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Guinness Grilled Shrimp and Steak

guinness grilled shrimp and steakHi-ho. Hi-ho, it’s off to cooking with Guinness I go.

I have a secret to tell you.

I adore a freshly poured pint of Guinness….minus the few minutes I let it settled after pouring. Not too hot, not too cold.

It wasn’t always that way. In my 20’s it was all about super cheap beer. As I got older I realized I could no longer tolerate that boring draft. I had always wanted to try Guinness, but something always held me back (perhaps the ridiculous price tag?) and I always stuck to things I knew like Rum and Diet Coke or other drinks that didn’t taste so much like drinks. Except for Amaretto. Straight. On the rocks. When I did try Guinness and started to really test out my Irish culinary skills, it really changed my world.

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When Julie over at White Lights on Wednesday opened up the Get Your Chef On Challenge for the  month, I knew I wanted to participate. This challenge ingredient was for shrimp. There are so many tasty ways to  make shrimp and I pretty much love each and every one of them. I had wanted to make a shrimp and sausage gumbo, but I had just made a batch of chicken and sausage gumbo so I did not think my family was up for another gumbo, no matter the variety.

I began mind mapping some ideas (why, yes, I do mind map thank you) and while I was working on some Irish recipes for March, I came across beer grilled shrimp. Of course, beer was out of the question. I had a case of Guinness in the fridge and it had shrimp written all over a can.

This recipe was inspired by Eat This Much: Beer Grilled Shrimp

The rest was a happy dance in my mouth.

I tested two different sizes of shrimp and paired this with some Guinness Grilled Steak because I knew the husband was going to need a little more than shrimp to fill him up.  I think the extra-large size cooked up better.

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I also made a little bit of Jasmine rice to pair with the steak and shrimp.

Guinness grilled shrimp and riceThe steak was my Skillet Steak recipe and I added a few ounces of Guinness while it was cooking.

I really hope you enjoy Guinness Grilled Shrimp and would love it if you tried it and let me know how it turned out for you. 

Please stop by WLOW and the GYCO post and check out some of the other great recipes!

Guinness Grilled Shrimp and Steak

Chrystal Mahan YUMeating.com
4.72 from 7 votes

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz extra-large peel and eat shrimp
  • 6 oz Guinness + 1 splash about an oz.
  • 1/2 TBSP raw minced garlic

Instructions
 

  • Mix beer and garlic in a bowl with matching lid.
  • Add shrimp.
  • Put lid on bowl and shake well.
  • In a cast iron skillet warm a little bit of olive oil and a splash of Guinness.
  • Remove lid from bowl and add shrimp to skillet along with a little bit of the Guinness and garlic mixture.
  • Cook your shrimp on medium low heat until most of the liquid has evaporated.
  • Turn skillet to medium high and cook shrimp just long enough to have that 'fry' coating.
  • Serve with your choice of sides.

 

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34 Comments

    1. Oh they are very particular about their pouring over there, especially at the factory itself! If you try them, let me know how it works out for you! Thanks for stopping by.

  1. 5 stars
    You just made me hungry, at 5:17 am no less 🙂 Just started following your blog from google+.

    For some reason, I get an error when I try to insert my website.

    1. Welcome Lisa, it is very nice to meet you and have you drop by. Happy you found me.

      Sorry about the error, I wonder why that is. You mean for commentluv, right? Are you adding the http and all of that?

      1. I see the reason why it is not working, I think you have one too many “i”

        When trying to visit your website it told me there was not one by that name. I gave it a look and noticed. Darn that 5:17am! 🙂

        1. 5 stars
          Too many i’s? Hmmm

          I don’t know what is going on? It’s probably on my end. I’ll figure it out..one day 🙂

  2. Mmmmmm….shrimp. Yummy. And HOW did I miss the last WLOW contest?!? I’ve been waiting for the next one! I participated in apples back in the Fall. This looks great- thanks for linking up with Let’s Get Real!

  3. 5 stars
    Looks good and easy for me. I have to have easy, LOL I will try this out in the next week or so and see what my family says but I have a feeling they will enjoy.

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