Ingredients

  • 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled & deveined
  • 1 large or 2 small cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp crushed red chili pepper (+/- to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Pinch of oregano
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1-1/2 sticks butter
  • 2 Tbs olive oil
  • 4 crusty Portuguese or French rolls, heated

Method

  • Saute shrimp in hot olive oil with chili pepper till almost done. Reduce heat and add lemon juice first, then other ingredients. Heat until butter is melted & hot. Cut a pocket into each roll, by sticking a knife into one end & slicing the inside only. Press the inside open with fingers & stuff each "pocket" w/ 1/4 of the shrimp. Pour remaining butter in to ramekins for dipping.