Martha Stewart's Shrimp Kabobs With Lemon And Cilantro

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro leaf, chopped
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 lbs large shrimp (about 40)
• 4 lemons, each cut into 8 wedges
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine cilantro and olive oil in a large bowl.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 peel shrimp to first knuckle, devein.
• 4 rinse, pat dry.
• 5 place in bowl with cilantro oil mixture, and coat.
• 6 thread four to five shrimp, alternately with lemon wedges, on each of eight skewers.
• 7 gently brush with a little of the olive oil remaining in the bowl.
• 8 season with salt and pepper.
• 9 arrange skewers, off direct heat, on a medium hot grill.
• 10 grill, rotating skewers and brushing with olive oil as necessary to prevent sticking, until cooked through, about 6 minutes, depending on the heat of grill.
• 11 lemons should be soft and slightly charred.