Grilled Green Goddess Shrimp
Summer is here and I can not get enough of the recipes with all the fresh herbs and citrus. This shrimp is no exception! Its packed with flavor and is waist friendly.
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Grilled Green Goddess Shrimp
- Prep Time
15 min
- Cook Time
15 min
- Total Time
30 min
- Servings
4
- Difficulty
Medium
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Ingredients
- 1lb shrimp peeled and deveined – tail on or off
- ½ jalapeno
- 2 limes juiced
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tbsp avocado oil- 1 for marinade, 1 for sauce
- 1-2 tbsp water
- Salt
SAUCE
- ½ cup light sour cream
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
Instructions
- Add jalapeno, lime juice, cilantro, garlic, avocado oil, water, and salt into a small blender and blend until you have a vibrantly green and thoroughly mixed marinade. I start with 1 tablespoon of water but add a second if the blender is having a tough time getting everything blended.
- Add the peeled and deveined shrimp to a mixing bowl and pour the marinade over top. Mix the shrimp thoroughly with the marinade and allow to marinate for 10-15 minutes.
- Preheat your grill to 450° F while you skewer up your shrimp.
- Right onto the grill I place a small nonstick pan. I add the other tablespoon of avocado oil, cumin, and coriander. I want the cumin and coriander to cook and get a toasted flavor for the sour cream. Stay close because this only take a few minutes while stirring every 15-30 seconds.
- While the spices are toasting, add your shrimp skewers to the grill with the lid open. Shrimp cooks quickly- usually around 2 minutes per side or until the shrimp has grill marks and is nice and pink.
- Remove the small pan and add the spices and oil to your sour cream. Whisk thoroughly so it becomes one homogenous sauce. Add a dash of salt for taste.
- Serve the shrimp alongside the spiced sour cream with extra lime wedges.
Tips
- With a highly flavorful marinade such as this one and being that there is lime juice- you do not want to marinate this for long or it can begin to cook the shrimp and make it tough.
- I like to use metal skewers but if you only have wood that works fine tool. Just make sure you soak your wood skewers in water prior (2-24 hours) to grilling so they do not burn.
- If you want to make your dipping sauce in advanced, you could always do the sauce steps inside on the stovetop.
- Each serving is around 6 shrimp.
- You will notice your shrimp is cooked when it turns from a grey color to a bright pink.
- Rice or a simple green salad would accompany this shrimp well.