Tequila Adobo BBQ Shrimp is a zesty and flavorful dish that combines the smoky sweetness of adobo sauce with the tangy kick of tequila. Succulent shrimp are marinated in a mixture of tequila, adobo sauce, garlic, cumin, and chili powder, then grilled or roasted until perfectly cooked. The result is a tantalizing appetizer or main course that is sure to impress your friends and family. Serve the delectable Tequila Adobo BBQ Shrimp over rice or your favorite side dish for a complete meal that packs a punch of flavor.
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GRILLED TEQUILA-LIME SHRIMP
Steps:
- Whisk together the lime juice, tequila, olive oil, garlic salt, cumin, and black pepper in a bowl until well blended. Pour into a large resealable plastic bag; add the shrimp, seal bag and turn to coat evenly. Refrigerate 1 to 4 hours before grilling.
- Soak skewers at least 30 minutes in water to prevent burning.
- Preheat outdoor grill for medium-high heat. Lightly oil grill grate, and place about 4 inches from heat source.
- Drain and discard marinade from shrimp. Thread shrimp onto prepared skewers, 5 to 6 per skewer.
- Cook, uncovered, on preheated grill until shrimp turn pink, turning once, for 5 to 7 minutes. Serve with lime wedges for garnish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 235.2 calories, Carbohydrate 3.8 g, Cholesterol 172.9 mg, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 18.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 282.5 mg, Sugar 0.6 g
TEQUILA SHRIMP BANGER SAUCE
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, add the mayonnaise, chili sauce, tequila, Sriracha, oil, adobo, granulated garlic, cayenne and 2 cups water. Mix to combine.
ACROSS THE BORDER TEQUILA SHRIMP
I used to visit my friend Teresa in Brownsville, TX. We would cross the border to this open air vendor/food stand to eat this. The cook did not or could not hide her ingredients, so we know what was put in this dish. You can serve this with rice, beans, or make it into wraps. The ingredients are very forgiving, so feel free to increase or decrease the amount stated.
Provided by IrvineHousewife
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic; cook and stir for about 30 seconds. Add shrimp; cook until they start to turn pink, about 3 minutes. Pour in the tequila and lime juice and season with salt and chili powder. Simmer until the liquid has evaporated, about 3 more minutes. Pour shrimps on a plate and garnish with cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 278.6 calories, Carbohydrate 3.7 g, Cholesterol 289.8 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 28.3 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 674.3 mg, Sugar 0.5 g
TEQUILA-GRILLED SHRIMP
The citrus marinade for the shrimp is spiked with tequila, which makes for a very flavorful grilled appetizer, or serve over rice for a quick and easy dinner.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a medium nonreactive bowl, stir together shrimp, tequila, lime juice, and orange juice; season with salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 20 minutes.
- Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high. Clean and lightly oil hot grill. Grill shrimp until opaque throughout, 4 to 6 minutes, flipping once. Transfer to a platter and top with jalapeno. Serve shrimp with lime wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 95 g, Fat 1 g, Protein 18 g
TEQUILA SHRIMP
How to Make Tequila Shrimp
Provided by Melissa Roberts
Categories Tequila Dairy Sauté Quick & Easy Dinner Lunch Shrimp Spirit Gourmet Sugar Conscious Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Toss shrimp with kosher salt and 3/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper.
- Heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then sauté shrimp, turning, until pink and just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and add tequila, then increase heat to medium-high. Tilt skillet over gas burner to ignite tequila (or ignite with a long match; use caution, as flames may shoot up high). Cook, shaking skillet gently once or twice, until flames subside. Remove from heat and stir in crema. Serve sprinkled with scallion.
TEQUILA ADOBO BBQ SHRIMP
This shrimp is a treat. I first had this at a restaurant down in Mexico. The taste always stayed in the back of my mind. Someone else had also eaten this dish at Pappadeaux's and I promised to help find the recipe. I found something similar, but couldn't quite get the sauce right. I must have been thinking about it pretty hard, because I had a dream about how to come up with the sauce. It was a simple solution too! Maybe I should have named this "Shrimp with Dream Sauce."
Provided by Dawn399
Categories Tex Mex
Time 40m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Shrimp Marinade and Grilling: In a glass bowl, stir together Tequila, lime juice, garlic and pepper.
- Marinate shrimp for 30 minutes, stirring once or twice.
- Over marinating will result in a very strong flavor!
- Remove shrimp from marinade, and wrap shrimp in bacon pieces.
- Thread shrimp on skewers and lightly sprinkle with seasoning salt.
- Grill shrimp over medium hot charcoal fire, basting with Adobo BBQ sauce.
- Turn shrimp every 2 minutes and continue to baste.
- The shrimp should cook for about 10 minutes.
- Bacon will be cooked, but not crisped.
- Serve immediately and drizzle with additional sauce.
- BBQ Adobo Sauce: Add dried chilies (except chipotle pepper) to 1 1/2 cups of boiling water.
- Let sit for 15 minutes.
- Remove chilies and reserve 1/2 cup of chile water.
- Add chile, reserved water, onion, garlic, oregano, cinnamon, and cumin to a blender and puree.
- Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
- Sautee puree in pan and add vinegar and sugar, bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until thick.
- This should yield 2 cups of Adobo sauce.
- I freeze the extra sauce.
- Mix 1/2 cup of Adobo sauce with 1/2 cup of prepared BBQ sauce.
- Differing the proportions of the mixture will give you varying degrees of spice.
- Use this mixture to baste shrimp and drizzle remaining on shrimp.
ONE-PAN TEQUILA SHRIMP
Say hello to margarita shrimp! Everyone's favorite summer cocktail is surprisingly the perfect marinade. This one-pan dish uses everything we know and love in a margarita and turns it into a stunning dish that is perfect for summer.
Provided by Elena Besser
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Put the shrimp, tequila, agave, zest and juice of 2 limes and garlic in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper, toss together and marinate at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Preheat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil and heat until smoking.
- Cut the remaining 1 lime in half crosswise and set aside. Remove the shrimp from the marinade, reserving the marinade for later, and cook in batches until the shrimp is pink and cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Wipe out the skillet and set over medium heat. Add 4 tablespoons butter and swirl until melted. Add the bread slices and lime halves, cut-side down, and cook until the bread is golden brown and toasted, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer the bread and limes to a plate.
- Strain the reserved marinade into a medium bowl and discard the solids. Put the marinade liquid and minced jalapeños in the skillet and cook over medium heat until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and swirl until melted. Add the shrimp and toss together until coated.
- To plate, top the bread with the shrimp mixture, garnish with the jalapeño slices and fresh herbs and enjoy!
CAMARONES EMBARAZADOS (ADOBO GRILLED SHRIMP)
Camarones embarazados translates to pregnant shrimp, but these crustaceans aren't necessarily carrying roe. The catchy name is a play on words: "en vara" means on a stick, and "asado" means roasted, and together, "en vara asado" sounds like "embarazado." These shrimp are soaked with an adobo that becomes a crunchy crust when grilled. This take on the dish, which spread from Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific coast of Mexico to beaches all over the country, combines guajillo chiles and chiles de árbol with the surprising addition of Mexican chocolate. The chocolate rounds out the sharpness of the adobo and provides a caramelized finish. Simmered extra adobo is delicious for dipping the shrimp hot off the coals.
Provided by Pati Jinich
Categories seafood, skewers and kebabs, appetizer, main course
Time 1h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, combine the whole tomatoes, guajillo chiles, chiles de árbol and garlic cloves, and cover with water by an inch or two. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium and simmer until the tomatoes are very soft and their skins start to break, 8 to 10 minutes. (The chiles should rehydrate and plump up.) Using a slotted spoon, transfer the solids to a blender, and add the scallions, oregano, allspice, cumin, thyme, vinegar, butter, Mexican chocolate and salt. (Discard the cooking water.) Purée until completely smooth, then scrape the adobo into a large bowl and let cool completely.
- Place the shrimp in the bowl with the cooled adobo and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
- When ready to eat, take the shrimp out of the refrigerator. Prepare an outdoor charcoal or gas grill for direct grilling over high heat. Thread the shrimp onto skewers and place on a sheet pan. If using head-on shrimp or shell-on shrimp, insert the skewer where the head meets the body, thread the skewer through the body while straightening it out, then push it out through the tail end. If using peeled shrimp, thread the skewer through the tops and bottoms of the shrimp without passing it through the length of the bodies. Once all are skewered, generously douse the shrimp with more adobo (reserve some for serving) and sprinkle a bit of salt on top.
- Scrape the remaining adobo into a small saucepan or skillet and set over medium heat. Bring to a simmer and continue simmering, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes. Scrape into a serving bowl and set aside.
- Set the skewers on the hot grill grate. For head-on shrimp, cook, flipping once, until the shells have crisped, browned and achieved some charring, and the bodies have cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. For headless shell-on shrimp, grill for about 3 minutes per side, and for peeled shrimp, about 2 minutes per side. (If using a gas grill, close the lid between flips.)
- Transfer the skewers to a platter and serve with the reserved adobo sauce and lime wedges. Let everyone eat by dipping the shrimp in the adobo sauce and squeezing fresh lime juice on top. The shrimp can be eaten in their entirety - heads, shells, tails and everything in between - or peeled.
Tips:
- Use large shrimp: They will hold up better on the grill and will be easier to skewer.
- Marinate the shrimp for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight: This will help the shrimp absorb the flavors of the marinade.
- Skewer the shrimp tightly: This will help them stay on the skewers while grilling.
- Grill the shrimp over medium-high heat: This will help them cook evenly and prevent them from overcooking.
- Baste the shrimp with the remaining marinade while grilling: This will help keep them moist and flavorful.
- Cook the shrimp until they are opaque and firm, about 2-3 minutes per side: Do not overcook, or they will become tough.
- Serve the shrimp immediately: They are best when eaten hot off the grill.
Conclusion:
This Tequila Adobo BBQ Shrimp recipe is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a summer barbecue or party. The shrimp are marinated in a flavorful mixture of tequila, adobo sauce, and spices, then grilled until they are cooked through. The result is a juicy, tender, and flavorful shrimp that is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So, fire up your grill and give this recipe a try today!
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