Grilled Pesto Shrimp Skewers

Grilled Pesto Shrimp Skewers is a gluten free, primal, fodmap friendly, and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 313 calories, 31g of protein, and 19g of fat. For $3.47 per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a main course, and is done in about 38 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cheese sticks, pesto, shrimp, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe from Sugar Free Mom has 175 fans. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 58%. Users who liked this recipe also liked Grilled Cilantro and Pistachio Pesto Shrimp Skewers, Grilled Pesto Chicken Skewers, and Grilled Pesto Chicken and Tomato Skewers.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 8 minutes

 

Ingredients:

4 skewer sticks

½ cup Homemade Pesto or pesto

1 pound medium shrimp, cleaned, deveined

Equipment:

skewers

grill

Cooking instruction summary:

Soak wooden skewer sticks in water for 30 minutes.Spread pesto over both sides of shrimp and refrigerate for 30 minutes.Place 4 to 5 shrimp on each skewer stick.Heat grill to medium hot.Place skewers onto grill and cook 3-5 minutes on each side until shrimp is pink in color and edges have curled.Serve over a bed of Mint Pistachio Quinoa or rice.

 

Step by step:


1. Soak wooden skewer sticks in water for 30 minutes.

2. Spread pesto over both sides of shrimp and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Place 4 to 5 shrimp on each skewer stick.

4. Heat grill to medium hot.

5. Place skewers onto grill and cook 3-5 minutes on each side until shrimp is pink in color and edges have curled.

6. Serve over a bed of Mint Pistachio Quinoa or rice.


Nutrition Information:

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234k Calories
24g Protein
13g Total Fat
2g Carbs
7% Health Score
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Calories
234k
12%

Fat
13g
20%

  Saturated Fat
2g
14%

Carbohydrates
2g
1%

  Sugar
1g
1%

Cholesterol
288mg
96%

Sodium
1174mg
51%

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Protein
24g
49%

Selenium
53µg
77%

Manganese
0.45mg
23%

Phosphorus
222mg
22%

Calcium
215mg
22%

Copper
0.3mg
15%

Zinc
2mg
15%

Iron
2mg
14%

Vitamin B12
0.84µg
14%

Vitamin A
642IU
13%

Magnesium
37mg
9%

Vitamin E
1mg
8%

Vitamin C
4mg
6%

Vitamin B3
0.65mg
3%

Folate
11µg
3%

Potassium
101mg
3%

Fiber
0.56g
2%

Vitamin B5
0.17mg
2%

Vitamin B2
0.02mg
1%

Vitamin K
1µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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