This BBQ Shrimp recipe is quick and easy, with big bold flavors. It’s the perfect quick dinner served with rice, bread or a salad.
Looking for a fun and tasty way to eat shrimp for dinner? try that BBQ shrimp Recipe! This quick and easy method yields a bold and flavorful sauce for floating shrimp, flavored with barbecue sauce and a few extras. It’s the perfect quick dinner for nights when you don’t want to think too much and might already have a lot of ingredients on hand. Serve with rice, garlic bread or a crunchy salad and voila!
Ingredients for this BBQ Shrimp Recipe
There are several ways to cook grilled shrimp. This recipe combines barbecue sauce with a few extra condiments for a quick and easy shrimp stir fry sauce. A Classic New Orleans Barbecue Shrimp Recipe Doesn’t Use Barbecue Sauce at All: Check out this recipe from Immaculate Bites. What you need for this easy barbecue shrimp recipe:
- BBQ sauce: Use the best quality you can find and afford: it really makes a difference in flavor in this recipe.
- soy pasture
- Dijon mustard
- cornstarch
- Medium sized shrimpthawed and deveined (with tail or peeled)
- Garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, black pepper and kosher salt
- butter
- lemon juice
The shrimp species to look for
Most grocery stores have many options when it comes to shrimp. Here are some things to look out for when preparing this barbecue shrimp recipe and some sustainability advice:
- Medium sized shrimp: The medium is labeled 41 to 50 units (the number of shrimp per pound). You can use any size here, but we prefer the medium size for this particular recipe.
- tomboy: Wild fish caught in your country is generally a sustainable choice. There are also quality options at well-regulated farms; see Seafood Watch consumer guide.
- tail or peeled: The tail is the best, but it can be messy when you eat it. Make sure you have a bowl for cocks! Peeled shrimp are easier to eat.
- Fresh or frozen: Both are of similar quality! Frozen shrimp can be as valuable as fresh when frozen as soon as they are caught. How to defrost shrimp.
Tips for preparing grilled shrimp
This BBQ Shrimp recipe is quick and easy: mix the ingredients for the sauce, sear the almost-cooked shrimp, then add the sauce and you’re done cooking. Here are some tips to keep in mind when walking:
- Use your largest pan. You don’t want to overcrowd the pan or the shrimp will steam instead of popping. Use a very large skillet for 1½ pounds of shrimp. If you don’t have a large enough pan, you can also fry in portions.
- Cook until the shrimp are half cooked, then turn and add the sauce. You will cook the shrimp with the sauce in the pan the rest of the time.
How to serve it
Make a quick dinner with these BBQ Shrimp by adding an easy side dish! Here are some ideas that go just as quickly:
More Shrimp Recipes
Shrimp are great for quick and easy dinners: they often save us a weekday! Here are some other shrimp recipes we love:
This BBQ Shrimp Recipe is…
Gluten free and pescetarian. For non-dairy products, use olive oil instead of butter.
The description
This BBQ Shrimp recipe is quick and easy, with big bold flavors. It’s the perfect quick dinner served with rice, bread or a salad.
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- ¾ cup barbecue sauce*
- 1 tbsp soy pasture
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 Pound medium shrimp, thawed and deveined (tail or peeled)
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 3 tablespoons butter without salt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Freshly ground black pepper
- If frozen, thaw the shrimp.
- In a medium bowl, combine cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water. Then add the BBQ sauce, soy sauce and Dijon mustard.
- Dry the shrimp. In a medium bowl, toss the shrimp with the salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin.
- In a very large skillet, heat the butter over medium-high heat. Add shrimp in a single layer and cook until shrimp are about ½ cooked, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn the shrimp and pour the sauce over them. Cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes, until the sauce is thick and glossy. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and freshly ground black pepper.
Remarks
* Get the best bottle of barbecue sauce you can find or afford: it makes a difference in flavor.
- Category: main course
- Method: Cook
- Kitchen: American
- Diet: Gluten free
