Michelle's Food Corner: Friday Night Dinner

Smoked Shrimp with a kick!

2 pounds of Shelled and deveined shrimp (Tails on)
3 minced garlic cloves
1 tablespoon of red pepper flakes (less if you don't like the heat)
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of honey
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil

Before assembly of the entree begins, take 1/4 cup of hickory chips and soak them in warm water; set them aside while you prepare the main event.

Place all ingredients into a resealable bag and shake them up! Toss them until all ingredients are combined and shrimp is coated with the marinade. While the shrimp is marinading, you can start the gas grill with the Veggie Wok on high heat. You want for the wok to be hot when you begin to cook the shrimp. Allow the grill and wok to heat for 10 minutes. Just before you add the shrimp, drop the soaked hickory chips into the fire of the grill; almost immediately small billows of smoke will begin to rise. Now it's time for some fun! Be aware that the oil in the marinade WILL cause the flame to shoot up, so work quickly. Empty the contents of the bag onto the grill and quickly close the grill, you want to capture the smoke from the chips- SMOKE = FLAVOR!

One of the best investments of the summer is a veggie Wok!
You can use it for so much more than veggies!

After 2 minutes, toss the shrimp to assure that those on the bottom do not become over cooked. The entire cooking time will take about 5 minutes.

The way to tell if your shrimp is cooked to perfection is by
its shape, once it curls into a "C" it's telling you it is cooked;
if it is shaped like an "O", it's telling you it is overcooked!

Beautiful shrimp cooked to perfection!