Grilled Shrimp Boats

A quick and easy appetizer, grilled shrimp are dusted with rub and served in Belgian endive leaves with a bit of spicy mayonnaise. Sweet shrimp and a creamy-spicy dressing pair perfectly with crunchy Belgian endive leaves. Shrimp boats are fun snack to serve at your next cookout.

Belgian endive is a slightly bitter small lettuce whose leaves make perfect cups for serving food you would otherwise need a spoon. Their pale color comes from growing underground, much like mushrooms. This recipe could also use Radicchio, romaine lettuce, or napa cabbage.

Make sure to soak your wooden skewers for at least 30 minutes before using them. Otherwise, they may burn once they are placed on the hot grill. We like to thread our shrimp on two skewers, so the shrimp don’t curl while grilling.

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Clik here to view. Seasoned shrimp are skewered on two skewers on the grill.

To keep your shrimp from curling while cooking, thread them on two parallel skewers.

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Generously season the raw shrimp with the rub before skewering and grilling.

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Clik here to view. A cutting board and knife with chopped, grilled shrimp.

After the shrimp are cool enough to handle, chop them into bite-sized pieces.

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Belgain endive leaves make perfect natural edible cups for the shrimp mixture.

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Clik here to view. Belgian endive leaves stuffed with shrimp mixture and sprinkled with green onions.

After placing the shrimp mixture in the Belgain endive leaves, sprinkle the boats with more green onions.

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Clik here to view. Belgian endive leaves stuffed with shrimp mixture and sprinkled with green onions.

Grilled Shrimp Boats Recipe

A quick and easy appetizer, grilled shrimp are dusted with rub and served in Belgian endive leaves with a bit of spicy mayonnaise.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Asian

Keyword Finger Food

Difficulty Seasoned

Method Grill

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 228kcal

Author adminsaffron

Equipment

grill
wooden skewers

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons Slap Yo’ Daddy Jailbird Chicken Rub
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4 teaspoons siracha sauce (hot chili sauce)
20 Belgian endive leaves (about 3 heads)

Instructions

Apply a medium coat of SYD chicken rub to the shrimp.
Prepare a grill with hot coals.
Skewer about 5 shrimp on 2 skewers (so the shrimp don't curl as they cook).
Grill the shrimp until just cooked. Try to get some char but be careful not to overcook else it will be rubbery.
Let the shrimp cool enough to handle and roughly chop into bite-size pieces.
Reserve 1 tablespoon green onion tops for garnish later. In a bowl, combine the remaining green onions with the mayonnaise and Sriracha sauce. Mix in the chopped grilled shrimp.
Spoon onto endive leaves, sprinkle with the remaining green onions, and serve.