Lemon Basil Grilled Shrimp Skewers | Grilled Summertime Appetizer

These Lemon Basil Grilled Shrimp Skewers were a Summer staple for me every bit a caterer- e'er 1 of the outset things to go.  After I had served these a brace of times I had to enhance the cost of these on my menus because I was having to ready too thence many of them to continue upwards alongside the demand of the guests... I never wanted to run out of anything.  

As I've mentioned before, I'm a stickler for making certain that everything on my menus goes good alongside each other... I detect that these are much ameliorate to serve at a political party than traditional shrimp cocktail because the flavors of the herbs too lemon larn much ameliorate alongside a drinkable too other bill of fare items than a strongly flavored ketchup based cocktail sauce.  They are perfect political party food- flavorful, elegant, slow to ready inwards advance too slow to eat.

This recipe was inspired past times a Barefoot Contessa recipe - she served them every bit a principal course of written report alongside pesto pasta... too 1 of my favorite ways to savor them. 

You tin plough over the axe detect the skewers, here, that brand these expect bully too perfect for a party.

Lemon Basil 
Grilled Shrimp Skewers
4 appetizer portions
1 pound of shrimp, peeled too deveined
iii cloves of garlic, minced
two tablespoons of fresh basil, chopped
two tablespoons of fresh parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
two lemons, juiced
1/4 loving cup of olive oil
two teaspoons of body of body of water salt
1 teaspoon of cracked pepper
bamboo skewers

In a bowl, combine garlic, basil, parsley, dijon, lemon juice, olive oil, common salt too pepper.  Combine good alongside a fork.  Add shrimp too toss.  If fourth dimension allows, allow the shrimp marinate for 1 lx minutes or over night.



Soak wooden skewers inwards H2O for 1 hour.  Skewer shrimp onto the sticks.  Grill for 1 infinitesimal on each side until pink.  Serve warm, at room temperature, or refrigerate too serve cold.  If the conditions isn't cooperating for the grill, they tin plough over the axe too hold upwards prepared inwards the oven- only roast them at 450 degrees for 5-7 minutes. 

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