Grilled Pineapple Shrimp Skewers with Grilled Pickled Onions & Peppers
Serve up a plate of these spicy pineapple shrimp skewers at your next summer party. This recipe is designed to make roughly 12 skewers, but can easily be scaled up or down. You can swap out the ingredients here with a selection of any of your favorite grilling vegetables.
Ingredients
- 12 wooden skewers, roughly 10” long
- 1 fresh pineapple, core removed and flesh cut into 1” cubes
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into large 1” chunks
- 1 green bell pepper, cut into large 1” chunks
- 2 red onions, cut into large 1” chunks
- Juice of 3 limes
- 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce, or more to taste
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 36 large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
Instructions
- Soak skewers submerged in cold water for at least 2 hours.
- Combine the pineapple, red and green bell pepper, and red onions with the juice of 3 limes, the red pepper flakes, the oregano, honey, Dijon mustard, soy sauce, and vegetable oil.
- Taste the marinated mixture and add more honey, lime, or soy sauce as needed.
- Allow vegetables and pineapple to sit in pickling marinade liquid for roughly 30 minutes prior to grilling.
- While the vegetables are finishing marinating, preheat the grill to 525F.
- Toss vegetables and marinade together with the shrimp and toss to coat shrimp in marinade liquid.
- Assemble skewers with alternating pieces of shrimp, red pepper, green pepper, red onion, and pineapple until you have no skewers remaining.
- Season the skewers lightly with a sprinkle of kosher salt prior to grilling.
- Clean your grill grates where the skewers will be placed.
- Grill skewers on high heat quickly, until the shrimp are cooked through.
- Remove and serve hot.
Notes
These are best served right after they are grilled.
For people who want their vegetables to be more cooked, briefly saute the vegetables on high heat before marinating them in the pickling liquid and adding them to the skewers.
If you are feeling adventurous, cook some bacon until it is cooked through but still pliable. Wrap the individual shrimp in the cooked bacon strips prior to assembling the skewers and grilling.
For people who want their vegetables to be more cooked, briefly saute the vegetables on high heat before marinating them in the pickling liquid and adding them to the skewers.
If you are feeling adventurous, cook some bacon until it is cooked through but still pliable. Wrap the individual shrimp in the cooked bacon strips prior to assembling the skewers and grilling.