Mexican-Grilled Shrimp with Smoky Sweet Sauce

Name: Mexican-Grilled Shrimp with Smoky Sweet Sauce
Prep time: 27 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp adobo sauce; 118 milliliters firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced; 6 garlic cloves, pressed; 4 servings Smoky Sweet Sauce; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 2 Tbsps rum; 0 teaspoons salt; 907 grams unpeeled, large fresh shrimp; 1 Tbsp tamarind paste; 2 Tbsps water; 12 inches 20 skewers

Mexican-Grilled Shrimp with Smoky Sweet Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe has 410 calories, 47g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up adobo sauce, garlic cloves, firmly brown sugar, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown-sugar Pound Cupcakes With Brown-butter Glaze as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 27 minutes.

Instructions

Peel shrimp, leaving tails on; devein, if desired. Thread 4 shrimp onto each skewer. Set aside.

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Cook brown sugar in a small heavy saucepan over low heat until melted.

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Add garlic and next 6 ingredients. Cook 5 minutes or until tamarind paste melts.

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Remove from heat.

Brush shrimp with olive oil. Grill, without grill lid, over medium-high heat (350 to 40

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for 4 to 6 minutes or until shrimp turn pink, turning once, and basting with tamarind glaze.

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Serve with Smoky Sweet Sauce.

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Note: Tamarind is a tree-growing fruit. Its long pods contain a sweet-and-sour pulp from which a paste is made. Look for tamarind paste in the Mexican or Asian section of your grocery store.

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Servings:

1Tbsp

adobo sauce 118milliliters

firmly packed dark brown sugar 1

canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced 6

garlic cloves, pressed 4servings

Smoky Sweet Sauce 1Tbsp

olive oil 2Tbsps

rum 0teaspoons

salt 907grams

unpeeled, large fresh shrimp 1Tbsp

tamarind paste 2Tbsps

water 12inches

20 skewers

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc are great choices for Shrimp. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. You could try St. Michael-Eppan Anger Pinot Grigio. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.