Easy Grilled Shrimp
Hello friends, welcome to Shrimps Recipe. Today we are going to make Easy Grilled Shrimp.
When you want a quick, easy dinner, nothing can beat shrimp to the table! The shrimp marinate in a tasty combination of flavors while the grill is preheating.
The other dishes in your dinner need to be ready when the grill is, because the shrimp will only take about 4 minutes.
Use this grilled shrimp as a main dish, with a side of yellow rice and a green veggie, or use them in yummy shrimp tacos, inside corn tortillas with your favorite toppings.
Recipe Summary for Easy Grilled Shrimp
- preparation: 20 minutes
- cook: 5 minutes
- total: 25 minutes
- Servings: 4
Ingredients for Easy Grilled Shrimp
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
- ¼ teaspoon white sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt to taste
- 1 pound shrimp, shelled and deveined
Directions for Easy Grilled Shrimp
- Combine olive oil, lemon juice, seafood seasoning, sugar, cayenne, and salt in a small bowl; stir until marinade is well mixed.
- Thread shrimp on metal skewers and pat dry. Brush with marinade and refrigerate.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Cook shrimp on the hot grill until the edges begin to turn white, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn and continue grilling until shrimp is white and no longer translucent, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Serve warm.
Easy Grilled Shrimp
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Calories: 151.6
- % Daily Value *
- protein: 18.6g 37 %
- carbohydrates: 0.8g
- dietary fiber: 0.2g 1 %
- sugars: 0.4g
- fat: 7.7g 12 %
- saturated fat: 1.2g 6 %
- cholesterol: 172.6mg 58 %
- vitamin a iu: 223.3IU 5 %
- niacin equivalents: 6.6mg 51 %
- vitamin b6: 0.1mg 7 %
- vitamin c: 3.7mg 6 %
- folate: 4.1mcg 1 %
- calcium: 34.9mg 4 %
- iron: 2.7mg 15 %
- magnesium: 30.4mg 11 %
- potassium: 171mg 5 %
- sodium: 373.3mg 15 %
- calories from fat: 69.7