Recipe of the Month – Fresh Citrus Grilled Shrimp
Recipe of the Month – Fresh Citrus Grilled Shrimp
This is a great dish for summer grilling! It goes well served with spiral zucchini (use your vegetti tool or slice thin, wide strips), tossed with a low-fat cilantro lime dressing or steamed in some low sodium broth. The shrimp is also good with a spinach salad.
Texture: Regular
Ingredients:
• 20 jumbo shrimp, about 1 pound 16/20 count, shelled, cleaned, and deveined
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• Juice from ½ lime
• 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed orange juice
• Few sprigs fresh cilantro, chopped
• ¼ teaspoon fresh minced garlic
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• ¼ fresh lime
Directions:
- Rinse, shell and devein the shrimp, leaving the tails on if able.
- Pat shrimp dry and place in a medium mixing bowl
- Add the oil, orange juice, lime juice, cilantro, garlic, salt, and pepper to bowl.
- Mix to coat shrimp evenly.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Remove shrimp from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature while preparing your grill.
- Prepare grill to medium-high heat. If using charcoal, let coals burn until they are gray on the entire surface.
- Use tongs or a long-handled BBQ spatula, place shrimp on the grill *
- Cook the shrimp for 2-3 minutes on each side. Shrimp are done when they turn opaque orange.
- Remove from heat and squeeze additional lime over.
* Can also soak bamboo skewers in water 20 minutes up to 3-4 hours and place shrimp on for individual servings-allow 4-5 shrimp per skewer.
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Adapted from Furtado, M and Ewing, J: Recipes for Life After Weight Loss Surgery (revised & updated) 2012 Fair Winds Trading
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 160; Protein: 23 grams; Carbs: 1.8 g; Total Fat: 5.5 g
From the Weight Loss Connection newsletter – Inova Bariatric Surgery