Shrimp New Orleans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. raw shrimp (unpeeled)
1 lb. butter
black pepper to taste
garlic salt to taste
lemon juice to taste
2 tsp. crab boil
fresh French bread

Preparation

Several hours before preparing the dish for serving, wash the shrimp in 6 changes of fresh water.
Allow the shrimp to completely drain in a colander in the refrigerator until cooking time.
At cooking time, combine in a saucepan the butter, lots of black pepper, garlic salt, lemon juice and the crab boil.
Set aside.
Place the unpeeled shrimp in a flat 3-quart baking dish. Bring the butter sauce to a boil; pour over the shrimp. Immediately put the shrimp under a hot broiler.
Allow shrimp to turn pink on one side, then turn shrimp over to broil until pink on the other side.
Turn oven off; allow shrimp to remain in hot oven 5 minutes longer.
Serve hot in bowls with hot French bread. Serves 3 to 4.