sambal shrimp

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup asian chili paste (sambal)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• juice of 1 lime
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons mirin (japanese sweet )
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 pound large shrimp - peeled, deveined, and tails left on
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Recipe

• combine sambal paste, sugar, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, ginger, mirin, fish sauce, and sesame oil in a large bowl; mix well. reserve half of the marinade for basting.
• stir shrimp into the remaining half of the marinade, coating evenly. cover and refrigerate for about 45 minutes.
• preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. remove shrimp from marinade; discard marinade.
• grill shrimp about 2 minutes on each side. brush with the reserved marinade. remove shrimp from grill to serving platter. garnish with cilantro.