I made these Chipotle Camarones for fathers day this year and my husband has been requesting them on the daily ever since. Enjoying my new deck outdoors and cooking family meals for everyone has been extremely therapeutic for me these past few weeks. I love being able to feed my family. I keep thinking about how all of us will have 2020 embedded in our brains for the rest of our lives. How will each of us remember the spring/summer of 2020? That question keeps lingering through my thoughts. I want my family to remember our great family meals before anything else when looking back. I want us to remember the wonderful times we spent in the kitchen and eating home made meals regularly. I want us to remember the conversations that were had and food be at the center of it all. And at the end of the day, to me this is what life is about great food and quality time with family and friends. This summer season, cook up more family meals at home (like this grilled chipotle shrimp). It’s not only packed with flavor, but quick and easy to make.
Though we do have an outdoor grill at home that we absolutely LOVE, sometimes the idea of turning it on every day for a weeknight meal isn't as feasible as one may think. I love this recipe because you can achieve the same grilled results by simply using your broiler at home for a super quick weeknight family meal. Feel free to adjust the chipotle seasoning to taste and also serve it at the table for those who want more of that smoky chipotle flavor in their dish. I love using Tabasco’s Chipotle sauce because of its smoky, light, yet robust chipotle flavor it brings to the dish. My 5 year old had these in a taco on a flour tortilla and absolutely loved them. Feel free to serve these as a family meal dish on their own with fresh minced parsley on top. You can easily also enjoy them as tacos on flour tortillas. I would put an entire bowl at the middle of the table, and pair it with different taco ingredients like cubed avocados, pickled onions, crema, slaw, cilantro and green onions to make it a taco night at home.
Directions
Start a charcoal or gas grill. Make the fire as hot as it will get, 500°F. Alternatively you could heat up your stove broiler to its highest temperature and put the rack close to the heat source.
Mince garlic with salt; mix with Tabasco Chipotle and paprika. Stir in olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest butter, and minced herbs. Combine until ingredients have reached a paste like consistency.
Smear paste on shrimp and allow to marinade at room temperature for 10 minutes. If using your broiler, lay your shrimp evenly spread out on a sheet pan. Broil or Grill your shrimp 3 minutes a side, turning once. Serve immediately or at room temperature with lemon wedges and a side of Tabasco Chipotle for those who are chipotle lovers!
Ingredients:
1 large clove garlic
1 (17gr) tablespoon coarse salt
2 tablespoons (22ml) Tabasco Chipotle
½ teaspoon (1.25gr) smoked paprika
½ tablespoon(15ml) olive oil
2 tablespoons (30ml) of fresh-squeezed lemon juice
Zest of one lemon
1 tablespoon (14.2gr) of butter, at room temperature
2 tablespoon (7.5g) minced cilantro, parsley and chives
1 - 1 ½ pounds (1/2 kg) shrimp, in the 15-17 a pound range, peeled, deveined, rinsed and dried
Lemon wedges