Grilled Shrimp Skewers

This easy recipe for grilled shrimp skewers is delicious with a light lemon garlic sauce. The options are endless with this seafood delight. From amazing shrimp cocktail to scampi and everything in between, a versatile and delicious seafood. You will enjoy this recipe using your grill.

Serve at a cocktail party as an appetizer or as the main entree. Try with a mixed greens salad or use in an orzo salad.

Grilled Shrimp Skewers
with Lemon Garlic Sauce

18 large shrimp, peeled & deveined, tails on
6 Bamboo skewers
1/2 cup butter
2 garlic cloves minced
1 tbs fresh lemon juice
zest from 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp white pepper
2 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley

Soak bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes,
prevents open ends from burning.

Melt butter in sauce pan on low heat, add garlic,
lemon juice and zest. Simmer 5 minutes. Stir
in salt, pepper & parsley. Turn off heat.

Thread 3 shrimp on each skewer, tails facing
in one direction, leave a little space between. Brush
lemon butter sauce on side you will place face down
on grill. Cook 3 minutes. Brush sauce on side facing up,
turn with tongs, cook 3 minutes. Remove from grill
brush again with butter sauce....want the shrimp
dripping in this sauce!

How simple was that? These are scrumptious!

Variations:

Try without lemon, add 1/2 tsp chile powder
or 3-4 dashes hot pepper sauce.

Add 1 tsp onion powder to above recipe.

Use a dry rub mixture: 1/2 tsp chile powder,
paprika, salt, pepper, onion & garlic powder.
Lightly brush with olive oil to prevent
sticking. Squeeze fresh lemon over shrimp
when you take them off the grill.

Cook's Note: Do not over cook shrimp, they
will be chewy. They are done when they turn pink
and opaque in the middle. See notes at end of this recipe on instructions for cleaning & deveining shrimp.

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