I'm trying this recipe out Saturday night after a long day of staging. Living a couple of miles from the Gulf, fresh seafood, especially shrimp ,is easy to come by. I'm trying to eat more fish and protein, being the carb-o-holic that I am, it's tuff, but I heard this was really good from a friend in Kentucky. I will let you know!
*After fixing this Saturday, we liked it so much we made it Sunday too. It's without a doubt the best shrimp I have ever had, I couldn't believe how fantastic it was.
You will need:
- 8 Jumbo shrimp, in the shell (about 1-1/4 pounds)
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped (Didn't have thyme, substituted basil)
- Juice of 2 limes (about 1/4 cup)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning (Go easy on the salt)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1/2 large jalapeno, with seeds
- 2 scallions (white and green parts)
- 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Prepare an outdoor grill with a medium-high fire. Without removing the shells, slit about 3/4 of the way through the shrimp down the ridged back and remove the vein that runs down the center. Rinse and pat the shrimp dry. Whisk thyme leaves, lime juice, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and black pepper, to taste, in a shallow nonreactive bowl or dish. Lay the shrimp cut side down in the lime mixture and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
In a food processor, pulse the garlic, jalapeno, scallions, remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt to make a coarse paste. Add the cilantro and pulse just enough to incorporate into the mixture. Spoon the mixture into the opening in the shrimp and close the shrimp. Grill the shrimp shell side down (to keep filling from falling out) for 3 minutes. Turn to the other shell side, cover, and grill another 2 minutes or until the shrimp turn pink and are slightly firm to the touch. Sprinkle with salt and serve.
Cook's Note: Shrimp cooked in the shells are more intensely flavorful. Leaving the shells on provides a buffer against overcooking, a misfortune many shrimp suffer. Shrimp, even these jumbos, continue to cook once removed from the grill. It's always best to cook them just until opaque and let the delicate shellfish finish cooking off the heat.
Very messy to eat, but well worth it!
Redesign Etc. is Houston's Home Staging & Redesign Specialist Staging your Home To Sell!
Contact Cindy Bryant for your Home Staging Consultation today!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
© Redesign Etc.,Inc. 2006-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Redesign Etc. of Houston is a Full-Service real estate staging company. We stage vacant, occupied, builders specs, condos, townhomes, vacation rentals and commercial property. We offer furniture & accessory rentals at competitive rates. Insured & Incorporated with the State of TX.
Owner, Cindy Bryant has earned the RESA-PROTM designation, holding professional home stagers to the highest industry standards, ethics, integrity and proficiency in staging techniques while protecting Homeowners and Real Estate Agents.
Please visit our portfolio of before and afters and website for more information. Check out our profile page too! Check out our sister sites for the Houston Bay Area League City Home Staging and Galveston Home Staging. Please contact Cindy Bryant for more information or call 281-748-2170.
Areas Served: Houston, River Oaks, Tanglewood, Bellaire, Piney Point, Mid-Town, The Heights, Montrose, Texas Medical Center, The East End, West Loop/Galleria/Memorial, Downtown, Museum District, West University, Spring Branch, Royal Oaks-Lakeside, League City, Clear Lake City, Friendswood, Kemah, Seabrook, Pearland, Sugar Land, Spring, Cypress, Tomball, The Woodlands, Kingwood. And all areas down to Galveston Island.
Thank you for sharing, I too am trying to cut down on carbs.
Lisa
Thank you for sharing, I too am trying to cut down on carbs.
Lisa
CB,
wowowo, You could be on Top Chef...
wish i was invited......
Looks good! My husband goes in the fall and fills our freezer with shrimp. Usually 150 one pound bags in a season. Them we enjoy all year.
Please let us know how this is...I will definitely try this one...it could even be tonight, if I can get the ingredients today, I love shrimp and I love cilantro, yummy...thanx
Could NOT have come at a better time! Jumbo shrimp for dinner tonight and these sound FANTASTIC! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Cindy, shrimp dishes are some of my favorites. I'll have to check out this recipe.
Sounds great! Let us know how you liked it!
Makes my mouth water..
Ooch! You are making me hungry! I love shrimp (seafood in general) and cilantro is my favorite herb of all time! I use cilantro in most of my Mexican dishes. I will have to try your recipe out. Thanks for sharing.
Cindy,
A long day of staging and you still come home and cook a gourmet meal? Wow, pretty impressive! Good luck wth your recipe.
Lisa-I love all types of carbs, they can be very addicting.
Scott-Top Chef...don't think so, but you did miss possibly the best shrimp ever. Making them again tomorrow, come give them a try!
Laura-Then you have to try this one, it's fantastic!
Patrice-Loved it, even substitued basil for the thyme, and it was still delicious.
Leesa-Hope you got to make...let me know!
Gary-You gotta try it...delicious!
Nancy-My new favorite dish, I could have it once a week.
Greg-It should it has jalapenos in it, but it's actually not that hot!
George-I love cilantro, it's so fresh tasting. I've tried to grow, but haven't had any luck. I love it in mexican too, my favorite food, especially salsa. Check it out, and let me know what you think.
Michelle-I know...was a very long, but successful staging, and the shrimp was the the icing on the cake.
We fixed shrimp cocktails tonight. Boy, I wished we had your recipe earlier and we would have tried it instead . Looks fantastic.
Fantastic! I loved it...will make it again...went and bought more shrimp tonite...thank you so much! Karen
Trey-It is, you gotta try it!
Karen-It's addictive, my niece is putting the shrimp on the barbie as I blog...love it!
Sounds really good, I'm glad I found this group today.
Thank you for sharing.
Andy Laughlin
ConnectRealty.com
Andy-It is reallly good, you should try it!
Cindy
It sounds fantastic. As you can imagine here in AZ good fresh seafood is tough to come by. Ill treat myself after the next closing.
by the way, Do you have an outside blog that I can add to my Blogroll ?
Thanks and look forward to reading your thoughts on the world of real estate.
James- Frozen works too, just make sure thy are deveined!
redesignetc.blogspot.com/ is the one on my website. I haven't updated it in a while.
YUM - they look deliciious - I never thought to grill them like that. Thanks for the idea.
This sounds great, Obviously dinner wasn't fulfilling enough tonight. My husband would enjoy this also.
This sounds absolutely fantastic and I happen to have a bumoer crop of cilantro in my herb garden.
Thank you thank you thank you.
This sounds yummy! I make shrimp scampi a lot so I definitely have to try this one. Thanks for sharing!
Georgina-It gives it that grilled taste, that's soo good!
Heather-It's wonderful!
Dee-The cilantro is such a fresh aste with the peppers.
C-Then you will love this, but only if you like spicy!