Shrimp With Fennel Bites - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages bread crackers
1/4 cup butter
2 pounds peeled and deveined small shrimp
1 pinch garlic salt with parsley, or to taste
5 teaspoons olive oil
2 fennel bulbs, cored and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves chopped
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

Preparation

Lay out crackers on a serving platter.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shrimp; season with garlic salt. Cook and stir until pink all the way through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place 1 shrimp on each cracker.
Heat olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Add fennel, garlic, and thyme; cook and stir until fennel softens, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Season fennel with salt and pepper. Stir in basil.
Spoon fennel mixture evenly over shrimp.