Grilled Buffalo Shrimp with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
Grilled Buffalo Shrimp with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce features large shrimp seasoned and tossed in a classic hot sauce and butter mixture, then grilled to tender perfection. Served alongside crisp celery and carrot sticks, the shrimp are complemented by a creamy, tangy blue cheese dip made with sour cream, buttermilk, and scallions. The combination yields a balance of spicy, buttery, and cool flavors ideal for casual gatherings or appetizers.
Ingredients
Grilled Buffalo Shrimp:
- 2 pounds Shrimp peeled and deveined, with the tail attached, large
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice fresh
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅓ cup hot sauce such as Frank's
- 1 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 lemon cut into wedges
- 6 celery cut into 4-inch sticks
- 6 carrot cut into 4-inch sticks
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce:
- 1 cup sour cream reduced fat
- ¼ cup buttermilk low fat
- ½ cup blue cheese crumbled
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice fresh
- ¼ cup scallions chopped
- kosher salt
- black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium high heat.
- To make the blue cheese dipping sauce, mix the sour cream, buttermilk, blue cheese, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and scallions together in a small bowl. Season the sauce with a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Toss the shrimp in a bowl with the oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. In a second bowl, mix the hot sauce and butter together.
- Spray the grill with cooking spray. Grill the shrimp 2-3 minutes on each side until cooked through. Place the shrimp in the bowl with the hot sauce and butter mixture and toss to coat them with the sauce. Serve buffalo shrimp on a platter with celery sticks, carrots and lemon wedges. Serve blue cheese dipping sauce on the side.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 76
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0g | |
| Calories | 76kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 0.8g | 0% |
| Protein | 10.3g | 21% |
| Fat | 2.7g | 4% |
| Saturated Fat | 1.2g | 6% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0g | 0% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 729mg | 30% |
| Potassium | 0mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0g | 0% |
| Sugar | 0g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 0IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 0mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0mg | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.