Guillot's Bang Bang Crappie Shrimp

[Rojo]

Cooked a quick lunch today as Tornado repairs waits for no one. Making progress.

Anyway to start I use 1 stick of Un-salted butter in the pan on medium heat till simmering.



Once simmering a fine mince on a couple of toes of quality Elephant Garlic and into the butter it goes. You do not want to brown your butter at all. The hot oils in the butter will extract the abundance of flavor.



As the garlic cooks a bit I diced some crappie fillets into 3/4in cubes adding the fish then add a heavy helping of Bang Bang seasonings to the mixture to start the seasonings themselves cooking to bloom the flavors.



At this point I grab a big handful of shrimp adding them to the pan as well and give a good stir. The Crappie will break up providing some body to the dish.



Now I love the sesame chili oil and it really brings on the heat as well as adding the toasted sesame seed aroma to the overall dish. Black pepper for flavor and salt to taste. The un-salted butter leaves the dish room for salting. I add thin sliced scallions when turning the heat off. If more heat is desired additional Chili oil & Bang Bang seasonings will further spice the dish right up.



I like this over Jasmine Rice but regular white rice is fine. A cold Longneck makes the overall dish really Pop. Since one Longneck leads to another around here I had to forego the beer for tea. Still had to go back outside and work.



I like a little soy sauce with mine but is is very good without too.