Shrimp with Fennel Bites

I went to a cooking class to learn how to make the fennel. I added the sauteed shrimp and crackers to it one night for a party and everyone there was loving it. One lady got my recipe to serve at a wedding reception.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 21 mins
• Total Time: 41 mins
• Calories: 97 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup butter
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 pounds peeled and deveined small shrimp
• 5 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 (8 ounce) packages bread crackers
• 1 pinch garlic salt with parsley, or to taste
• 2 fennel bulbs, cored and finely chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Lay out crackers on a serving platter.

Step 2

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shrimp; season with garlic salt. Cook and stir until pink all the way through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place 1 shrimp on each cracker.

Step 3

Heat olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Add fennel, garlic, and thyme; cook and stir until fennel softens, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Season fennel with salt and pepper. Stir in basil.

Step 4

Spoon fennel mixture evenly over shrimp.