Sweet Grown Alabama Recipes

This Spiced Gulf Shrimp, Pickled Cucumbers and Radishes, Hibiscus Fumet Foam, Roasted Yellow Pepper Beurre Blanc, Garnished with Black Bean Crunch and Spanish Mackerel Floss, Local Micro Greens was prepared by Chef Emilio Urban and Sous Chef Chelsea Holbrook of Coastal Orange Beach Restaurant in Orange Beach during the 2026 Sweet Grown Alabama Seafood Cook-Off. 

Ingredients:

• Sweet Grown Alabama Gulf shrimp
• Spiced chili oil
• Butter
• Sweet Grown Alabama Cucumbers
• Sweet Grown Alabama Radish
• Seasoned rice vinegar
• Fresh ginger
• Coriander
• Salt
• Lemon juice
• Agave
• Hibiscus flowers
• Fumet
• Lemon
• Xanthan gum
• White wine
• Shallots
• Sweet Grown Alabama Yellow pepper
• Heavy cream
• White pepper
• Black beans
• Garlic
• Pepper
• Chili powder
• Sweet Grown Alabama Spanish mackerel
• Water

Instructions:

1. Sear Gulf Shrimp in Spiced Chili Oil- finish with butter.
2. Quick Pickle Cucumbers and Radish in Seasoned Rice Vinegar, fresh Ginger, Coriander, Salt, Lemon Juice, Agave.
3. Steep Hibiscus Flowers in Fumet with lemon, pour into Chinois to remove debris, use immersion blender to blend in Xanthan Gum to create body. Cool, then charge in an iSicontainer.
4. Make a wine reduction with white wine and shallots.
5. Char Yellow Pepper, then puree, and add heavy cream to the wine reduction. Once the heavy cream is reduced and has body, add yellow pepper puree, finish with butter, salt, and white pepper.
6. Boil the soaked black beans until cooked, then fry the black beans, shallots, garlic, and ginger until crispy, let cool on a sheet tray with towels, season with salt, pepper, chili powder, seasoned rice vinegar, and Spanish Mackerel floss.
7. Spanish Mackerel Floss- cut mackerel into pieces, then cook in water until the water has evaporated and only fish and natural fish oil are left, add spices and cook until a coarse dust is made.