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Grilled Buffalo Shrimp with Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
My Grilled Buffalo Shrimp are the perfect game day finger food! They're super easy to make, nutritious, and can feed a crowd.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
21 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 76 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Grilled Buffalo Shrimp:
- 2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined, with the tail attached
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 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 stalks cut into 4-inch sticks
- 6 carrots cut into 4-inch sticks
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce:
- 1 cup reduced fat sour cream
- ¼ cup low fat buttermilk
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup chopped scallions
- kosher salt and 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.
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Nutrition Information
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
Monounsaturated Fat
0g
Trans Fat
0g
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%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
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.