James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is spending his time in quarantine cooking up some of his go-to comfort foods and helping us all create a perfect food and cocktail pairing while we’re home.

If you want to be inspired by Onwuachi’s craft, impress your quarantine bae, or just eat well while you’re staying at home, try his mom’s highly coveted recipe paired with his drink of choice:

Mom Dukes Peel Eat Shrimp

Created by Chef Kwame Onwuachi

Ingredients

½ cup of divided butter

2 pounds of large shrimp (31/35)

2 heads of garlic, chopped

1 onion, diced

2 tablespoons of canola oil

1 celery stalk, white parts discarded, green parts diced

1 green bell pepper, diced

½ cup of white wine

½ cup of Amber Lager

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

Juice of 1 orange

1 teaspoon of cayenne

½ teaspoon of black pepper

1 teaspoon of paprika

½ teaspoon of dried oregano

5 sprigs thyme, broken in half

Salt, to taste

Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Juice of 1 lemon

French bread, torn

1 scallion, sliced on a bias, for garnish

Directions:

Add 1 tablespoon butter to a large sauté pan and place on medium-high heat.

Add onions and another tablespoon of butter, along with salt and canola oil, then celery and bell pepper.

Finish shrimp with the juice of 1 lemon and the rest of the butter.

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