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fire it up.grilled shrimp

by Caroline Stegner

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It’s time to fire up the grill and throw some shrimp on the barbie! The lightly charred, smokey flavor from the grill provides the perfect contrast to the garlic, basil and lemon-marinaded shrimp. This recipe is almost too good to be true.

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from Caroline’s kitchen

grilled shrimp

ingredients

  • 1½ lbs. raw, peeled shrimp (16–20 count shrimp per pound)
  • ½ cup Roma tomato, finely diced (about 1 Roma tomato)
  • ½ cup red onion, finely diced
  • 1 tbsp. garlic, minced
  • ¼ cup packed basil, chiffonade, plus additional for garnish
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • 1–1½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. ground black pepper

directions

  1. Head over to eHow for the directions: http://www.ehow.com/how_5547304_grill-shrimp-skewers.html