Recipe: Appetizing Shrimp Mozambique

Shrimp Mozambique. Leave the shells on for a bold, savory-tasting shrimp Mozambique, the legendary Portuguese dish infused with white wine, beer, and sazon. Shrimp Mozambique is one of the most unique and popular dishes in Portuguese cuisine and it comes from the rich historical past of Portuguese exploration. Portuguese Shrimp Mozambique is a favorite Portuguese dinner staple recipe.

This Portuguese Shrimp Mozambique has it's roots in Portugal and is named after it's former African colony Mozambique, but what I really want to say is, I don't usually pass on a chance to eat anything that has it's origin in Portugal and I don't think you should either. Those folks know how to whip-up a good feed! In a small mixing bowl add garlic, sazon goya, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper. mix gently. You can have Shrimp Mozambique using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shrimp Mozambique

1. Prepare 1 lbs of shrimp.
2. Prepare 1 of onion chopped.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of parsley.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of piri-piri or saffron if you can't find piri-piri.
5. You need 4 of minced garlic cloves.
6. It's 1/2 stick of butter.
7. It's 1 tbsp of olive oil.
8. You need 1/2 of white wine.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of white rice.
10. It's 1 packet of sazon goya con azafran.

Shrimp Mozambique This spicy shrimp dish, a Portuguese classic named for its former African colony, is served at the Liberal Club in Fall River, Massachusetts, with french fries and rice or pasta. Spicy shrimp flavored with wine and garlic. I found this at epicurious.com and am posting for ZWT. When my daughter was just three-years-old, we went to a restaurant in New Bedford, Massachusetts (where many Azorean and Madeiran families settled) with my father's first cousin, Conçeiçao, or Cussie, as we called her.

Shrimp Mozambique step by step

1. In a bowl add the chopped garlic, piri piri sauce, packet of sazon goya, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix it together.
2. Add the olive oil and half of the butter to a frying pan with the onion and cook until soft, 4-5 minutes over medium heat.
3. Add the contents of the bowl to the pan, stir, and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add wine, bring to boil and reduce for 2 minutes over medium high heat. Add the shrimp and the rest of the butter.
4. Cook over medium heat until the shrimp are done.
5. Place the shrimp and sauce in a serving platter and garnish with the parsley. Serve along with the rice. And add on top of french bread if so desired.

We ordered the Shrimp Mozambique, which Cussie adored, and much to our surprise, my daughter gobbled it up! This shrimp dish is a party in a pan! All you need is some good Vinho Verde, fresh crusty bread for dipping into to sauce, and friends to share it with! Although the reicpe is called a Mozambique, it's a favorite Portuguese dish served in many Portuguese restaurants. Taste the sauce and add either more wine or hot sauce depending on how spicy you want to make it.