Kwame’s Pepper Shrimp

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (4 ounces)
• 5 large garlic cloves, minced
• 1 fresh Scotch bonnet chile, stemmed, unseeded, and minced (about 1 tablespoon)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1 thyme sprig
• 3 pounds unpeeled head-on raw large shrimp, deveined
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Steps

1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium. Add garlic, chile, and ginger; cook, stirring often, until aromatic and tender, about 5 minutes. Add lime juice, vinegar, and thyme; bring to a simmer over medium. Increase heat to medium-high; add shrimp, and cook, stirring often, until shrimp are opaque and cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with salt, and serve immediately.