Killer Shrimp
This one is from Mimi at Mimi’s Cyber-Kitchen her website! And it is her creation!
Tbsp. fresh or dried rosemary
2 tsp. thyme
1 tsp black pepper
2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1/2 tsp fennel seed
1 tsp celery seed
1 tsp crushed red pepper
2 qts clam broth** (if making with chicken, use chicken broth)
3 oz. tomato paste
1 stick butter
shrimp
french bread
Using a mortar and pestle, partially grind the rosemary, thyme, and fennel seed. Break the spices up rather than grinding them. In the end there should still be recognizable pieces of the rosemary, etc.
Mix the ingredients in a pot.
Simmer for an hour or two.
Just before serving, add raw shrimp.
Simmer until shrimp is done, stirring, about 2 minutes.
Serve in bowls.
Each bowl should contain a serving of shrimp and a lot of broth. The broth should almost completely cover the shrimp. Use unpeeled shrimp. The dish is eaten with your fingers. Dig out a piece of shrimp and peel it. Eat it. Soak up the broth with the bread and eat that. No utensils. This recipe makes a lot of broth.
**If you have the time, peel the shrimp down to the last joint, leaving that and the tail intact. Add the shells to the clam broth and bring to a boil, then cover and simmer at least 1/2 hour. Pour into blender in batches and process till smooth. Strain back into pot. Add herbs and remaining ingredients and proceed with the recipe
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CopyKat.com is the creation of Stephanie Manley. Stephanie started publishing recipes on the web in 1995 as a means to capture her family recipes in a format that they would not be thrown away. Over the years she has developed many recipes that taste just like the restaurant originals that you would normally go out to try. 
This is her “creation” of an imitation of the original recipe for Killer Shrimp, a (now defunct) restaurant in So Cal. Where they served 3 things on the menu: shrimp w/bread, shrimp w/rice & shrimp w/pasta *lol*…well, ok, make that 5 things; they also served beer and a tasty sweet potato/pecan pie. Their shrimp would be served in giant bowls of the most divine, rich (almost as fatty as it was flavorful), addictive spicy broth. When served with bread, it was so perfect for mopping up the sauce, you’d never bother to remember to ask for a spoon. I also loved that I could ask for the shrimp unpeeled (that’s how I like it). The inside of the joint sure screamed “dive” however *lol*. It was as dark as a nightclub, but without all the fun and atmosphere *lol* The minimal decor and lack of atmosphere made the long wait for our order that much longer. The muddled music was blaring on a stereo so busted it sounded like the speakers were kicked over and faced the floor *lol* But the shrimp! Oh, the shrimp!!! What I wouldn’t give for the recipe….and although this is close, this isn’t it. For one thing, I know for certain they use beer…And though their broth is deliciously rich, they DON’T use THAT much butter! I would love to have the recipe, maybe I could tweak it by adding additional seafood (scallops, etc.)…make myself a cajun version of tom yum soup *lol* which is what killer shrimp’s creation kind of already is. Rest in peace, killer shrimp…Your closure is a loss to me and the world. Your recipe was a gift from the heavens and my taste buds will never be the same. I’ll be pouring out a 40 on the curb for ya *LOL*