Barbecued Lime Shrimp and Corn

Photography: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Lydia DeGaris-Pursell

With virtually no cleanup, cooking a meal in foil over the fire is simple. Buy premade foil oven bags, or fashion your own from heavy-duty aluminum foil. Then toss the bag directly on the coals. If you skip the couscous, soak up the juices with French bread.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 5 ounces shrimp, 2 pieces corn, and 1 cup couscous)

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At home, combine the first 9 ingredients in a heavy-duty, zip-top plastic bag, and seal. Place the corn, shrimp, and couscous in separate heavy-duty zip-top plastic bags, and seal bags. Place the shrimp in cooler.
At campsite, place lime mixture, corn, and shrimp in foil oven bag. Place directly on hot coals (or in a 450° oven if at home); cook 10 minutes. Serve over couscous.

Corinne Humphrey, Cooking Light
OCTOBER 2003

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jennrgraham

I thought the shrimp and the corn were pretty good, but I felt both needed more than ten minutes to fully cook. I added some red pepper flakes to give it a little kick.

Worthy of a special occasion 01/11/12
ErinBell

Loved this! We didn't add the sugar to the sauce--the honey was quite enough--and we used cumin instead of coriander. We also took the tails off the shrimp before cooking to make it easier to eat. Otherwise, it was excellent and made a perfect meal for our girls' night splurge. :) I imagine that quinoa would work quite well in place of the couscous.

Outstanding 08/30/11
Ashley0220

It was edible, but won't make again. Also the oven cooking time was way off

Would not make again 06/06/10
Rockster

A delicious, ingenious combination of fresh summer foods. The shrimp has to be Gulf shrimp, not imported farm raised!

Outstanding 08/07/09

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COURSE: Main Dishes
CONVENIENCE: Portable/Picnic
CUISINE: American
MAIN INGREDIENT: Shellfish
DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Saturated Fat
COOKING METHOD: Grill, Bake
OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter, Father's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Memorial Day
PUBLICATION: Cooking Light

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