Grilled Cilantro Lime Shrimp with Avocado Lime Dipping Sauce

White plate filled with easy grilled shrimp skewers with avocado sauce and lime wedges.

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Grilled Cilantro Lime Shrimp with Avocado Lime Dipping Sauce

Fire up your grill and make this Grilled Cilantro Lime Shrimp with Avocado Lime Dipping Sauce. Just 5 ingredients for a quick, healthy, flavorful, and easy grilled shrimp recipe for summer! Serve them as an appetizer or a main course with sides of your choice.

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword cilantro lime shrimp, grilled shrimp recipe, grilled shrimp skewers

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Marinate Time 1

Total Time 1 11

Servings

Calories 327kcal

Author Kelly Nardo

Ingredients

Cilantro Pepper Shrimp

1 1/2 pounds shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup packed cilantro, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons lime juice
salt, to taste

Avocado Lime Dipping Sauce

2 medium avocado (about 200 grams)
1/2 cup cilantro
1/4 cup lime juice
salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Add shrimp to a large container or bag and add oil olive, cilantro, lime juice, pepper, and salt. Mix well to combine. Refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes, a maximum of 2 hours.
Heat either a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat. While the grill heats up, pierce the shrimp through metal skewers.
Grill shrimp for 5-6 minutes, flipping once halfway through, over direct heat. Shrimp are done when they are pink in color and firm to the touch.
While the shrimp cooks, make the sauce. Add avocado, cilantro, lime, and salt and pepper to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy, about 30 seconds to a minute.
Serve shrimp with sauce and enjoy!

Notes

If you don't have a grill, you can use a grill pan.

Store extra sauce in a resealable glass jar. Will keep for 5 days (might get a little brown on top, but still good).

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