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Shrimp on the Barbie

At a Glance

Prep
10 minutes
Cook
15 minutes
Total
25 minutes
Servings
4 serving(s)

Categories

  • Main Course
  • Thai
  • Grilling

Allergens

  • Shellfish
  • Fish

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 4. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 477.7 per serving 1910.8 for selected servings
Fat 26.9g per serving 107.6g for selected servings
Sugar 39.7g per serving 158.8g for selected servings
Protein 16.9g per serving 67.6g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 43.2g per serving 172.8g for selected servings

From the LCBO's Early Summer 2005 Food and Drink Magazine (by Lucy Waverman) Serve on a bed of lettuce with sticky rice on the side. NOTE: Preparation time does not include the 1 hour marinating time.

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Equipment

Saucepan, grill, small pot, lemongrass skewers

Ingredients

  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 teaspoon green curry paste (Thai)
  • 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 lb jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails on
  • 4 stalks lemongrass
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • reserved marinade
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon chopped mint

Instructions

  1. Combine coconut milk, curry paste and garlic in a saucepan and bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until coconut milk has thickened slightly.

  2. Stir in lime juice and fish sauce, cool then toss with shrimp and marinate for 1 hour.

  3. Remove shrimp from marinade and thread shrimps onto lemon grass stalks, spearing shrimps in 2 places so that they don't turn on the skewers. Season with salt and pepper. (Reserve marinade.).

  4. Preheat grill to high.

  5. Brush shrimp with extra oil and grill about 2 minutes per side or until shrimps are cooked.

  6. While shrimp is cooking, place reserved marinade in a small pot over high heat, bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes or until quite thick (like mayonnaise).

  7. Remove from heat, stir in extra lime juice and sugar.

  8. Drizzle over grilled shrimp and sprinkle with mint.

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