Ingredients

  • cilantro, shrimp with lime butter baste
  • 20 extra large shell-on shrimp, peeled and deveined with tail intact
  • lime, butter baste
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • 8 springs minced fresh cilantro
  • 18 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes or 18 teaspoon cayenne
  • kosher salt & white pepper

Method

  • Rinse & dry shrimp.
  • Can skewer at this point, stabilizing by inserting one skewer through head of shrimp and another above tail and repeating.
  • Or you can arrange shrimp on a foil covered broiling pan sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Combine baste ingredients and melt in microwave.
  • Preheat grill or broiler to high.
  • Reserving 1 Tb.
  • baste, brush remaining baste on shrimp.
  • Grill or broil (top rack position) about 1 1/2 - 2 min per side, or until pink opaque.
  • Remove shrimp to a platter and brush with remaining baste.
  • Enjoy!