NOTE: For all of these barbeque shrimp recipes, you can also stir-fry ... which also comes out darn good. Pour a small amount of the marinade into a large skillet, and get it darn hot - remember the old chinese saying, little oil, lotta heat. Drain the rest of the marinade into a bowl that we'll use in a moment. Put the shrimp into the skillet and cook for a few minutes - stirring frequently. Don't put too many in at once and add more marinade if needed. Once the shrimp is done, pour the leftover shrimp marinade into the skillet and get it good-n-hot (it has touched raw shrimp, so you don't want it to make you sick) ... and then let it cool and serve as a dipping and/or pouring sauce at the table - quite good to dribble onto your rice-n-shrimp ... check out the spicy bbq shrimp pictures at the bottom.
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INGREDIENTS 2 pounds LARGE shrimp, uncooked, pull the skin/tails off 1 finely chopped onion 1 cup olive oil 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp oregano 1 tsp garlic powder 1/4 cup Maple Syrup Optionally a pound-o-bacon DIRECTIONS In a large bowl, mix everything togather (except bacon) and then add shrimp. Leave it in the fridge overnight (PREFERABLE) or at least for several hours. Flip occasionally to distribute shrimp marinade. Pull out from fridge an hour or so beforehand to let things warm/loosen up a bit. The next day, preheat your bbq grill while skewering the shrimp. Optionally place flat on a fine-screen mesh cookware - less work! Wrap in bacon and grill. Be careful about flames from the dripping marinade. Serve over rice, pasta, or as-is ... but be sure to drip some marinade on 'em! ALEK NOTE: Even without bacon, this bbq shrimp rocks! Got a followup-Email from Rob V who wrote: First off - Killer recipes - tried both the spicey and sweet. I have a bit of a sweet tooth so thats my favorite. I just did another batch tonight (The local grocery store is having a sale on shrimp - 4.99/lb for jumbos - and when I say jumbos - i mean like 20 per pound) I made a few changes to the sweet that were a big hit tonight. added about 1 Tbs of teriyaki sauce. Not the normal stuff - but the sweet cooking kind -it gave it a great flavor. also - added a bit (maybe 1/4 cup) of Orange Juice - it kind of helps complete the flavor (IMO) May sound weird - but tryit - I use it in all of my big BBQ receipes - wings/ribs/etc..it gives it a good added taste and helps things gel up a bit.
INGREDIENTS 1 pound of naked large shrimp uncooked but thawed 1/4 patron silver 6 cloves of garlic minced 1 tablespoon of Natures Seasoning (it.s a salt/pepper/garlic/etc mix) 1 table spoon of lemon juice 2 table spoons of sugar in the raw (or organic honey) 2 table spoons of melted unsalted butter FOR EXTRA FUN: slice of lemon, Salt Shaker, shot glass of Patron Silver DIRECTIONS: Put the shrimp in a large zip lock baggie, make sure they are completely thawed. In a medium bowl combine all other ingredients. Stir them together until sugar or honey is completely combined or dissolved. Lick left hand and poor a little salt on it, take a swig of the tequila and follow up with a slice of lemon; my mouth is watering as I write this! Pour the sauce into the Ziploc baggie and allow it to marinate for 2-24 hours. Beyond 24 hours the shrimp literally starts to cooks itself (like ceviche) and it does NOT have the right texture after BBQ-ing. 10 minutes before skewering place the wooden skewers in a baking dish and cover them with cold water. Allow them to soak for a minimum of 10 minutes, 30 is ideal, but I know you're hungry. Load up your shrimp for the Barbie and cook until pink all over.
This recipe easily scales up - I had 4.5 pounds of (Colossal U-16) Shrimp for six adults. There were three serious "shrimper's" in this group, and they polished it all off and said it was the best ever ... in fact, some "trash talking" ensued about how much more they could eat, and so sometime in the future, I may have a "Shrimp-Off" to determine who can eat the most bbq shrimp! ;-)
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds LARGE shrimp, uncooked, pull the skin/tails off
1 cup olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon tomato paste (I just use ketchup)
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (original called for parsley)
"dash" of Dave's Insanity super-hot sauce (be careful!)
Add more Dave's and/or Chili Powder if you like very spicy
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, mix together all of the ingredients except the shrimp.
Let sit overnight at room temperature in a tupperware container, shaking
occasionally as the ingredients settle. This should really "infuse" the
oil with flavor. Dip each shrimp in the marinade to fully coat, and then
put all of the shrimp and marinade in a container and put in the fridge
for several hours, flipping occasionally to distribute marinade.
Or just do all the above at once.
While preheating your bbq grill, skewer shrimp. Put on the grill for a
few minutes, flipping once. You should not have to brush w/marinade.
Serve over rice, pasta, or as-is.
