sweet 'n' savory TWO

Asian style grilled shrimp, corn and spinach salad

 

• Soy sauce, 1/4 cup
• Asian sesame oil, 2 TBS
• Fresh lime juice, 1/4 cup
• Honey, 1 TBS
• Grated fresh ginger, 1 tsp
• Green onion, 2, thinly sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• Olive oil, 1/2 cup
• Butter, melt, 1/2 cup
• Large shrimp, 1 LB, peeled and deveined
• Corn, 4 ears
• Baby spinach leaves, 6 oz., cleaned

1. Whisk the first 8 ingredients together and mix until well incorporated.  Save 1/4 cup of marinade for later. 
2. Add butter to the remaining marinade and microwave/cook until butter melt.  Mix well.  Add to shrimps and marinade in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, grill corns and apply about 2 TBS of the reserved marinade to corns generously as flavoring.
4. Add remaining 2 TBS of marinade to spinach as dressing and mix. 
5. Grill shrimps until cooked.  Serve warm with grilled corns and spinach salad.

Marinade for Jerk Chicken

Adapted from Jerk Chicken recipe from Epicurious

• Scallions, 3, chopped
• 4 large garlic cloves, chopped
• Small onion, 1, chopped (or shallots)
• Fresh habanero chile, 2, stemmed and seeded (more or less as you desire)
• Fresh lime juice, 1/4 cup
• Soy sauce, 2 TBS
• Olive oil, 3 TBS
• Kosher salt, 2 TBS
• Brown sugar, 1/4 cup packed
• Fresh thyme leaves, 1 TBS
• Ground allspice, 1 tsp
• Black pepper, 2 tsp
• Freshly grated nutmeg, 1/2 tsp
• Ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp
• 1 whole chicken, cut up, or 4 chicken quarters, cut up

1. Add all ingredients in a blender and blend until well incorporated.
2. Marinade chicken overnight in refrigerator.  Grill chicken parts until cooked.  Serve warm or at room temperature.

Lemony marinade for grilled seafood

• Freshly squeezed lemon juice, 1/4 cup
• Olive oil, 1/2 cup
• Fresh Oregano, julienned, 1 TBS
• Garlic, 4 cloves, minced
• Kosher salt, 1 tsp
• Black pepper, 1/4 tsp or to taste

1. Whisk all ingredients together until well incorporate.
2. Marinate squid in marinade for an hour.  Add shrimps to marinade 15 minutes before ready for grill. (Leaving shrimps in marinade too long may change their texture). 
3. Grill until ingredients are cooked.  Serve with lemon wedges.