Puerto Rican Shrimp With Crispy Onions & Avocado Salad

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 6 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 cup dark rum
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 juniper berries
• 1/2 lemon, zeste only
• 1 clove
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 1/2 cup dark molasses
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 cups canola oil (for frying)
• 1 red onion, julienned
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 avocado, sliced
• 1/2 lemon, sliced
• 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro

Recipe

• 1 to prepare shrimp, add all ingredients except shrimp to a small saucepan.
• 2 heat to a boil and reduce by one-half.
• 3 let cool, add shrimp, and marinate for two hours.
• 4 cook the shrimp on a grill on in a grill pan for about a minute on each side (shrimp should just lose their translucency)- keep shrimp warm.
• 5 next prepare crispy onions.
• 6 heat oil in a deep fat fryer; soak onions in buttermilk, then dredge them in flour, and then fry in hot oil.
• 7 drain well and keep warm.
• 8 to assemble dish, place fried onions in center of plate.
• 9 add three avocado slices to corners of plate, and place shrimp on avocado slices.
• 10 serve while warm, garnished with lemon and cilantro leaves.