Dragon Claws with Blood Sauce Recipe

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Stand back and watch guests gobble up this cold Halloween appetizer! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Dragon Claws with Blood Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

20 5 25

Ingredients

10 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
4 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Lemon wedges, optional

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine water and salt; bring to a boil. Add shrimp. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 2-3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink, stirring occasionally. Drain. Cool in ice water; drain. Refrigerate until serving.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the ketchup, lemon juice, peel, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce. On a serving platter, arrange shrimp in groups of three to resemble dragon claws. Serve with sauce; garnish with lemon wedges if desired. Yield: 6 servings (1-1/4 cups sauce).

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (3 each) equals 102 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 112 mg cholesterol, 1,010 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 13 g protein.

Originally published as Dragon Claws with Blood Sauce in Taste of Home's Halloween Annual 2006, p14