Oven Steamed Shrimp
There’s a snow storm in DC and it’s empty in the grocery stores. Literally, no produce left on the shelves. It is crazy over here. I was hoping to get some vegetables but was left with whatever was in my fridge for this weekend (and Super Bowl Sunday!!)
Anyway, I saw a nice oven steamed vegetable recipe and decided to recreated with whatever I could find: bell peppers, squashes and shrimp. Sounds like a meal right?
For this storm emergency dish I found:
- 18 shrimp
- 1 yellow squash
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 2 tbs white wine
- olive oil
Chop both the squash and bell pepper length wise to make strips. The bell pepper about half an inch thick and the bell pepper very thin. Pour white wine over the vegetables and a good amount of olive oil, to really moisten the vegetables. Mix around until all is covered and put in the middle of a big aluminium foil sheet. Peel the shrimp and put on top of the vegetables and wrap the foil sheet up. Preheat the oven to 450F and let the “foil hut” cook for about 20-25 minutes.
Served with potatoes fried in Old Bay seasoning.







Oven steaming – I’ve used the technique for fish, but not shellfish. Excellent adaptation. Given the ingredients, if you had an indoor grill (or lived someplace where you could have an outdoor one), I would have also tried making kabobs, brush w/ the olive oil and grilling.
is the bell pepper cut thin or thick?
It’s cut maybe half inch-3/4 in. thick in strips :)