Key West Shrimp Boil with Key Lime Mustard Sauce

Ingredients

• Key Lime Mustard Sauce:
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 2 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco), or to taste
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste
• Key West Shrimp Boil:
• 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans or bottles beer
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 tablespoons seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay)
• 12 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco), or to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 pounds raw shrimp, or to taste

Directions

Stir mayonnaise, lime juice, Dijon mustard, sugar, and hot pepper sauce together in a bowl until smooth; season with salt and pepper.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate mustard sauce for at least 2 hours.

Mix beer, lemon juice, seafood seasoning, hot pepper sauce, garlic, cayenne pepper, and black pepper together in a saucepan; bring to a boil and add shrimp. Cook shrimp just until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 2 minutes; drain immediately.