Saturday, May 28, 2011

Tequila Lime Grilled Shrimp

Yum. Soooo yummy. Today I made up our dinner menus for the week and decided to have BBQ each and every night. It's supposed to be hot and steamy this week so it'll be nice not to have to cook up the house while we're cooking up our dinner. It's not everyday that you get to cook with tequila and we thankfully just happened to have some on hand from a party last summer.  I'm sure this dish would be tasty with any other hard liquor. I had a swig as I was preparing the marinade and almost cried it burned so much on the way down ... I just don't understand the appeal of hard liquor.. I really don't. Served this up with some delicious greens and grilled corn on the cob. Mmmm. Bon appétit!

Ingredients
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup silver or white tequila
1/4 cup lime juice (from about 3 limes)
1/4 cup fresh orange juice (from 1 orange)
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
Lime wedges (for serving)

Directions1. In a medium nonreactive bowl, stir together shrimp, tequila, lime juice, and orange juice; season with salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 20 minutes.

2. Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high. Clean and lightly oil hot grill. Grill shrimp until opaque throughout, 4 to 6 minutes, flipping once. Transfer to a platter and top with jalapeno. Serve shrimp with lime wedges.
- Photo & recipe cred Martha Stewart

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