My Birthday Dinner
So yesterday I celebrated my 30th Birthday. Had a great day hanging out with my family and a great dinner to follow. I was going to go to Red Lobster, but I figured I could do Red Lobster at home for cheaper and so we did.So, got snow crab from the store. Rinse them and put them in a baking pan and cover with foil and let them steam in the oven at about 365 F.While those are steaming, slice 6 baby bella mushrooms and chop 2 vine tomatoes and bring a pot of salt water to boil. Also rough chop some fresh cilantro and have about 14 raw shrimp shelled and cleaned. In a frying pan, add 4 or 5 tablespoons of olive oil, then add tomatoes and about 2 teaspoon of mince garlic. Let them cook down.
Add Mushrooms salt and pepper
Once the mushrooms have cooked a bit, add about 1/4 cup or so of cooking sherry.
Once the alcohol has cooked off add shrimp
Cook your angel hair pasta. This should only take about 2 minutes. Drain pasta and once shrimp have turned pink, add about 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
Add pasta to the shrimp and sauce.
Turn off heat and mix pasta into sauce. Add Cilantro and salt and pepper to taste then mix again.
By this time, the crab should be heated through. Remove them from oven. Melt some butter and put melted butter in a small bowl. Plate up and enjoy. Because it was my 30th Birthday, I had a shot of Tequila with this... ;-) That's is what is in the small glass to the right of the plate.