Honey Chipotle Lime Shrimp
Today’s recipe of the day is brought to you by the letter S.
Sweet Sticky Spicy Shrimp
A kiss of sweet sticky goodness from honey with a hint of spice from chipotles ladled over plump shrimp.
A splash of lime juice and a handful of cilantro and dinner is ready. Sweet.
Honey Chipotle Lime Shrimp
Ingredients
- 2 chipotle chiles en adobo from can
- 4 Tbsp. of adobo sauce
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
- 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 lbs. shrimp peeled and deveined
- Salt
- Pepper
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil
Instructions
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To a blender add chipotles, adobo sauce, honey, garlic and lime juice.
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Blend until smooth.
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Add oil to a large skillet over medium high heat. Add shrimp in batches; cook 3-4 minutes until pink and cook through.
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Remove shrimp to a bowl and repeat until all shrimp is cooked.
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After all shrimp is cooked and in bowl, crank up the heat add sauce and bring to a boil.
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Boil for 2 minutes or until sauce has thickened a bit reduce heat, add shrimp, toss to combine.
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Serve warm over rice with cilantro.
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Oooooo I want to make this, it sounds so good! I love your recipes, seriously always making me drool at my computer screen!
simply delicious and perfect for tacos, fajitas or just by themselves
I love that sweet/spicy combination. I just did a honey/sriacha sauce stir fly this weekend. What a great combo. Must try this.
I say the letter “B” for balanced. Sounds perfect for dinner.
LL
Mmmmmmm…I like the letter S and all that goes with it here. This is delish!
Sounds delicious!
Yum! I’m liking the letter “S” today. 😉
Congratulations on your special mention. It’s well-deserved!
Omg your shrimp look puuuurrrrfect (that’s my drooling “perfect”, lol!).
That’s a whole lot of sticky goodness!
Marvelous flavors!
Cheers,
Rosa
Delicious eating 🙂 Congratulations for being listed among the Top 100 Mom Food Blogs of 2013 in Babble.
Un abrazo
Thank you Mari~ Sending you BIG HUGS!