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Grilled shrimp with salsa macha

Brush with strained chile oil before the grill; spoon the peanut-sesame solids over only after cooking. Chile-peanut oil wants acid, not more richness. Grüner Veltliner; mezcal highball with grapefruit and a chile-salt rim; pineapple-lime agua if skipping alcohol.

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Base recipe

This is the base recipe: one batch, 4 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.

Base recipe · one batch, 4 portions30 min active34 min totalmoderate
Wine / drink pairing

Chile-peanut oil wants acid, not more richness.

Grüner Veltliner; mezcal highball with grapefruit and a chile-salt rim; pineapple-lime agua if skipping alcohol.

Leftover route

Eat cold the next day with leftover lime. Do not recook the shrimp.

Ingredients · one batch
  • Large shrimp1 lb
  • Dried guajillo chiles4 ea
  • Unsalted roasted peanuts0.5 cups
  • Sesame seeds2 tbsp
  • Fresh lime1 ea
  • Garlic4 clove
What does not scale

Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.

Cooking time
About 10 minutes on the stove at this scale. Bringing a bigger volume up to temperature takes longer than the multiple suggests; the simmer afterwards does not.
Method
  1. Read the whole method before you shop. This is a planning recipe for grilled shrimp with salsa macha, not a certified kitchen test.
  2. Amounts below are one batch: 4 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
  3. Use the declared outdoor heat. If no grill was declared, this dish should not be on the route — the plan stops rather than guessing.
  4. Season, cook to the stated doneness, rest, then slice.
  5. Hold time is short (12 min). Finish close to service. Do not guess a longer hold.
  6. Drink pairing: Grüner Veltliner; mezcal highball with grapefruit and a chile-salt rim; pineapple-lime agua if skipping alcohol.
  7. Leftover route: Eat cold the next day with leftover lime. Do not recook the shrimp.
  8. Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.
Make-ahead

Day-of only. Do not make this ahead and invent a hold.

Scaling

Base recipe: one batch, 4 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: about 10 minutes at the stove either way.

Not every line here was multiplied by the same number. Why doubling a recipe is not multiplication

Equipment

Stovetop · Grill · Cold storage · Landing space · blender

Planning filters

contains fish · contains shellfish · contains nut · contains sesame