Baked Shrimp in Chipotle Sauce

From the kitchen of Carly

Shrimp in their shells get roasted in a butter-wine sauce spiked with smoky chipotle and bright Worcestershire. Ten minutes in the oven and you've got tender, spicy shrimp begging for crusty bread to soak up every drop of that addictive sauce.

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Servings
4
Difficulty
medium

Ingredients

4 servings

  • 11/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
  • 11/4 cup dry red wine
  • 11 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 11 to 2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo, minced, plus 2 to 3 teaspoons adobo sauce
  • 11 large garlic clove, minced
  • 11 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 11 1/2 lb medium shrimp in shell (31 to 35 per pound)
  • 1Accompaniment: baguette
  • 1a 2- to 3-qt ceramic or glass shallow baking dish

Instructions

  1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.

  2. Melt butter in a saucepan and stir in wine, Worcestershire sauce, chipotles with adobo sauce (to taste), garlic, and salt. Toss shrimp with sauce in baking dish and bake until shrimp are just cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes. Sauce can be briefly simmered (with shrimp removed) to reduce it as needed.