Brighten up the flavor of grilled shrimp skewers with a refreshing cilantro and lime chimichurri sauce served over zucchini noodles.
If shrimp is on Mr. Mike's plate he's a happy man. Of course, this means there are plenty of shrimp recipes in my repertoire.
I'm not a big seafood fan like Mike. He'd eat a pile of those pink crustaceans straight off the grill. I want a sauce served with my shrimp and chimichurri with its bright and zingy flavor is perfect.
Wanting to keep this dish low-calorie and colorful, I used my spiral vegetable slicer to make a mound of zucchini noodles. I've used this handy kitchen gadget to make a variety of vegetable noodles. (Slicing up cucumbers and serving them with chicken and Thai peanut sauce was a fun meal too!)
Anyway, on to my skewers. I purchased a bag of wooden skewers for pennies and soaked them for 30 minutes. This keeps the wood from burning on the grill. I hate using metal skewers - you can't grab them for an hour because they're so hot!
Doesn't this look like a healthy meal? With the chimichurri sauce spiked with lime, cilantro and peppers tossed over Mike's zucchini noodles, he ate every curly bite.
Shake It Up!You can use this classic chimichurri recipe from Simple Recipes on all kinds of seafood, chicken or pork. I'm not sure how it would taste over beef, but you never know until you try.
Have a terrific week!
Skewered Shrimp with Cilantro Lime Chimichurri and Zucchini Noodles
- 4 ounces green chiles, canned, minced
- ½ large lime, zested and juiced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup cilantro, finely chopped, and packed into cup
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 16 peeled and deveined shrimp, large
- 4 cups zucchini, spiralized or cubed into small pieces
- Preheat the grill to medium, and soak 2 wooden skewers in water for 30 minutes.
- Skewer 8 shrimp on each skewer and season with salt and pepper.
- Combine green chiles, lime zest and juice, olive oil, cilantro and garlic in a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Spiralize zucchini and divide between two plates.
- Grill shrimp until no longer opaque at the thickest part. Shrimp cooks very quickly so watch carefully. Overcooked shrimp is tough.
- Top each plate of zucchini a shrimp skewer and cilantro lime chimichurri.
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