Grilled Shrimp Skewers

Looking for an easy summer recipe? These grilled shrimp skewers are simple to make and they're served with a delicious butter lime sauce.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword seafood, shrimp recipes

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 439kcal

Author Elizabeth Rodriguez

Ingredients

shrimp skewers

1 pound Large Shrimp peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
¼ teaspoon Garlic Powder
Pinch Black Pepper

Butter lime sauce

½ cup Butter 8 tablespoons
1 Garlic Clove grated use a microplane / hand grater; or finely mince the garlic
2 tablespoon Lime Juice 2-3 limes, depending on how juicy they are
½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
Pinch Black Pepper

Instructions

You will also need

8 Bamboo skewers, (10 inch), soaked in water for a least 1 hour and
Grill Spray

Prepare the shrimp

Peel and clean the shrimp.
Skewer the shrimp, going through both ends. Add about 4 shrimp to each skewer, depending on the size of the shrimp.
Season the shrimp on both sides with the salt, garlic powder and black pepper.

Make the butter lime sauce

Add the butter to a small saucepan. Gently heat the butter over medium-low heat.
When the butter is melted, add the grated garlic. Cook the butter and garlic for 1 minute, stirring frequently.
Add the lime juice, ½ teaspoon of salt and black pepper. Stir the sauce until everything is combined. Continue to heat the sauce until warmed through.
Taste the butter lime sauce and add salt and pepper if need. As a reference we added a pinch of salt to ours.
Lower the heat to low and keep the sauce warm while you grill the shrimp.

Grill the shrimp

Preheat the grill to medium heat. Spray the grates lightly with grill spray to minimize sticking.
Grill the shrimp skewers for 5-7 minutes, or until cooked through. Turn the shrimp about halfway through the cooking time. When shrimp is cooked through, it will be opaque and will turn a pink color.

Notes

Grilling the shrimp only takes a few minutes. So get the butter lime sauce started and leave it on low heat. Just make sure to check up on it and give it a stir every so often.

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