Shrimp With Fennel Bites

• 2 (8 ounce) packages bread crackers
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 pounds peeled and deveined small shrimp
• 1 pinch garlic salt with parsley, or to taste
• 5 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 fennel bulbs, cored and finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves chopped
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

1. Lay out crackers on a serving platter.
2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shrimp; season with garlic salt. Cook and stir until pink all the way through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place 1 shrimp on each cracker.
3. Heat olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Add fennel, garlic, and thyme; cook and stir until fennel softens, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Season fennel with salt and pepper. Stir in basil.
4. Spoon fennel mixture evenly over shrimp.

bread crackers, butter, shrimp, garlic, olive oil, fennel bulbs, garlic, thyme, salt, ground black pepper, fresh basil

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/258648/shrimp-with-fennel-bites/ (may not work)