grilled shrimp with mom's avocado-and-orange salad

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Ingredients

  • 2 navel oranges
  • 2 teaspoons hot sauce
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons chopped mint
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 24 large shrimp (about 1 1/2 pounds), shelled and deveined
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
  • Pinch of dried oregano
  • 2 Hass avocados, cut into thin wedges
  • recommendation: carribean hot sauce made with habaners

Preparation

Step 1

Using a sharp knife, peel the oranges, removing all of the bitter white pith. Working over a strainer set over a medium bowl, cut between the membranes to release the orange sections into the strainer. Squeeze the juice from the membranes into the bowl through the strainer. Whisk 1 teaspoon of the hot sauce into the strained juice with 1 tablespoon of the oil and the mint. Season with salt and pepper; add the shrimp and toss.
In another bowl, combine the lime juice with the remaining 1/4 cup of oil and 1 teaspoon of hot sauce. Add the tomatoes, onion, cilantro and oregano and the orange sections. Season lightly with salt.
Light a grill or heat a grill pan. Grill the shrimp over high heat for about 4 minutes, turning once or twice until lightly charred and cooked through. Transfer the shrimp to plates. Gently fold the avocados into the orange salad and serve alongside the shrimp.