Spicy Lemon Shrimp Skewers

Name: Spicy Lemon Shrimp Skewers
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp fish sauce; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh mint; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 6 servings Kosher salt; 1 stalk lemongrass, finely chopped; 6 lemons; 2 teaspoons packed light brown sugar; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 30 extra larges shrimp, unpeeled; 3 Tbsps Sriracha (Asian chile sauce); 6 servings Vegetable oil, for the grill

One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 256 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up fish sauce, olive oil, vegetable oil, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

Finely grate the zest from 4 of the lemons, then pulse in a mini food processor with 3 tablespoons salt. Squeeze the juice from 2 of the zested lemons into a large bowl; add the lemongrass, olive oil, Sriracha, garlic, fish sauce, brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of the lemon salt. Thinly slice the 2 remaining lemons and add to the bowl.

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Brown Sugar

Fish Sauce

Lemon Grass

Olive Oil

Sriracha

Garlic

Lemon

Juice

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Using kitchen shears, cut through the shrimp shells along the outer curve, leaving the shells on.

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Pasta Shells

Shrimp

Remove the veins and rinse the shrimp.

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Shrimp

Add to the bowl with the lemongrass marinade and toss; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Meanwhile, soak 12 to 15 wooden skewers in water.

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Lemon Grass

Marinade

Water

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Wooden Skewers

Bowl

Preheat a grill to medium high. Thread the shrimp onto the skewers.

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Shrimp

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Skewers

Grill

Brush the grill with vegetable oil, then add the lemon slices and grill until they begin to char, turning once, about 2 minutes; transfer to a platter. Stir the mint into the remaining marinade.

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Vegetable Oil

Marinade

Lemon

Mint

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Grill

Add the shrimp skewers to the grill and cook, brushing with the marinade-mint mixture, until the shells begin to char, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

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Marinade

Pasta Shells

Shrimp

Mint

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Skewers

Grill

Transfer to the platter and sprinkle with the lemon salt to taste.

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Lemon

Salt

Photograph by Con Poulos

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Ingredients

Servings:

1Tbsp

fish sauce 2Tbsps

chopped fresh mint 2cloves

garlic, minced 6servings

Kosher salt 1stalk

lemongrass, finely chopped 6

lemons 2teaspoons

packed light brown sugar 3Tbsps

extra-virgin olive oil 30extra larges

shrimp, unpeeled 3Tbsps

Sriracha (Asian chile sauce)6servings

Vegetable oil, for the grill

Recommended wine: Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Grigio

Shrimp works really well with Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, and Pinot Grigio. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. You could try Cadre Stone Blossom Sauvignon Blanc. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 22 dollars per bottle.

Cadre Stone Blossom Sauvignon Blanc

Aromatically this wine bursts with salty citrus with spicy green herbaceous notes and passionfruit thiols. In the background, there are hints of a green apple, cucumber and melon with floral aromas of exotic spice and coriander. There is definitely an attractive earthiness on the nose that successfully pairs up with a promise of bright citrus. Imagine if there were Sauvignon Blanc pop rocks…this wine is right there with its explosive freshness on the palate. Don’t let the energy fool you, there is a ton of texture to this wine that brings out a complex collection of flavors. Salty citrus fruit leads, followed by earthy green herbal notes that are rounded out by melon and peach. All of this is framed by mouthwatering minerality. You can taste the age and wisdom of these vines and their five decades of coexistence with the nearby Pacific Ocean. This is definitely not your typical California SB.