Straightforward Grilled Shrimp

Prepare for a shrimp dish that’s full of taste and prepared very quickly! Drive previous these quick meals locations and go straight to your kitchen, as a result of our Straightforward Grilled Shrimp takes 16 minutes from begin to end. Our grilled jumbo shrimp recipe combines a daring seasoning mix with a contact of warmth from cayenne and smoked paprika, delivering a style that looks as if it took hours of marinating. Pair up this juicy shrimp with some rice or a baked potato and also you’ve acquired your self a restaurant-quality meal that took you possibly 5 minutes longer than that drive-thru would have.

Why Our Recipe

  • Daring flavors that style like hours of marinating.
  • Use skewers or place them immediately on the grill.
  • As a result of it’s prepared in 16 minutes.

An overhead view of grilled shrimp on skewers sitting on a black serving platter.

Once we chunk into certainly one of these Straightforward Grilled Shrimp, it’s like a mix of summer season grills and the seaside. We love how versatile these little backside dwellers are, however we’re particularly followers of this smokey citrus mixture. Shrimp are their very own little occasion meals and whereas they could style costly, they’re really a cheap and wholesome option to combine up your menu.

Ingredient Notes

An overhead view of the ingredients needed to make easy grilled shrimp.An overhead view of the ingredients needed to make easy grilled shrimp.
  • Shrimp: Jumbo shrimp are about 3-4 inches in size, and one pound is the same as roughly 16 to twenty jumbo shrimp. Peel and devein the shrimp, leaving the tails on. You can too buy your shrimp already peeled and deveined for a faster course of.
  • Lemon Juice: Freshly squeezed is at all times most well-liked, however bottled lemon juice works too!
  • Olive Oil: Additional Virgin Olive Oil has a richer taste than vegetable or canola oil.
  • Smoked Paprika: Not the identical as common paprika, this has a smokey style and scent.
  • Cayenne Pepper: Provides a light quantity of warmth together with some taste – double the quantity if you need extra kick.

To skewer or to not skewer?

Shrimp could be positioned immediately on the grill grates, however when you’re fearful about them falling by (shedding even one shrimp makes us unhappy), you may cook dinner them on the grill on skewers, a grill mat, or wrapped in aluminum foil. Prepare dinner for 2-3 minutes per facet – these little guys cook dinner shortly so don’t stroll away.

We like utilizing metallic skewers that you would be able to buy within the grilling utensils space or cooking utensils space of any massive grocery retailer. The profit to stainless-steel or non-stick kabob skewers is that you would be able to merely skewer the shrimp as quickly as you’re executed mixing all of the seasonings collectively.

Bamboo or wood skewers require being soaked in water for no less than 10 minutes earlier than you may skewer the shrimp and place them on the grill. When you don’t soak them they’ll burn and may catch on fireplace, then you’ve skewer items cooked within your shrimp. Wooden skewers may also splinter when eradicating the cooked meals.

A close up view of a skewer of grilled shrimp with more in the background.A close up view of a skewer of grilled shrimp with more in the background.

The way to Know When Shrimp Are Completed

Shrimp is ideal to cook dinner shortly on excessive warmth the place it will possibly sear and get a barely crispy periphery. You’ll know the shrimp is cooked by when it’s not translucent. When you’re fearful about it being undercooked, set a timer for two minutes on the primary facet and three minutes on the second facet. There’s an opportunity it may very well be overcooked, however the one distinction is the shrimp have a extra rubbery texture as an alternative of the juicy, meaty chunk that you really want.

Storage and Reheating Directions

Refrigerate leftovers wrapped in plastic wrap and positioned in an hermetic container for not more than 3 days. Discard when you discover any off scent or discoloration.

Reheat leftovers in a skillet on the stovetop on medium warmth for 1-2 minutes per facet, till heated by.

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