Grilled Shrimp With Alabama White Sauce

Spiced, grilled shrimp with Alabama white sauce is a implausible recipe impressed by America’s ‘Southern’ delicacies. Serve at your subsequent barbecue or summer season celebration or flip these into grilled shrimp bowls over rice or salad with some candy corn, inexperienced onions and avocado, plus that scrumptious sauce drizzled on prime.

Grilled shrimp or prawns as we name them in Australia will be served in some ways and it’s a scrumptious and wholesome protein choice. Shrimp will be merely seasoned, rubbed in a spice mix, or marinated earlier than being grilled on a barbecue, pan-fried on the range or broiled within the oven.

On this recipe, I wished to make use of frozen shrimp because it’s extra inexpensive and I all the time have a stash in my freezer. Good thing is that you need to use pre-cooked or uncooked frozen shrimp right here, or contemporary, after all. It’s a forgiving type of recipe! 

I wished to make use of a BBQ spice rub to season the prawns – a little bit bit influenced by Cajun or Creole flavours – and to serve, I made a decision to attempt Alabama white sauce (learn extra beneath)! 

As soon as rubbed in a spice flour combine, the prawns will be grilled on a barbecue or pan-fried in a skillet till golden browned and crispy. You’ll be able to serve them on a platter or a board with the sauce drizzled over and a few in a bowl on the aspect. 

I additionally had a imaginative and prescient of serving this dish as grilled shrimp bowls over salad or rice with some candy corn, tomatoes and avocado and have that uniquely flavorful and tangy white BBQ sauce drizzled on prime. 

WHAT IS ALABAMA WHITE SAUCE?

In the event you’re not from america, you may not be conversant in Alabama white BBQ sauce. It was invented by Robert Gibson at Large Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Q in Decatur, AL, the place smoked chickens have been pulled from the pit and dipped in a scrumptious, tangy white sauce made primarily with a mix of mayonnaise, vinegar, salt and pepper.

At the moment’s recipes for Alabama white sauce embody a wide range of substances and vary from cook dinner to cook dinner. And whereas this white BBQ sauce is often served with barbecued or grilled hen, I believed it could work effectively with grilled shrimp too.

WHAT DOES ALABAMA WHITE SAUCE TASTE LIKE?

Alabama BBQ sauce is kind of completely different from the normal purple, tomato-based BBQ sauces. For starters, there aren’t any tomatoes! The style is kind of advanced: it’s fairly tangy, and barely candy, with a number of umami (that fifth savoury flavour) and a little bit of spice to maintain issues thrilling. It’s virtually like a creamy, white salad dressing!

It goes effectively with any conventional barbecued or grilled meats, particularly poultry, however you too can repurpose it in a potato salad, coleslaw or over grilled greens.

HOW TO MAKE ALABAMA WHITE SAUCE

Step 1. Collect the substances: mayonnaise for the bottom, apple cider vinegar (white vinegar or lemon juice can even work right here), salt and pepper, Dijon mustard, horseradish cream, Worcestershire sauce (you probably have it), garlic and onion powder, and cayenne pepper (or a little bit purple chilli).

Step 2. Mix and whisk collectively, it ought to have ranch dressing consistency and a little bit pink tint to it. Retailer in a jar within the fridge if made forward of time. It ought to preserve for every week.

HOW TO MAKE SPICED GRILLED SHRIMP

Step 1. Defrost the shrimp if frozen. Place in a bowl of lukewarm (not sizzling!) water for 5-10 minutes. As soon as the water may be very chilly, swap for hotter water once more. The shrimp will thaw out fairly rapidly this manner. As soon as defrosted, pressure and pat dry with a kitchen paper roll. If utilizing contemporary shrimp/prawns, peel the shell however go away the tails on.

Step 2. Collect substances for the spice rub: a little bit flour of selection, garlic and onion powder, smoked paprika, cumin powder, salt, pepper and cayenne or chili. There may be additionally a little bit little bit of both brown sugar or a sugar-free different.

Step 3. In a bowl, mix the spice rub and the flour (if used). Sprinkle the entire prawns or toss the prawns by means of, whichever means will coat them evenly. Do that simply earlier than cooking the prawns!

Step 4. If pan-frying: warmth a skinny layer of oil in a big frying pan or skillet over medium-high warmth. As soon as scorching sizzling, add the prawns with out overcrowding the pan. Cook dinner for 1-2 minutes on both sides till golden brown and crispy, often longer on the primary aspect. You’ll have to do that in batches.

If grilling exterior: warmth a barbecue grill plate to scorching sizzling and spray with a little bit oil, cook dinner the shrimp for about 2 minutes on both sides.

Serve the shrimp on a platter or a wood board with the sauce, a few of it drizzled over. Garnish with some herbs (cilantro/coriander or chopped inexperienced onions). Or, you may assemble grilled shrimp bowls.

GRILLED SHRIMP BOWLS

Another choice is to show this recipe into grilled shrimp bowls, which make for a nutritious and full meal. Assume Buddha bowls or these ‘wholesome diet bowls’ with a number of colors, textures, enjoyable substances and a wonderful sauce, after all.

For the bottom of the bowls, you need to use common white rice, brown rice quinoa, cauliflower rice or shredded lettuce. I like a number of colors so I used purple cherry tomatoes, yellow candy corn, inexperienced avocado and inexperienced onions as different toppings.

If utilizing corn, I like to recommend charring or grilling it barely after boiling. You are able to do this on a barbecue or in a frying pan. Canned or frozen corn can also be okay to make use of right here.

Put together the toppings/substances for the bowls forward of time. A few of it may be chopped whereas the shrimp/prawns are cooking. You need to use store-bought pre-cooked rice or quinoa or black rice/quinoa packets. As soon as the whole lot is prepared, assemble the bowls and prime with grilled spiced shrimp.

I like to drizzle the sauce on prime however you may serve it on the aspect.

NUTRITION NOTES

There aren’t too many energy in grilled shrimp, which makes them an important selection for these watching their every day energy or attempting to drop a few pounds. You’re taking a look at about 155 energy in 100 grams (3.5 oz) of grilled or baked shrimp. That’s about 10 items. This quantity doesn’t keep in mind spices, flour, any oil it may be cooked in or the sauce. However, it’s an important low base with a number of protein and minerals! 

Spiced and coated in a little bit flour, this grilled shrimp remains to be low in carbohydrates and gluten-free (flour dependent) and will be Paleo and Whole30 pleasant if use one thing like tapioca/cassava flour for coating. You’ll be able to omit flour altogether, nevertheless it does add additional crispiness.

As I discussed above, you may flip the completed shrimp into a whole meal by serving a number of vegetable sides or making shrimp bowls together with your selection of greens, grains, herbs and so forth. 

Vitamin Macros

Grilled shrimp & sauce. Per serve (10-12 prawns + 2.5 tbsp sauce): 423 energy, 5.4 g whole carbs, 0.8 g fibre (4.5 g web carbs), 24 g protein, 8.1 g fats.

Grilled shrimp bowls with rice & sauce: 650 energy, 45.8 g whole carbs, 5.4 g fibre (40.4 g web carbs), 29 g protein, 14.3 g fats. Contains shrimp and sauce as above, 1/2 cup cooked white rice, 1/4 cup corn, 1/4 avocado, 4-5 cherry tomatoes, and 1/2 cup lettuce.

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FULL RECIPE & INGREDIENTS

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