Barbecue Shrimp Recipe

This barbecue shrimp recipe will make Spanish Tapas a reality in your hometown backyard barbecue. In fact with a couple of easy seasoning options you get two recipes for the price of one and they both taste awesome!

For the shrimps I'm using uncooked tiger prawn tails that have been shelled because it makes life easy but in addition there still remains the fiddly bit of taking out the blue vein that runs down the back. This is the intestinal tract and whilst it's not essential to take it out it is preferable, especially if your shrimps are cultivated in Asia.

I don't want to spread propoganda but I've seen a number of documentaries showing the conditions in which shrimp farms exist in Asia and to me it's not pleasant. To ensure I get a nice tasting healthy meal I take the vein out. That said, whenever I can I look to buy fresh locally caught shrimps so I can be double sure where they come from.

I’ve got two different “drizzles” so let’s go through how to make each of them and you can take your pick.

Ingredients:-

For the “sizzle drizzle”

• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 red chili
• 2 cloves chopped garlic
• pinch of paprika
• sprinkle of salt

Fry up the garlic and chili in the olive oil for couple of minutes until fragrant, add the pinch of paprika and sizzle for a further minute then drizzle over your cooked shrimps. Sprinkle on a little salt to finish.

OR

Limo Fino

• 4 limes (put one to one side)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves chopped garlic
• splash of dry sherry

Fry up the garlic in the olive oil for a couple of minutes, add the juice of three limes and the dry sherry and some of the lime zest. Chop your final lime into wedges for garnish and what are you waiting for? – we’re done.

Method:-

For the uncooked shrimps or prawns. If yours weren't ready prepared then remove the heads and peel – remember it’s quite trendy to leave the last piece of tail shell on. Remove the blue vein and skewer them up.

Season with a sprinkle of salt and pepper and grill until pink (2-3 mins each side on hot BBQ coals).

See Also:-

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