Marinated Grilled Shrimp

There's nothing better than marinated grilled shrimp to make your mouth water. This simple grilled recipe is full of  

flavor and will be a favorite dish for all the family. The beauty of grilled shrimp is that it is a light flavored meat that lends itself very well to marinades. Grilled shrimp absorb all the flavors of a good marinade very well and are especially good with tomato or chilli based marinades or sauces.

If you look in the marinades section of this website you will find a very tasty Tomato, Garlic and Olive sauce that is  

just divine with shrimp.

Ingredients

Preparation

I am using a chilli based Moroccan style marinade for this dish just to add a little zip to the grilled shrimps. I hope you enjoy this recipe of marinated grilled shrimp and find the slight hot flavor to your liking. If you do feel this recipes is too much for you just reduce the amount of chilli until you are happy with the result. Cooking is about trial and error and there is no perfect recipe to suite all to experiment at will until you get the taste just to your liking....and when you do please let us know and add it to our site.

• Take a large bowl and add all the ingredients together making sure you have chopped them finely to ensure they release all their flavor. Once you've mixed all the ingredients properly, add the prawns and leave in a cool place over night to allow all the flavors to be absorbed by the prawns.

• Prepare you grill for medium grilled and oil the hotplate. Place the marinated shrimp onto skewers and place in the center of the grill plate. Grill the marinated grilled shrimp for 5 to 10 minutes depending on your taste ensuring you turn them regularly to ensure they don't burn or over cook.

• Always serve your marinated grilled shrimp with a nice crisp, dry white wine, baked potatoes and a good mixed salad for the best results.

Grilled Shrimp

• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• 2 finely chopped plum tomatoes
• 3 teaspoon of freshly chopped coriander
• 1/2 turmeric
• 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/2 cinnamon
• 1 finally chopped small red chilli
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 finally chopped onion
• A pinch of salt and black pepper to taste.
• 2-3 pounds of peeled, fresh shrimps