Who you calling a shrimp!

Ahhhhhhhh Shrimp, I LOVE shrimp.....boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, Creole shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp cocktail...ok you get the picture, thanks Bubba!! Shrimp is in my opinion, one of the most perfect foods, delicious, low fat and so stinking good that you don't even care that in reality that shrimpy shrimpness is super good for you. There are few foods that I would eat my weights worth in, shrimp is one of them....another...avacado, but we will devote a whole entry to that green goddess later on. So we know that shrimp is good for us, but, hold on to your seats, super quick and easy to make! See perfect food! I recently tried a new shrimp concoction on my hubby and butter bean, they loved it and now for your dinning pleasure, I'm passing on that shrimp gold to you!



I forgot to mention that this recipe is cooked on the grill ( used a gas grill, if your a charcoal buff, rock)

Please crank your grills to....lets say medium

Gather for your digesting pleasure:

30-40 jumbo shrimp ( you may use uncooked or cooked that have been frozen) about 1 1/2 pounds
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 table spoons ketchup
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce ( I use franks hot sauce)
1/4 salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
Honey
cooking spray
Wooden skewers ( soaked in water for at least 2 hours)


OK so here's how you do it.

Rinse your shrimp in a strainer, have the frozen kind? Put them in the fridge overnight to lose their chilly status, then run them under water.
After your lil shrimpys are rinsed place them in a bowl that has a nice snug lid. Set aside.....

Now place all remaining ingredients ( Except! the honey and cooking spray!) in a bowl and whisk till blended, after its mixed pour over your shrimp friends, they will thank you later for this intoxicating BBQ bath. Let the shrimp have a ball in the marinade pool for at least an hour, I prefer two. Once you have deemed them all swum out for the day, take those bad boys and skewer them on the sticks that had been having their own pool party. I like to do 7-8 on each skewer. Discard any extra marinade.

Now place your shrimp stick/skewer things on a diagonal across the hot grill. I would cook between 2 and 2 1/2 minutes per side. Remove from the grill and then.......drizzle with honey!!!!!!!!!!!!! I take mine off the stick before I drizzle with the honey, but for presentation purposes it looks nice on the skewer on a plate with whatever side you might be serving.

Bon appetite my shell fish loving friends!