Description
Quick and easy shrimp cocktail served in individual spoons for simple party serving.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb cooked, peeled, and deveined shrimp, medium size
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 24 small appetizer spoons or small cocktail glasses
Instructions
- Thaw shrimp if frozen and pat them dry with paper towels. Cut larger shrimp in half so they fit well on the spoons.
- In a small bowl, combine the ketchup, horseradish, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Mix until smooth. This is your cocktail sauce.
- Place about 1 teaspoon of cocktail sauce into the bottom of each appetizer spoon or small glass.
- Top each serving with one or two pieces of shrimp.
- Chill the shrimp bites for at least 15 minutes before serving.
Notes
- You can prepare the cocktail sauce up to one day ahead and store it covered in the refrigerator.
- For a slight variation, add a dash of hot sauce to the cocktail sauce mixture.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 25
- Sugar: 2
- Sodium: 150
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 3
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 35
Keywords: shrimp cocktail, wedding appetizers, easy appetizer, cold appetizer, seafood bite