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sriracha sauce

🥗Healthier: hot sauce

💰Cheaper: chili paste

Hot sauce provides similar heat with fewer calories.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu is lower in calories and chicken is often less expensive.

Start by discussing the shrimp and the importance of cooking with shells on.

Decide to cook shrimp in a spicy harissa butter.

Slice half a lemon thinly, removing seeds to avoid bitterness.

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.

Add the lemon slices to the skillet and let them caramelize.

Add 1.5 pounds of shrimp to the skillet after the lemon has caramelized.

Season the shrimp with salt and add 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter.

Add 1 tablespoon of harissa paste to the skillet and mix well with the shrimp.

Cook the shrimp for about 2-3 minutes until they turn bright pink and opaque.

Discuss that shrimp can be cooked faster if they are peeled and deveined, reducing cooking time by a minute.

Cooking Techniques

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