What happens when you pair deliciously grilled shrimp with an orange chili sauce? You get a tangy, sweet, and spicy treat. This grilled orange chili sauce shrimp is easy to make but will taste like you’re a master chef, enjoy.
Orange Chili Sauce & Grilled Shrimp
Ingredients
For The Shrimp:
- 1 pound raw large or Jumbo Shrimp
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 2 tsp orange Zest
- 1 heaping spoon of chili garlic (borrowed from orange chili pre-sauce
For the Orange Chili Sauce:
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1-2 red chili
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup orange marmalade
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup water or orange juice
- 2 tsp cornstarch
Directions
- Prep pepper by removing stem, slice in half and remove seeds and ribs of pepper. Add pepper and garlic to a food processor add pulse until finely minced, add orange Zest and oil and pulse until blended well. Note: Reserve a heaping spoon to marinate the Shrimp/ you can let Shrimp marinate while preparing the sauce
- Heat oil in saucepan. Add remaining chili/garlic mixture to pan and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant. Stir in marmalade and rice wine vinegar and cook until marmalade begins to melt off.
- In a small bowl whisk together orange juice and cornstarch to make a slurry. Add slurry to the mix over medium heat and cook until sauce thickens a bit. Remove from heat. Save some sauce for dipping.
- Preheat grill or cast iron grill marked pan to medium high heat (lightly oil pan if using).
Place Shrimp on skewers and grill Shrimp 3-4 minutes per side basting with orange chili sauce until pink. Note: If using wooden skewers soak in water for at least 30 minutes to prevent flame ups. - Serve with reserved sauce. Garnish with cilantro and pair with cilantro rice if desired.
