Sunday 9 June 2019

Garlic Grilled Shrimp

Garlic Grilled Shrimp

This easy grilled shrimp recipe is full of serious flavor, with a zesty marinade of lemon, garlic, and fresh herbs. At first bite: “Wow.”

Garlic Grilled Shrimp

Is there anything more delicious than succulent, garlicky shrimp right off the grill? Here’s a seriously easy recipe for garlic grilled shrimp, using a zesty lemon herb marinade. It’s simple to whip up: just give it a 30 minute marinade and it’s good to go on the grill. And it takes only 2 to 4 minutes! There’s really nothing faster on the grill, and it makes for a simple, healthy dinner. After Alex made this for me, I took one bite and said “WHOA.” Yep, it’s that good. Here are all our tips for the best grilled shrimp, and what to eat with it!

Grilled shrimp marinade

How to make grilled shrimp

Grilled shrimp is one of the easiest things you can make on the grill. It’s fantastic for entertaining, or just a simple evening on the patio. Now, for the bare bones easiest recipe, you can grill it with just olive oil, salt, and pepper–and a few squeezes of lemon.

But if you have time for a little marinade—and we hope you do—this recipe is absolutely worth it! This recipe features our grilled shrimp marinade made with lemon, olive oil, herbs, and garlic. It adds huge flavor to this shrimp. The only thing is that you’ll marinade the shrimp 30 to 45 minutes before you’d like to grill it. Try not to go any longer than this, because the marinade almost “cooks” the shrimp, similar to a ceviche.

Garlic grilled shrimp

Here are the steps for how to make grilled shrimp:

  1. Defrost the shrimp (if frozen) and shell it: the marinade soaks in best if the shrimp is shelled.
  2. Mix up the marinade: lemon juice, zest, olive oil, minced garlic, fresh herbs, soy sauce, and salt.
  3. Place the shrimp in a bowl with the marinade and let it stand in the refrigerator for 30 to 45 minutes.
  4. Preheat a grill to medium high. Grill the shrimp 1 to 2 minutes per side, until bright pink and cooked through.
What to eat with grilled shrimp

What to eat with grilled shrimp

Now that you’ve got this beautiful grilled shrimp, what to eat with it? Here are a few ideas:

Marinade with fresh herbs
Herb garden

How to grow fresh herbs

This grilled shrimp recipe uses a handful of fresh herbs: and it’s so much more fun to grow them yourself! We grow herbs all summer long, and it’s one of the most satisfying things to run out to the garden and harvest a few herbs. You don’t even need garden space: you can just grow herbs in pots as long as you have a sunny ledge! And adding herbs to your cooking is a healthy flavor addition, without adding calories.

For this recipe, we used a mixture of dill, basil and chives: but you could use any that you like. We loved the dill though: it’s a natural complement to the grilled shrimp! So if can find dill, it’s absolutely worth it.

For all of our tips on fresh herbs, see this post on How to Grow Herbs.

Grilled shrimp

How to buy sustainable shrimp

Finally, a little note on how to buy sustainable fish for this grilled shrimp. Alex and I try to buy sustainable seafood where possible. We eat a mostly plant-based diet, but flex occasionally to eat sustainable fish. In researching how to buy sustainable seafood, Alex and I have learned to look for wild-caught fish if possible. Also, frozen is good too! A myth about fish is that “fresh is best.” As soon as an animal dies it begins to decompose; freezing suspends this process. If a fish is frozen when it was caught and stays frozen until it gets to your kitchen, it will be higher quality than a raw fish that has taken a week to get to your plate.

Looking for more healthy seafood recipes?

Outside of this recipe, here are a few more healthy seafood recipes:

This grilled shrimp recipe is…

Gluten-free, dairy-free, and pescatarian.

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Garlic Grilled Shrimp

Garlic Grilled Shrimp

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  • Author: Sonja
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 minutes
  • Total Time: 47 minutes
  • Yield: 4
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Description

This easy grilled shrimp recipe is full of serious flavor, with a zesty marinade of lemon, garlic, and fresh herbs. So easy and so good!

Ingredients

  • 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined (we used 26–30 per pound size)
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh herbs, such as dill, basil and chives
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, plus zest of 1/2 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Pinch red pepper flakes, optional

Instructions

  1. Defrost the shrimp and peel it, as necessary.
  2. Mince the garlic. Finely chop the herbs.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the marinade ingredients: lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, soy sauce, salt, red pepper flakes, garlic, and herbs.
  4. Add the shrimp to the bowl with the marinade. Let sit in the fridge for 30 to 45 minutes.
  5. Preheat a grill to medium high heat.
  6. Grill for 1 to 2 minutes per side until bright pink and cooked through.
  • Category: Main Dish
  • Method: Grilled
  • Cuisine: American

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