Barbecued Shrimp In Lettuce Wraps

By á-174942

Ingredients

• 16 jumbo shrimp peeled, deveined
• Light oil, such as vegetable oil for drizzling
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• Salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• 1/3 cup orange marmalade
• 1/2 cup hoisin barbecue sauce (available on the Asian foods aisle)
• Bibb lettuce for wrapping
• 1/4 cucumber julienne sliced

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat a grill pan over high heat. Toss shrimp with a drizzle of oil and season with crushed pepper, salt and black pepper. Mix marmalade and barbecue sauce.

Grill shrimp 2 minutes on the first side, turn and baste liberally with sauce. Cook a minute or 2 longer, turn and baste again. Cook 1 minute more then transfer to a serving dish.

To eat, wrap shrimp in lettuce with cucumber.

This recipe yields 4 servings.