Add something flavorful to your family's tropical night! Serve mixed fruit with grilled shrimp flavored with jerk seasoning and soy sauce.
Grilled Shrimp with Tropical Fruit Salad
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Marinade
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 to 3 tablespoons jerk seasoning (dry)
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 tablespoon grated gingerroot
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped (1 teaspoon)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 24 uncooked large shrimp (1 1/2 lb), peeled (with tail shells left on), deveined
Fruit Salad
- 1 medium pineapple with rind and green top
- 1 medium papaya, peeled, seeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 ripe medium mango, seed removed, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes (1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cashews, if desired
- 4 teaspoons flaked coconut, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In shallow glass or plastic dish or in resealable food-storage bag, combine marinade ingredients. Add shrimp; stir or shake to coat. Cover dish or seal bag; refrigerate for at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
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Step2Meanwhile, Cut 1/2-inch slice off bottom of pineapple, cut into quarters lengthwise, cutting through green top. Using small sharp knife, remove fruit without piercing through rind, leaving 1/2-inch-thick shell. Turn shells upside down on paper towel-lined pan to drain. Trim cores from pineapple quarters; cut fruit into 3/4-inch cubes. In large bowl toss pineapple, papaya and mango.
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Step3Heat gas or charcoal grill. Remove shrimp from marinade; reserve marinade. Place shrimp in grill basket (grill “wok”).
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Step4Place grill basket on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 6 to 8 minutes, brushing several times with marinade and turning once, until shrimp are pink. Discard any remaining marinade.
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Step5On 4 individual serving plates, arrange pineapple shells. Top with mixed fruit and shrimp. Garnish with cashews and coconut.
Nutrition
420
Calories
19g
Total Fat
10g
Protein
51g
Total Carbohydrate
36g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 420
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 29%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 740mg
- 31%
- Potassium
- 630mg
- 18%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 51g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 23%
- Sugars
- 36g
- Protein
- 10g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 30%
- 30%
- Vitamin C
- 280%
- 280%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 3 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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