the first 15: Spicy Lemon Shrimp

Monday, October 24, 2011

Spicy Lemon Shrimp

Our friend Carla is an amazing cook and I make quite a few of her recipes. This is probably my favorite one from her...but there are many more good ones!

2 lbs. shrimp
2 in. piece of ginger, peeled & grated
3 large cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 tsp. hot red pepper flakes
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded & chopped
1 tsp. salt
¼ c. lemon juice
¼ c. extra virgin olive oil

Peel & devein shrimp, set aside. Combine all other ingredients except for olive oil, then stream in olive oil with a whisk. Toss clean shrimp in marinade and refrigerate for about 3 hours. Put on skewers and grill for 5-10 min. Serve with Fresh Lemon Rice.

1 comment:

Bethany said...: yuuuuuuuummmmm!!!!! I love this one too! remember when you guys made this for us in North Carolina?! <3 <3 <3
I love to serve this with pasta and alfredo sauce! But that lemon rice is to DIE FOR!; October 24, 2011 at 7:50 PM

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The inspiration

For a couple of years I have been typing up recipes and dreaming of getting them all into a book - one place that I can look for all of our go-to recipes we've compiled over the first 15 years of our marriage. But I hit a slump and became discouraged that this was never going to happen. Until the other night when I was talking to my friends Julie and Eric and they loved the idea, and Eric suggested that instead of a book, I create a blog! This way I could post what I already have typed up, it would all be in one spot, and maybe someday if I ever do actually get it put into a cookbook, it will be ready!