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Lemongrass Grilled Shrimp

Here's how you make Lemongrass Grilled Shrimp
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  • Servings: 4-8
  • Prep: 2h
  • Cook: 8m
    • The following recipe serves 4-8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 to 3 stalks fresh lemongrass
  • 1 pound shrimp (large shrimp, peeled with tail left intact and deveined)
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine or sake
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sambal chili paste (or sriracha)
  • 2 teaspoons ginger paste
  • 1 tablespoon Splenda brown sugar blend
  • 1 whole lime (juice and zest of 1 lime)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Using a sharp knife, split the lemongrass into thin, firm, stalks.

  • Step 2: Thread 3-4 shrimp on each stalk.

  • Step 3: Whisk together the wine, fish sauce, sambal chili paste, ginger paste, and Splenda (or brown sugar) and save the lime for later.

  • Step 4: Pour the marinade on the shrimp skewers in a ziplock bag and seal out all the air.

  • Step 5: You can marinate this for up to 6 hours.

  • Step 6: Take shrimp out of the fridge about half hour before time to grill and add lime juice and zest to the marinade.

  • Step 7: Grill shrimp skewers several minutes each side, until just opaque and curled, basting with extra marinade as you grill.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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