For a quick and healthy dinner, marinate shrimp in a zippy combo of citrus juices, fresh mint leaves, and jalapeño pepper. Finish on the grill to perfection in just minutes. Jalapeño Mint Grilled Shrimp with Hominy Succotash, sure to be a hit.
Jalapeño Mint Grilled Shrimp with Hominy Succotash
I developed this recipes for The Sears Chef Challenge, a charity event to raise money and kitchen appliances for worthy organizations. This event was at the Sears store in Orange, California.
Surprise Market Basket Ingredients
This event, chefs were given three ingredients and asked to create their own unique recipe. The three ingredients were shrimp, jalapeños and hominy. Shrimp are one of my favorite ingredients to work with and I was thrilled that they won the vote.
Buy Shrimp for an Easy Dinner
Shrimp are endlessly versatile, always available at the market, high protein, are easy to cook and fast.
- Shrimp make an appetizer or main course.
- Serve them with pasta, risotto, rice or quinoa.
- Grill, broil, steam, boil, saute or baked, pan roasted, rolled into rice wrappers.
- Every cuisine around the world offers shrimp dishes with their unique ingredients and flavors.
- Come in sizes from tiny bay shrimp(great for salads) to jumbos at 2 ounces each.
- Come peeled and deveined for you or shell-on.
About Hominy
Made from corn kernels, hominy has the bran and germ layers removed. It's available in both white and golden colors and looks like puffy corn. Commonplace usages for hominy include grits in the South Eastern US and in Mexican dishes like Pozole and Menudo.
What is Succotash
Historically a Native American dish taught to newly arriving pilgrims, succotash is a dish of corn and beans plus cream or milk and maybe butter to make it creamy. The term succotash has become a loose term for a mixed vegetable side dish. settlers.
Jalapeno-Mint Vinaigrette
This vinaigrette has bright citrus flavors, jalapeno chili, fresh mint. A touch of honey adds sweetness and a little Dijon mustard helps it emulsify. Marinate the shrimp 30 minutes then grill them. The shrimp are delicious to taste and a beautiful color, and the vinaigrette makes a finishing sauce for the dish.
Ways to Use This Recipe
The flavors are fresh and bright. It’s easy to prepare and wonderful going into summer.
- Try the shrimp without the succotash as a chilled appetizer and use the jalapeno-mint vinaigrette as the dipping sauce.
- Makea a great picnic dish kept chilled. Use the vinaigrette on salad greens, grilled or roast vegetables
- Use the vinaigrette even over cooked potatoes for potato salad.
š Recipe
Grilled Jalapeno Mint Shrimp with Hominy Succotash
Ingredients
Jalapeno-Mint Vinaigrette (Makes 1 cup)
- Ā½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small jalapeno pepper seeded and finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Ā¼ teaspoon sea salt
- Ā¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Shrimp
- 1 ½ pounds large raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- ¾ cup jalapeno-mint vinaigrette
Succotash
- 3 slices bacon
- 1 shallot sliced thin crosswise into rings
- 2 large garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1 large red bell pepper seeded and cut into small dice
- 1 cup organic shelled edamame (whole soy beans) 6 ounces, fresh or frozen, thawed
- 1½ cups canned hominy drained and rinsed or see note below to use quinoa
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro plus extra for optional garnish
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped oregano leaves
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped chives or green onion
Instructions
Make the Vinaigrette
- Add all ingredients to the blender and blend on low until creamy.
Marinate the Shrimp
- Place shrimp in a ziploc bag and add Ā¾ cup of the marinade. Turn shrimp to coat and allow to stand at room temperature for 30-45 minutes. While shrimp marinate, start the succotash.
Make the Succotash
- In a medium fry pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and drain on paper towels. Crumble or chop bacon and set aside. Drain bacon fat from pan leaving 1 tablespoon to cook shallot.
- Turn heat down to low and add shallot to pan. Cook, stirring, until soft and translucent, 1-2 minutes. Add garlic and cook about 30 seconds. Add red bell pepper and cook until softened, about 3-4 minutes. Add edamame and hominy and heat through, about 5-7 minutes, stirring all ingredients to heat thoroughly.
- Remove pan from heat. Add herbs and crumbled bacon. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside and keep warm.
Cook the Shrimp
- Heat a grill pan or outdoor grill over medium heat. Remove shrimp from bag and discard marinade. Grill shrimp until pink on both sides. They cook quickly, in just a few minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm.
To Serve
- To serve, mound succotash in center of the plate, place shrimp on top and drizzle extra, clean vinaigrette over top and around edges of the plate. Serve extra vinaigrette as a sauce on the side.
- For garnish sprinkle extra chopped cilantro and a few thinly sliced jalapeno pieces around the edge. Add a lime quarter to each plate.
Helen Endter says
You certainly have a talent that blesses others! Can't wait to try your tempting recipe. Thanks for the thorough directions.
Michelle K says
Yummy! Looks so delicious - plated so beautifully. Yeah Sally! Love the recent blog additions.
rachelle boucher says
I love it! What great pictures and YES your recipe was delicious!