from the south coast of Massachusetts where this dish is hugely popular and we fell in love with it while we were there. I made it exactly as described with the exception that I used “Piri Piri” hot sauce I picked up at a Portuguese market in Fall River, MA in place of the Tabasco. Very good, savory, and wonderfully flavorful! Definitely on our list of regular dishes to make.
Victoria Miller
This was excellent! The sazon turns everything into a beautiful color that pops. It made my chopped onions look like chopped red bell peppers. I made another Mozambique recipe from this site last night as well and this one was my favorite. The other one called for a full beer and the rice added in. The half a beer in this one was spot on and served over rice was a much prettier presentation.

 

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