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Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab - juicy, succulent and perfectly grilled shrimp kebab with garlic butter and lemon juice. A guaranteed crowd pleaser!

Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab – juicy, succulent and perfectly grilled shrimp kebab with garlic butter and lemon juice. A guaranteed crowd pleaser | rasamalaysia.com

Grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab with garlic butter and lemon juice.

Happy Memorial Day weekend! I am sure many of you are having a cookout, backyard BBQ or picnic with lots of foods. If you are firing up the grill for the first time this season, I have the most amazing shrimp kebab recipes for you!

Grilled shrimp kebab on skewers ready to serve.

When it comes to Summer, you can’t have a cookout or BBQ without shrimp. shrimp is the most popular seafood for good reasons: you can make them into mouthwatering shrimp skewers that everyone just can’t stop eating.

These garlic butter shrimp kebabs are exactly what you need to please your crowd.

Easy and quick grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp on skewers.

As shrimps are naturally briny and tasty, you need only the simplest ingredients: garlic, butter, lemon juice, pinch of cayenne pepper for some heat, and herb.

Coat the garlic butter mixture on the shrimp, thread them on skewers and voila, party is on.

Homemade easy Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab close up.

I always get the frozen, shelled and deveined, but tail-on shrimp at Target. They are about $8-$9 per 2 lbs bag. Pick them up this weekend and try my recipes. Have an amazing Memorial Day weekend!

Shrimp kebab marinade with garlic butter.

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Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab Recipe

Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab – juicy, succulent and perfectly grilled shrimp kebab with garlic butter and lemon juice. A guaranteed crowd pleaser. 

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 234 kcal

Ingredients

  • Bamboo skewers
  • 3 lbs shelled and deveined tail-on shrimp
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 6 tablespoons salted butter melted
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 dashes cayenne pepper
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Soak the bamboo skewers in water. Rinse the shrimp with water, pat dry with paper towels and set aside.
  2. In a small bowl, mix the garlic, melted butter, salt, cayenne pepper and lemon juice together. Save some for grilling. Combine the shrimp and the garlic butter mixture together. Thread three shrimps onto each bamboo skewers.
  3. Grill the shrimp on a grill. Brush the garlic butter mixture on both sides while grilling. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

You may bake the shrimp in an oven at 400F for about 8 minutes or until they are cooked.

Nutrition Facts
Garlic Butter Shrimp Kebab Recipe
Amount Per Serving (4 g)
Calories 234 Calories from Fat 167
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.5g 28%
Saturated Fat 11g 55%
Cholesterol 173mg 58%
Sodium 343mg 14%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g 0%
Sugars 0.2g
Protein 16.2g 32%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  2. Important Note: The skewers should be soaked in water for 30 minutes before using so they don’t catch on fire.

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  3. I’m love just looking at the pictures. I’m going to make it tomorrow .bought the shrimp already. I’ll write back and report. I can’t wait.

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  6. Why does everyone always say “SHRIMP” scampi? “cos Scampi is Italian for shrimp!! So you can Scampi any seafood! Not just shrimp!!

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    • Hi Patricia, thanks for letting me know know but this is what Americans call. But I didn’t call this kebab shrimp scampi, it’s just garlic butter shrimp kebab.

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  8. Going to try this, but I’ll be using a griddle instead of a grill. Will attempt to reply with photos.

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  9. I’m going to make this today but I was wondering can I leave the shrimp in the marinade for a hour or so?

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