Are you looking for an easy grilled shrimp recipe? Fortunately, grilled shrimp recipes are all over the internet and we’ve found the best ones just for you.
We are in love with shrimp, and it’s one of our favorite seafood dishes. All types of shrimp are delicious, including boiled shrimp, steamed shrimp, fried shrimp, and sautéed shrimp. We even love shrimp scampi! However, shrimp is perfect for grilling because it only takes a few minutes to prepare dinner.
The best grilled shrimp is plump, juicy, and flavorful, and we have some great BBQ grill shrimp recipes you can try any time of the year.
Shrimp on the BBQ is a summertime favorite, and it’s extra tasty when you can include fresh summer vegetables.
Summer is the perfect time to fire up the grill and bring out your favorite skewers for mouthwatering dishes. Grilled shrimp is not only a crowd-pleaser, but it’s also an incredibly versatile and healthy option for your next cookout. With countless flavor combinations from around the world, you’ll never get bored exploring the many delightful ways to enjoy this seafood delicacy.
To get started with some fantastic grilled shrimp recipes, it’s essential to choose the right shrimp size and type. Opt for jumbo or extra-large shrimp, as they are easier to handle on the grill and won’t overcook as quickly as smaller ones. You can also experiment with different seasonings and marinades, from simple garlic butter to zesty Caribbean spices or tangy Asian glazes – the possibilities are endless!
Once you’ve made your selection and prepped the shrimp by cleaning and deveining it, be sure to let the flavors properly marinate before grilling. This ensures maximum taste and locks in the juiciness. With just a few simple tips and techniques, you’ll soon be the master of grilled shrimp recipes, impressing friends and family with your culinary skills
For the best grilled shrimp, be sure to buy your shrimp from a source and use a good marinade. Fresh shrimp is best (and we love jumbo shrimp), but good quality frozen shrimp can work just as well with a marinade.
Another secret to perfect grilled shrimp is to have a clean grill grate or grill pan so that spices and flavor from other cooked meat don’t taint your shrimp.
You can experiment and enjoy some delicious grilled shrimp recipes. For example, grilled shrimp scampi is delicious, and if you have some leftover grilled shrimp, you can make grilled shrimp tacos.
Want a simple grilled shrimp recipe? Grill some shrimp on shrimp skewers and serve your grilled shrimp skewers with fresh lemon juice (or lime juice) and pineapple salsa. What a fresh and delicious main dish!
Are you ready for some of the best grilled shrimp ideas? Let’s go!
This is easily one of my favorite shrimp recipes. The Argentinian Red Shrimp have a slightly different flavor than the ones we get on the Low Country of South Carolina.
A favorite BBQ shrimp recipe is this garlic grill shrimp recipe. Could this be the best grilled shrimp recipe? Maybe!
Flavored with ingredients like garlic cloves, olive oil, fresh basil, lemon juice, black pepper, and tomato paste, these jumbo shrimp are absolutely succulent.
However, what makes these grilled shrimp skewers even better is the garlic butter they’re served with. Use minced garlic, butter, and fresh parsley and you have a sauce that is to die for.
Serve these shrimp skewers with lemon wedges with grilled veggies or over pasta and your recipe reviews will be over the top!
To make mojo sauce, you need garlic (or garlic powder), fresh ginger, cayenne pepper, orange juice, lime juice, vinegar, brown sugar, and turmeric. Use your food processor to combine these ingredients until they’re smooth. At that point, you’re going to slowly drizzle the oil into the mixture. A bit of lemon zest is also nice in this recipe.
Arrange your shrimp on a skewer and grill them until they’re done. The mojo sauce is what makes this recipe so special.
A great recipe for shrimp on the BBQ is this Greek grilled shrimp recipe that includes succulent tomatoes, zucchini, and feta cheese.
You can put your raw shrimp on bamboo skewers to make this shrimp kabob recipe, and the shrimp skewers are the base for a delicious meal with Greek flavor.
As for nutrition facts, this recipe covers nearly all of the food groups with kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, feta cheese, zucchini, and Greek seasoning.
When you want a healthy shrimp recipe to pull together quickly on a busy weeknight, this couscous, grilled veggie, and shrimp primavera can save your evenings.
For spices, you need black pepper, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, and parsley.
Parmesan cheese adds tons of flavor, and the fresh lemon juice brightens up the dish so it’s not heavy. Use vegetable broth or chicken broth to make this dish super creamy.
Cooking outside is perfect for making sure you don’t heat up your kitchen (and the rest of your house!), and you can make this entire salad on your grill.
Serve your grilled corn and grilled shrimp over a bed of lettuce. Add some red onion, tomatoes, cucumber slices, and avocado chunks for even more flavor and color.
To enjoy a traditional clambake, you don’t have to serve just clams and you also don’t have to be in Cape Cod.
This seafood clambake recipe is a one pot meal and it is sure to please even the pickiest eaters.
For a true clambake, you need juicy large shrimp and a good shrimp marinade, mussels, clams, your choice of sausage or chorizo, maybe some plump hot dogs, potatoes, shallots or onions, bay leaves, sea salt, white wine, Old Bay seasoning, corn on the cob, butter, and fresh thyme sprigs.
How does a spicy shrimp recipe sound? We’ve got the perfect one for you!
The shrimp marinade for this recipe is made with fresh lime juice and olive oil.
The ingredients in the dish are turmeric, cayenne pepper, fresh lemongrass, macadamia nuts (some extra protein!), fresh ginger, shallots, serrano chiles, smoked paprika, black pepper, brown sugar, and coriander.
You need two types of oil for this recipe: macadamia oil and sesame oil.
Italian spices and seasoning can bring a lot of flavor and goodness to shrimp dishes, and this grilled shrimp recipe is made with lemon zest, lemon juice, and fresh oregano.
This shrimp recipe calls for capers, so this is a dish with an added interest and texture.
The fresh lemon zest really brings out the lemon flavor, along with the fresh lemon juice.
Other ingredients are garlic cloves, extra virgin olive oil, and black pepper. You can use fresh oregano or dried oregano.
Grilled seafood is the perfect way to serve up a tasty and elegant meal that is also lots of fun.
If you’ve never had spot prawns, you’re in for a treat. Although spot prawns are a bit more costly than regular shrimp, they’re worth it for a rare treat.
For this recipe, you need black pepper, sea salt, red pepper flakes, avocado oil, lemon juice, garlic cloves, minced shallot, ghee or butter, and chopped parsley.
Grilling shrimp is perfect for making delicious shrimp cocktails.
Traditionally, a shrimp cocktail is made with boiled shrimp or steamed shrimp, but you can get a shrimp cocktail with a delicious grilled flavor by grilling shrimp.
When you make a shrimp cocktail by grilling shrimp, you no longer have shrimp that’s rubbery or watery.
Serve your grilled shrimp cocktail with cocktail sauce and some fresh lemon wedges.
For this grilled shrimp recipe, you can use either squeezable garlic in a tube or minced garlic that’s ready to use. Alternatively, you can also use fresh garlic if you prefer.
Other ingredients in this recipe are fresh lemon juice, vegetable oil (or extra virgin olive oil), black pepper, sea salt, red chile or red chile flakes, and lemon slices or lemon wedges.
Using creamy Greek yogurt helps to give this shrimp both flavor and texture, and the spices are out of this world.
For this recipe, you need fresh mint leaves, fresh cilantro, fresh ginger, chili powder, garlic cloves, coriander, turmeric, cumin, garam masala, sea salt, and black pepper.
Serve this shrimp with lime wedges or lemon wedges.
For this recipe, you use your farm-fresh peaches to create a delicious shrimp dish.
Other ingredients in this amazing recipe include natural peanut butter, dark brown sugar, seasoned rice vinegar, soy sauce, hot chili paste, and bok choy.
The soy sauce gives a nice contrast to the peaches. With soy sauce, you get a salty flavor and the peaches give you plenty of natural sweetness.
All over the world, shrimp is a beloved delicacy, and that includes the African country of Nigeria.
Shrimp grilled in Nigerian style is super delicious and this recipe gives you the opportunity to serve something completely different and unique to your guests.
To make Nigerian shrimp skewers, you need roasted peanuts that are ground into a fine powder. Other ingredients include garlic powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, sea salt, ground ginger, onion, heavy cream, and Maggi bouillon.
You can also use this recipe with other types of meat, including chicken and beef.
Barbecue shrimp never tasted so good! When you leave the heads on raw shrimp and put them in a delicious marinade, you have a dramatic dish that will never fail to impress.
This rustic dish serves up some gorgeous prawns that are seasoned with garlic cloves, fresh parsley, crushed red pepper flakes, black pepper, sea salt, and fresh parsley.
Serve your finished shrimp recipe with rice, pasta, a green salad, or fresh veggies.
Do you want to know how to make perfect shrimp on the grill recipes? Maybe you want to know the secret for how to grill shrimp (or a grilled shrimp marinade) that turns out super tasty, what ingredients to use in your marinade, or how long to cook shrimp on grill and how long to grill shrimp. Check out this video below to make sure all of your ecipe for grilled shrimp and your jumbo shrimp marinade come out perfectly.
Our 20+ BEST Grilled Shrimp Recipes (+Grilled Oregano Shrimp)
These options are sure to be a hit. So, gather your family and friends and enjoy. Let us know your thoughts!
Cassie brings decades of experience to the Kitchen Community. She is a noted chef and avid gardener. Her new book "Healthy Eating Through the Garden" will be released shortly. When not writing or speaking about food and gardens Cassie can be found puttering around farmer's markets and greenhouses looking for the next great idea.
