Tequila-Jalapeno Marinated Shrimp
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
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Marinade
- 2 cups finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 5 small jalapeno chiles or 5 small serrano chilies (remove seeds if you don't like it too hot)
- 1⁄2 small yellow onion, finely minced
- 2 tablespoons minced roasted garlic
- 3 tablespoons tequila
- 1⁄4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 dash red pepper flakes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
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Garlic-Cilantro Butter
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 1⁄4 lbs shelled and deveined uncooked jumbo shrimp
directions
- Soak 12 wooden skewers in water for 15 minutes.
- Insert 2 skewers onto shrimp to keep them from slipping.
- Arrange kabobs onto a shallow baking dish.
- Combine cilantro, chiles, onion and 1 tbsp garlic into your food processor, finely chop.
- Gradually add all remaining marinade ingredients, processing until bright green paste forms.
- Pour mixture over shrimp.
- Cover, refrigerate 60 minutes, turning kabobs several times to marinate.
- Melt butter in small saucepan over medium heat.
- Add 1 tbsp.
- garlic and 2 tbsp.
- cilantro, cook 2 minutes or until garlic softens.
- Heat grill.
- Discard marinade and place kabobs on gas grill over medium heat or charcoal grill 6 inches from coals.
- Cook 3-4 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.
- Baste with garlic butter mixture.
- Serve with lime wedges.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Christine Bettiga
Corpus Christi, TX
I was born and raised in Pueblo, Colorado.
I moved to Corpus Christi, Texas in 1998.
I enjoy camping, sewing and gardening.
My husband and I love to cook. We are always trying new recipes and adding to old ones. We BBQ every weekend and always have a crowd of friends over to taste our creations! Usually we are watching Nascar and/or football while we BBQ!
I am a Denver Bronco Fan, but I also like the Houston Texans.