Aussie Shrimp on the Barbie With Orange Ginger Sauce
photo by Baby Kato




- Ready In:
- 14mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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12 shrimp
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 12 jumbo shrimp, shelled and deveined (tails intact.)
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 tablespoons sherry wine
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 2 scallions, tops and white, minced
- 1 teaspoon gingerroot, freshly grated
directions
- Soak 12 long wooded skewers in water for 30 minutes.
- Push skewers through shrimp lengthwise from top to tail, 1 shrimp per skewer.
- Combine all other ingredients in saucepan and cook over low to medium heat, stirring, until butter is completely melted.
- Dip skewered shrimp in orange sauce and position on oiled grill rack about 4 inches above the coals.
- Baste liberally with sauce and grill for 2 minutes.
- Turn shrimp over and baste again, cooking for another 2 minutes.
- Smaller shrimp will be done at this point, but continue basting and turning larger shrimp until they are pink and cooked through.
- Remove from heat immediately when done, as they will get tough if overcooked.
- Use any remaining sauce for a dip for shrimp.
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Reviews
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The sauce tastes great, especially if you add the honey as other reviewers suggested. I took half out before adding honey so the shrimp didn't burn on the grill, soaked the shrimp in that for a bit and put them on skewers. They cooked quickly, and I basted with the thicker sauce.....which I reserved a bit for dipping. I really enjoyed this quick to make shrimp recipe. Thanks for sharing!
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We enjoyed this shrimp dish, it was quick and easy to make. After reading the other review I decide to reserve about half the sauce (there was still plenty to go on the shrimp for grilling) which I reduced in a fairly hot skillet and cooked down till it was fairly thick , this only took a few minutes. I served the grilled shrimp on top of the sauce. I salted and peppered the shrimp before grilling and added a clove a garlic to the sauce which was very flavorful. We really liked the ginger and orange combination. Made for SWT 2018 by one of the Pantry Pirates
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Found this recipe for Father's Day 2021. No need to add anything to this at all - nothing but our lips! They were smacking from start to finish! I doubled the recipe as we were cooking 5 pounds of large shrimp. I wouldn't change a thing! We will be having this recipe again and often - can see using this marinade on salmon, cod, shrimp, orange roughy, etc.!! Thanks for such a lovely fresh and easy marinade!
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We loved this! The only change I made, after tasting the sauce before grilling, was to add a touch of honey, since the sauce was very thin and I wanted it to form a bit of a glaze on the shrimp. I didn't read Momaphet's review before starting, and her idea of reducing half the sauce is a good one. We found we had twice as much sauce as we needed. In fact, I simply poured a bit of the sauce into the bowl with the shrimp and coated them before threading them on the skewers. This left a LOT of untouched sauce in the mixing bowl. This is a keeper of a recipe - the combo of ingredients is perfect for the shrimp and we'll definitely be making this again! Made for SWT 2018, Team IncrEdibles.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef PotPie
Southworth, Washington
One of the old time founding members of Recipezaar. I live in Port Orchard, Washington.
I LOVE to cook and bake nearly everything!
I HATE to see people join the site, have no published recipes, but rag on another cook in a review on a recipe they haven't even tried or didn't follow.
Oh, and I hate cilantro, too. :)