Coconut-Rum Grilled Shrimp Recipe - only 5 ingredients! (2024)

This Coconut-Rum Grilled Shrimprecipe is an easy dinner idea for summer grilling and you’ll only needs 5 ingredients!

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It’s very seldom that I cook the same recipe twice in one month.

Butthis Coconut-Rum Grilled Shrimprecipe is one of the rare exceptions.

When I created this recipe, we made them for 4th of July-as oneof the two maindishes we made–and thenwe made themagain a week or two later because wecouldn’t stop thinking about them.

Yes, they are that good. Two times in the month good. And to make the experience even better, it gave me twoopportunitiesto play with thenew grilling tools that OXO sent me.

Thewhole recipe starts by mixing up a coconut-rum marinade. Part of the marinade isset aside and heated on the stovetop to thicken into a glaze. The remaining mixtureis used to marinate the shrimp for about an hourbefore they are placed on skewers for grilling.

Ingredients Needed for Coconut-Rum Grilled Shrimp Recipe:

• Coconut Milk (13.5oz)
• Brown Sugar (1/2 Cup)
• Spiced Rum (You can use a non-spiced rum if you want)
• Lime Juice (2 Tablespoons)
• Large Peeled Shrimps (2 Pounds)

This is when you’ll want a set of good tongs. I have several sets of tongs floating around my kitchen, but these super longOXO Good Grips 16″ Tongsare now David’sgo-to for all his grillingbecause they can reach the back of the grill with ease.

The long length on these tongs alsomakesthem idealfor long skewers, plus it keeps your hands safely away from the heat of the grill. Want to know David’s favorite part? He likes that they “lock”, which keeps the tongs in a closed position when you store them. He does the dishes in our house (which means he puts them away too) and it annoys him that his “fancy” BBQ tools don’t have this feature.

OXO also sent me theirOXO Good Grips Silicone Basting Brush. I already use and love theOXO Good Grips Pastry Brush, which looks just like the Basting Brush, but smaller,so I figured I would like the larger size of the basting brush and I did.

The OXO Good Grips Silicone Basting Brush is designed to makeit easier for the brush to hold onto a glaze or sauce. It really does a great job of grabbing onto the sauce, which helps to coat your food faster and more evenly.

After the shrimp is removed from the grill,the shrimp is brushed generously with the coconut-rum glaze. You can use as much or as little as you like, but we like to give it a generous amount. After brushing one side, turn the shrimp skewers over to brush the other side.

That’s it to these babies…they are done and ready to serve!

Other Cooking Equipment Needed for this recipe:

• Large Mixing Bowl
• Whisk
• Small Saucepan
• Metal or Wood Skewers

Coconut-Rum Grilled Shrimp Recipe

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