Sheet-pan Shrimp "Boil"

original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2019/04/sheet-pan-shrimp-boil.html

Ingredients

For the Cajun seasoning mix

2 tablespoon Onion powder

1 tablespoon Garlic powder

1 tablespoon Allspice

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon Nutmeg

3 tablespoons Smoked paprika

1 tablespoon Salt

1 tablespoon celery salt

1 tablespoon Sugar

2 tablespoon Dried oregano

1 tablespoon Cayenne

1 tablespoon Dried Thyme

1 tablespoon Black pepper

For the sheet pan

8 large potatoes

4 whole sweet corn

1 to 2 lb shrimp (peeled and deveined tail on)

1 stick salted Butter (preferably garlic butter)

4.5 tablespoon Oil

1 lemon

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 475/500 (broil)
• Combine all the ingredients for the Cajun seasoning mix
• Cut the sweet corn into small pieces. (one corn can yield about 4 to 5 pieces)
• Peel and cut the potatoes into large chunks and parboil in salted water until just tender about 10 to 12 minutes.
• In the last 5 minutes add the corn to the boiling water to slightly cook it
• Place the corn, parboiled potatoes, and shrimp in three separate bowls
• Season each with 1.5 tablespoon of oil and 2 tablespoons of the Cajun mix
• Then combine all three on a sheet pan, squeezes the juice of the lemon all over and toss
• Alternatively, you can add everything to the sheet pan and add the oil and seasoning there but I find they get better coated when you add the oil and seasoning to each separately before combining
• Add dollops of garlic butter all over
• Place in the oven and cook for 8-10 minutes stir and continue to cook for another 8 – 10 minutes
• The shrimp should be pink and the potatoes and corn will have started to get a nice dark roast.
• Serve immediately, garnish with scallion, thyme leaves or parsley

Greedy Tips

• Try to get the biggest size of shrimp you can. Because they do shrink up while cooking. My shrimp were too small
• If you use frozen corn, do not add it to the boiling water, defrost them and make sure to squeeze out as much excess water as possible before tossing in the oil and Cajun seasoning