Mediterranean

Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers

Name: Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 lb large shrimp; 1/4 cup olive oil; 5 garlic cloves; 2 lemons; 1/4 cup chopped parsley; 1 tsp paprika; 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes; 2 zucchini; 3/4 tsp salt

Yasmin @beirut_bites

Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium Low carb Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 lb large shrimp
1/4 cup olive oil
5 garlic cloves
2 lemons
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
2 zucchini
3/4 tsp salt

How to cook it

Whisk the olive oil, garlic, the juice of one lemon, paprika, red pepper flakes, and salt.
Toss the shrimp in the marinade and let them sit 15 minutes.
Thread the shrimp and thick zucchini rounds alternately onto skewers.
Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high.
Grill the skewers, turning once, until the shrimp are pink and opaque, about 6 minutes total.
Squeeze the remaining lemon over the top and scatter with parsley to serve.

Watch how to cook Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers

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Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers carries shellfish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	Yes	Baked Falafel Plate
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 360 kcal
Protein: 36 g
Carbs: 5 g
Fat: 22 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 480 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Garlic Lemon Shrimp Skewers takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.