Key West Shrimp Boil with Key Lime Mustard Sauce

This Key West pink shrimp recipe is the best shrimp boil — using beer, lemon juice, and lime juice to make a tasty appetizer with a bonus dip.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 509 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans or bottles beer
• 2 tablespoons seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
• 2 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste
• 12 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®), or to taste
• 3 pounds raw shrimp, or to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.5 cup lime juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate mustard sauce for at least 2 hours.

Step 2

Make the sauce: Stir mayonnaise, lime juice, Dijon mustard, sugar, and hot pepper sauce together in a bowl until smooth; season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Prepare the shrimp boil: Mix beer, lemon juice, seafood seasoning, hot pepper sauce, garlic, cayenne pepper, and black pepper together in a saucepan; bring to a boil and add shrimp.

Step 4

Cook shrimp just until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 2 minutes; drain immediately.