Green Lightning Shrimp (pics)

NecessaryIndulg

Last week I asked the Necessary Indulgences Facebook page for shrimp ideas and @Griffin told me about Steven Raichlen’s Green Lightning Shrimp.



The marinade is puréed cilantro, jalapeños, scallions, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, olive oil, and fresh lime juice.



Cook direct at ~500F for 2-3 minutes each side. (I used Key West Pink shrimp, so they look pink before and after they are cooked).



And then pour a Cilantro and Garlic Butter Sauce over them.



They were fantastic -- nice heat from the jalapeños.

*** The one thing I'll change next time is I won't add the lime juice to the marinade, I'll just add freshly squeezed lime juice to the shrimp after they cook. The acid from the lime broke-down the meat too much and caused it to be a tad mushy (the recipe calls for the shrimp to marinate for 30 minutes).

I'll definitely make this again... the marinade will be great on chicken, too.



You can read more about with I did HERE and find the original recipe HERE.

Village Idiot

I love all the ingredients, so it's got to be good !  Bookmarked !!!

Griffin

Glad it worked out for you (except the mushy part). Like I said, I've been meaning to try that recipe for years, then I'll forget about it, then I'll find it again. Somehow it always gets bumped. Now you have me wanting to try it again all over especially since I've got a ton of peppers on my plants right now that I'm going to need to use up.

chris123stock

I looked at this yesterday and want to try it, but I cant stand cilantro, I found that you can sub. With basil? do you think that would taste ok or any ideas on what I could sub it with?

NecessaryIndulg

chris123stock -- I really like tarragon with shellfish... maybe leave it out of the marinade and drizzle the cooked shrimp with a tarragon, garlic, and butter sauce?

milesbrown4

Great cook.  Did you leave seeds and veins in the jalapeños?  I want to make this for the family!

NecessaryIndulg

milesbrown4 said:

Great cook.  Did you leave seeds and veins in the jalapeños?  I want to make this for the family!

I removed the seeds and there was still a good amount of heat. 

TexanOfTheNorth

Looks almost too good to eat!

double

My first take was hey I didn't name that! Green Lightning is my companies name. Looks great will have to give them a try.

bbqlearner

Looks YUMMY!!!

caliking

Green lighting goes well with a green egg just picked some japs from the garden yesterday and was wondering what I could make with them.

Chubbs

Bookmarked and eager to try it. Wish I could get some key west pinks here. Although the local SC shrimp are pretty good. Especially when I catch them myself...

smokesniffer

VERY NICELY DONE Kristi. U 2 Griffin. Gotta try this one for sure. Thanks =D>

texbagger

Kristi, Amazing shrimp.  I will try this, it looks and sounds so yummy!  Thank you for your guidance!

BeerIAm

Looks yummy.  Thanks for sharing.

cookinfun

Thanks, Ok...I'm gonna try.  Methinks good thot on the lime juice.\, maybe too acid. 

Grader07

These shrimp look delish Will def try

Austin Egghead

Kristi, will definitely try that cook. Will figure out what to sub for cilantro....I am one of the 50% that cilantro tastes like soap....a little goes a long way... Beside parsley what other herb would you recommend?

BuckeyeBob

Kristi, That looks outstanding and is officially bookmarked. Going to try and make this weekend. Thanks for sharing.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Did these for lunch today without the oil. Just added a little water instead. Still delish. 8 large shrimp with marinade = 100 calories.  Now THAT is an awesome dish if you are eating light. 

Thanks!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Austin Egghead said:

Kristi, will definitely try that cook. Will figure out what to sub for cilantro....I am one of the 50% that cilantro tastes like soap....a little goes a long way... Beside parsley what other herb would you recommend?

I think parsley would be great. if you do a chimi without cilantro, do it that way. Very fresh and verdant tasting. 

Austin Egghead

Will try that. Family coming in this weekend from coast. See what they bring up..

NecessaryIndulg

The Cen-Tex Smoker -- sweet!  good to know! 

Austin Egghead -- tarragon would be good, too -- I love tarragon with shellfish.  Even if you didn't puree it with the marinade and just use it in the butter sauce, I bet it would be great. 
Don't forget to leave the lime juice out of the marinade. 

rtt121

Looks so good.

I wish me or swmbo liked cilantro.  The only food that comes to mind that my first reaction is get this out of your mouth.

I will most likely try this without the cilantro!  Thanks!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I did leave the lime juice out and added it after the cook.Perfecto! Great call.

milesbrown4

NecessaryIndulg said:

milesbrown4 said:

Great cook.  Did you leave seeds and veins in the jalapeños?  I want to make this for the family!

I removed the seeds and there was still a good amount of heat. 

Thank you!

Socalcajudo

Ummhmm. That looks so delish. Shrimp is so good when grilled just right.

TheMowDown

Those look insane!!! I'm def trying this. Thx for sharing!

BigWings

I saw this last week and had to try it last Saturday. I made a load of them which made me the hero of the neighborhood and scored me mega brownie points with my better half.

NecessaryIndulg

Those look amazing! 

warwoman

Allright.....I'm giving it a try today!! Following the recipe above, but tweaking just a tad. Instead of 1/2 cup of EVOO, I'm going about 1/3 cup of plain EVOO, and filling in the rest with EVOOIG (infused garlic), EVOOIB (infused butter), and EVOOIC (infused cayenne).hopefully will have some successful pics later! Marinating now.....looking for a good scallop recipe. Thinking of bacon wrap and old bay spice, unless anybody has anything else. Wish me luck!!!