Ann's Shrimp Recipe

 I really am famous for this shrimp recipe and you will be too. Don't let the number of ingredients scare you. They are all things you probably have at home except for the shrimp. You can use any size shrimp but we prefer the big ones.

• 4 pounds of shrimp-raw
• 4T chilli powder 
• 1T salt
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1C ketchup
  
• 1C worcestershire sauce
• 1/3C brown sugar 
• 1lemon sliced
• 2T lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp crushed bay leaves
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1/2 cayenne pepper
• tobasco or other hot sauce to taste
  

Devein the shrimp if it did not come already done-use scissors to cut the back of the shell open and pull out the vein by hand. This is very easy to do and takes only a couple minutes to do the whole lot.

Sprinkle about 1T chilli powder and about 1T salt on the shrimp in a large bowl, cover the bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

While the shrimp is chilling, melt the butter in a shallow pan. When it is melted put the onion and garlic in the pan. Place all the rest of the ingredients in the pan in the order they appear in the recipe along with the salt and remaining chilli powder at the end. Use only a small amount of tabasco sauce to start and add more according to how hot you like it. I put in about 3 dashes. After 15 minutes remove the lemon slices.

Pour about one quarter the sauce mixture over the shrimp and return to the fridge. Heat up your barbie. When it is hot put the shrimp on the upper level not too close to the flame. Let the shrimp cook until it is all pink outside.

Remove from heat, dip in sauce heated or cold and enjoy the most scrumpdeliacious combination ever.