Shrimp and Sausage Skewers | Easy Shrimp Appetizer Recipe
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Cajun
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Serves: 4 Servings
 
Ingredients
  • Shrimps – 500 gms, peeled & deveined with tails intact
  • Chicken sausage (or any sausage of your choice) – 200 gms
For marinade:
  • Dried basil – 2 tsp
  • Dried thyme – 2 tsp
  • Paprika – 2 tsp
  • Onion powder – 1 tsp
  • Garlic powder – 1 tsp
  • Chili powder – ½ tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Black pepper – ½ tsp
  • Olive oil – 4 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Peel and devein the shrimps keeping the tails intact. Wash and drain all the water out. Transfer them into a large bowl.
  2. Cut the sausages into 2-cm thick roundels. Transfer them into the same bowl as the shrimps.
  3. Add all the ingredients listed under marinade into a small bowl and whisk them thoroughly to make a homogeneous marinade mixture.
  4. Pour the prepared marinade over the shrimps & sausages and mix everything well making sure each shrimp and sausage piece are coated with the spicy marinade thoroughly.
  5. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and leave it on countertop for 30 minutes to marinade. At the same time, soak adequate number of bamboo skewers in water.
  6. After about 30 minutes, take the skewers out of water and thread the shrimps and sausages alternatively into them.
  7. Heat a grill pan on high and brush it with olive oil. Once the pan is smoking hot, place the shrimp and sausage skewers on them and grill on high for 5 minutes.
  8. Brush the shrimps & sausages with marinating oil and flip them over after 5 minutes. Grill the other side for 5 more minutes on medium heat. Keep brushing the shrimps & sausages with marinating oil.
  9. Take the skewers out once they are completely cooked. Serve the delicious shrimp and sausage skewers warm with spicy mayo on the side. Enjoy!
Recipe by Flavor Quotient at https://www.flavorquotient.com/2019/08/shrimp-and-sausage-skewers/