SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE

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From the LCBO's Early Summer 2005 Food and Drink Magazine (by Lucy Waverman) Serve on a bed of lettuce with sticky rice on the side. NOTE: Preparation time does not include the 1 hour marinating time.

Provided by Dreamer in Ontario

Categories     Thai

Time 25m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon green curry paste (Thai)
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 lb jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails on
4 stalks lemongrass
salt & freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup vegetable oil
reserved marinade
2 teaspoons lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon chopped mint

Steps:

  • Combine coconut milk, curry paste and garlic in a saucepan and bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until coconut milk has thickened slightly.
  • Stir in lime juice and fish sauce, cool then toss with shrimp and marinate for 1 hour.
  • Remove shrimp from marinade and thread shrimps onto lemon grass stalks, spearing shrimps in 2 places so that they don't turn on the skewers. Season with salt and pepper. (Reserve marinade.).
  • Preheat grill to high.
  • Brush shrimp with extra oil and grill about 2 minutes per side or until shrimps are cooked.
  • While shrimp is cooking, place reserved marinade in a small pot over high heat, bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes or until quite thick (like mayonnaise).
  • Remove from heat, stir in extra lime juice and sugar.
  • Drizzle over grilled shrimp and sprinkle with mint.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 477.7, Fat 26.9, SaturatedFat 13.3, Cholesterol 143, Sodium 1376.5, Carbohydrate 43.2, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 39.7, Protein 16.9

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