Dried Pepper-Butter Shrimp

Ingredients

• 2 pounds head-on, shell-on large shrimp (26-30 per pound)
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 4 large cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced thinly crosswise
• 1/4 cup dry white wine, vodka, or tequila (replace with no-sodium broth, if desired)
• 5-6 pods of dried red pepper, broken up by hand to let the seeds out
• Salt, to taste
• A handful of basil leaves
• Half a lime, optional

Preparation

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