Grilled Shrimp Dinner

Fire up the grill tonight for a delicious quick-and-easy meal. This simple barbecue sauce can be made up ahead of time and kept on hand for use in many of your other favorite grilling recipes--you can also try it on beef, pork or chicken.

Your Menu: Serves 4

Simple Smokey Barbecue Sauce
Grilled shrimp

• Pineapple slices
• Torn mixed salad greens
• Your favorite salad dressing
• Lowfat milk

Test Kitchen Tips:

To grill shrimp, buy about 1 pound large shrimp in shells (or purchase shrimp with shells removed). This will give you about 6 shrimp per serving. Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails intact, if you like. For easy turning, thread the shrimp on skewers.

For a charcoal grill, place shrimp on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals and grill for 7 to 9 minutes or until shrimp turn opaque, turning and brushing with sauce occasionally. For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Place shrimp on rack over heat. Cover and grill as above.

Keep the sauce that you brush onto the shrimp during grilling separate from the remaining sauce to avoid any contamination with harmful bacteria.

To save on prep time, purchase fresh pineapple already cored and peeled from the produce section of your grocery store.

Shopping List:

• 1 bottle ketchup
• 1 bottle chili sauce
• 1 lemon
• 1 bottle liquid smoke
• 1 pound large shrimp in shells
• 1 fresh pineapple
• 1 bag torn mixed salad greens
• 1 bottle desired salad dressing
• 1 quart milk

Pantry Items:

• brown sugar
• cider vinega

Equipment Needed:

• measuring cups and spoons
• juicer
• storage container
• wooden spoon
• sharp paring knife for peeling and deveining shrimp
• charcoal or gas grill
• metal or wooden skewers
• pastry brush
• cutting board and knife
• salad bowl and salad tongs

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