Marinated Grilled Shrimp Skewers

Jazz up grilled shrimp with this easy to make marinade. It's sweet, zesty, and makes your grilled shrimp skewers taste amazing! Marinated Grilled Shrimp Skewers make a great meal any day of the week!

 

How do you jazz up plain old grilled shrimp?...with an easy and tasty grilled shrimp marinade! I replaced some of the ingredients in this shrimp marinade out of pure necessity.  Use what you have on hand, right?  I had no tomato sauce, as called for in the recipe, so I substituted ketchup with really good results!

I will tell you, I have been buying Heinz Ketchup with NO HFCS.  I really do try to stay away from any products with this ingredient.  Besides the controversial health issues surrounding it, I simply think it makes stuff taste fake.  IDK if it's in my head or not, but I avoid it whenever I can.  I am so happy companies are starting to offer products without it these days.  Heinz offers two varieties that are not sweetened with HFCS.

Depending on prices and availability, I will choose either variety. 

Ok...so back to the grilled shrimp marinade...

It's a very easy marinade to put together with most items already in your kitchen and it gives the shrimp a nice tasty coating. Using ketchup in place of the tomato sauce, makes the marinate nice and thick so it clings well to the shrimp.  I'm actually kind of glad I didn't have any tomato sauce afterall!

I used my flat metal skewers, but if you use disposable wooden skewers, make sure you soak them in water before you string the shrimp, so they don't burn up on the grill to quickly.

shrimp marinade, grilled marinated shrimp, grilled shrimp,

main course, seafood

American

Yield: 6 servings

Author: Renee Paj

Marinated Grilled Shrimp Skewers

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 10 MinInactive time: 2 HourTotal time: 2 H & 20 M

Jazz up grilled shrimp with this easy to make marinade. It's sweet, zesty, and makes your grilled shrimp skewers taste amazing!

Ingredients

• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 2 TBSP red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cayenne (or more to taste)
• 1 pound of raw fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined (the bigger shrimp you can get the better)
• 6 skewers

Instructions

1. Combine the garlic, olive oil, ketchup, red wine vinegar, dried basil, black pepper, salt and cayenne in a small bowl. Put shrimp in a gallon sized zipper bag and pour the marinade over it.
2. Put the zipper bag in a clean container and pop into the fridge for 1-2 hours. If using wooden skewers, soak in water while shrimp is marinading. Thread the shrimp onto the skewers, dividing equally between the 6 skewers.
3. Heat grill to med/high. Grill shrimp skewers until shrimp is opaque and cooked through. You can baste skewers with the marinade while cooking if you like.

Notes

Serve over rice or as a base for shrimp tacos!

Nutrition Facts

Calories

158.08

Fat (grams)

9.42 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

1.32 g

Carbs (grams)

3.45 g

Fiber (grams)

0.19 g

Net carbs

3.26 g

Sugar (grams)

2.15 g

Protein (grams)

15.46 g

Sodium (milligrams)

375.51 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

121.71 mg

Nutritional Information provided is an estimate.

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This grilled shrimp marinade helps give the shrimp a kick.  Substitute bottled chili sauce for the ketchup for a whole different flavor.  Since it uses items most of us have in our pantries, it's easy to put together too!   

I know I have bombarded you with an abundance of grilling recipes since the weather got warm.  What can I say?  I loved grilled food!!  I do all of the grilling in my house, and I love it.  No pans to wash and I get to be outside while I'm cooking.  How about you?  Do you love grilled foods?  Do you do the grilling in your house if you do, or is it someone's else s domain? 

Don't forget, if you can't go out and grill, you can also make this recipe indoors on the stove in a grill pan and it will be just as delicious.