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Orange Chili Sauce & Grilled Shrimp

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.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Appetizer, Sauce
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Video

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
  • ¼ cup orange marmalade
  • ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
  • ½ cup water or orange juice
  • 2 tsp cornstarch

Method
 

  1. Prep pepper by removing stem, slice in half and remove seeds and ribs of pepper.
  2. 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 spoonful to marinate the Shrimp, you can let Shrimp marinate while preparing the sauce
  1. Heat oil in saucepan. Add remaining chili/garlic mixture to pan and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
  2. Stir in marmalade and rice wine vinegar and cook until marmalade begins to melt off.
  3. In a small bowl whisk together orange juice and cornstarch to make a slurry.
  4. Add slurry to the mix over medium heat and cook until sauce thickens a bit.
  5. Remove from heat.
    6. Save some sauce for dipping.
  6. Preheat grill or cast iron grill marked pan to medium high heat (lightly oil pan if using).
  7. Place Shrimp on skewers and grill Shrimp 3-4 minutes per side basting with orange chili sauce until pink.
    8. Note: If using wooden skewers soak in water for at least 30 minutes to prevent flame ups.
  8. Serve with reserved sauce.
    9. Garnish with cilantro and pair with cilantro rice if desired.

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