Grilled Garlic Shrimp With Saffron

Submitted by susie cooks

"This Spanish tapas is a great summer accompaniment to a sparkling sangria. From a recipe book called Sangria."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 pinches saffron threads
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 20 raw jumbo shrimp

directions

1. In a medium nonreactive bowl, whisk together the olive oil, saffron, lime juice and garlic.
2. Add shrimp and toss to coat.
3. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
4. Prepare grill to a medium-high heat.
5. Push shrimp onto 4 metal skewers, allowing the excess marinade to drain off.
6. Grill until just opaque in the center, about 2 minutes per side.
7. Serve.

Reviews

[tracy.munar]

Don't let this simple recipe fool you. It's delicious! I'm always looking for simple recipes that are flavor-packed because I'm lazy and this totally fits the bill. This will become one of my new go-to recipes.

 

[kiwidutch]

Loved it.. this was so esay and super quick once the shrimp had been cleaned. Since I only made these for myself tonight, I did cheat a little and cooked them in the mix in a fry pan, and was very pleased indeed with the result. DH who was going to an engagement that I wasn't attending looked jealously at my plate LOL. The saffrom did make the sauce rather yellow and gave it quite a pleasing but distinctive taste so if you like saffron then this recipe is for you. Please see my rating system: a excellent 4 stars. Thanks!

 

[Mulligan]

This had a lot of great flavors. I will absolutely try this again!

 

[evelynathens]

Loved this. Very easy to make and everything worked well together. The saffron added great flavour and colour.

 

[Peter J]

Really quick, really tasty and the saffron / shrimp combination works together ever so well. I thought the lime juice might have overpowered things a bit but was wrong, and everything is just perfect.