Cajun Grilled Shrimp Ii from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Cajun Grilled Shrimp Ii Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

3 green onions, minced
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly-ground black pepper - (to 1/2)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper - (to 1/2)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 lb shrimp, shelled, with
tails intact, deveined
Lemon wedges, for serving

Recipe Instructions:

Combine onions, lemon juice, garlic, paprika, salt and peppers in 2-quart glass dish; stir in oil. Add shrimp; turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 15 minutes.

Thread shrimp onto metal or wooden skewers. (Soak wooden skewers in hot water 30 minutes to prevent burning.) Grill shrimp over medium-hot Kingsford Briquets about 2 minutes per side until opaque. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Meat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 173; Calories from fat 27%; Total Fat 5g; Saturated Fat 1g; Protein 28g; Carbohydrates 3g; Cholesterol 260mg; Sodium 882mg; Dietary Fiber 1g.

Comments: Frozen shelled and deveined shrimp are a great time-saver; just thaw and cook them.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-26-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 4

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress

~ Gelett Burgess, 'Look Eleven Years Younger' (1937).

 

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