KEY WEST PINK SHRIMP AND FLORIDA SPINY LOBSTER TAILS SERVED WITH HOT KEY LIME BUTTER

Key West Pink Shrimp and Florida Spiny Lobster Tails served with Hot Key Lime Butter image

About 80% of vacationers ask me how I cook seafood now compared to when I lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I tell them, not much has changed except that I am a much happier cook. This recipe is sure to be a hit around your dinner table this holiday season! Serve with pasta or rice.

Provided by RyanVF

Time 40m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
1 ½ tablespoons key lime juice
2 tablespoons butter
2 pounds medium Key West pink shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 small spiny lobster tails, meat removed from shell and coarsely chopped
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic
¼ cup white wine

Steps:

Mix 1/2 cup of butter with hot pepper sauce and Key lime juice in a small bowl; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat; stir in shrimp and lobster tails. Cook and stir until shrimp just turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium and stir in the mushrooms, garlic, and white wine; continue to cook and stir until the mushrooms have released their liquid and are tender, about 5 more minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in the Key lime juice mixture until melted.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 557.8 calories, Carbohydrate 6.2 g, Cholesterol 485.6 mg, Fat 31.6 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 59.1 g, SaturatedFat 18.9 g, Sodium 1036.8 mg, Sugar 2.2 g