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Peel and Eat Grilled Shrimp

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Who doesn’t love Easy Shrimp Recipes?  This Peel and Eat Grilled Shrimp is so delicious and so easy, you’ll make it over and over again!

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Peel and Eat Grilled Shrimp

Every once in awhile a recipe comes along that is perfect.  Perfect for me is where the balance of ease and output leans heavily towards output.  This recipe has that in spades.  It was so easy and was amazing!!

I don’t know about you, but I hate peeling shrimp before I cook them.  One, so much of the flavor comes from those shells and shrimp cooked in their shells is so much better and two, peeling shrimp is time consuming – I’d much rather spread the work out amongst the eaters instead of it all falling on the cook.

 

Bowl of cooked shrimp

Garlic and Sea Salt Peel and Eat Shrimp

So, when I went looking for an easy grilling recipe for shrimp, I was dead set on finding one with the shells left on.  I found Garlic and Sea Salt Peel and Eat Shrimp in Grill Every Day: 125 Fast-Track Recipes for Weeknights at the Grill by Diane Morgan.

I can not begin to tell you how good this was.  The simple garlic, salt and oregano flavors paired perfectly with the shrimp.  I will make this again, and again and again.  Make this now.  I’m not kidding.

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Garlic and Sea Salt Peel and Eat Shrimp

You're going to love this easy grilled shrimp recipe! 

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 476 kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt
  • 1/4 cup oregano leaves loosely packed
  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 pounds large shrimp in the shell, deveined

Instructions

  1. Prepare a medium-high fire on your grill.
  2. In a small food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the garlic, salt, and oregano and process until they are minced. With the machine running, slowly pour in the olive oil. Process until it is well blended.
  3. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the marinade for basting. In a large bowl toss the shrimp the remaining marinade.

  4. Oil the grill grate. Remove the shrimp from the marinade and arrange them directly over the fire. Grill for about 5-7 minutes turning once. (I just put them in a big grill basket and kind of tossed them around - I wasn't going to risk having one fall through the grate). Baste the shrimp with the reserved marinade as they grill. Transfer to serving bowl.

  5. Let the diners peel their own shrimp!
Nutrition Facts
Garlic and Sea Salt Peel and Eat Shrimp
Amount Per Serving
Calories 476 Calories from Fat 270
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30g 46%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 571mg 190%
Sodium 3507mg 146%
Potassium 228mg 7%
Total Carbohydrates 2g 1%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Protein 46g 92%
Vitamin A 1%
Vitamin C 12.1%
Calcium 38.1%
Iron 33.8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  3. I love cooking shrimp in the shells they retain so much flavour, unfortunately so many people are squeamish about peeling themselves… I avoid those people 😀

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  4. I absolutely love this idea of having your guest do some of the work. I love food that I have to work for.

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  9. Looks perfect to me as well! I just found your blog as you visited mine (which is always in a state of flux, lol) and left a comment on a Donna Hay recipe I had made with my little Wednesdays with Donna Hay group. Thank you for stopping by. I love your blog, so diversified and interesting with lovely photos, adding it to my blogroll reader (don’t feel obligated to do the same). Fun to find a new read in your blog!

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  13. I”m with you – make them work for their shrimp. It’s so much easier on the cook, regardless of the flavor issue. This looks like a great, easy meal.

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