Description
Smoked Shrimp – an easy and delicious smoked shrimp recipe with optional marinade and reverse sear instructions!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb raw large shrimp (deveined and shell removed, tail on)
- olive oil
- kosher salt
- ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat smoker to 225 degrees F.
- Ensure shrimp are fully thawed and pat dry with clean paper towel.
- Take a skewer and add shrimp one at a time until every shrimp is on a skewer.
- Drizzle both sides with olive oil and sprinkle both sides with kosher salt and ground black pepper.
- Place shrimp skewers directly on the grill grates and close the lid.
- Let cook 30-60 minutes or until fully cooked (shrimp is fully cooked when it reaches an internal temp of 165 degrees F).
- Remove and let rest 5 minutes.
- Carefully remove from skewers and serve however you like – we love serving them in a Shrimp Caesar Salad, Ultimate Shrimp Salad or Shrimp Rice Bowl!
Notes
- Optional Marinade: if you want to marinade your shrimp beforehand this Easy Shrimp Marinade is our favorite!
- Optional Reverse Sear Method: after you have smoked the shrimp maybe 30 minutes and they are a few degrees below fully cooked transfer them to a grill set to High Heat and sear for 30 seconds on each side (searing could also be done on the stove top in a cast iron skillet too). This will help achieve more of a char on the outside that some people will prefer.
- Remove Shells: I know a lot of flavor is in the shell, but we recommend removing it here so that the shrimp meat takes on that smokey flavor.
- Storage: store leftover shrimp in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 lb shrimp
- Calories: 49
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 327.9 mg
- Fat: 4.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
- Cholesterol: 46.5 mg