Roasted Shrimp and Pineapple With Peanut Sauce

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This tangy version of Thai-style peanut sauce, bright with chile, lime, and ginger, is excellent with chicken and beef — and outstanding with shrimp. Here, the sauce is paired with sweet, juicy pineapple and succulent shrimp, which broil in minutes. It’s a quick, satisfying dinner with the added bonus of leftover peanut sauce, which will keep well in the fridge for at least five days.

by Melissa Clark·published 2014-03-11

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Dinner, Quick, Main Course

Servings

4 servings

Total time

30 min

Calories / serving

409 kcal

Ingredients (14)

serves

1/2 cup smooth peanut butter, preferably naturalbutter
3 tablespoons unsweetened coconut milkcoconut-milk
1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice, more as neededlime-juice
2 teaspoons brown sugarbrown-sugar
2 teaspoons soy saucesoy-sauce
2 teaspoons grated gingerginger
1 garlic clove, mincedgarlic
1/2 teaspoon sriracha or other hot saucesriracha
1/4 teaspoon plus a pinch kosher salt, more as neededsalt
1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oilpeanut-oil
1/8 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
1 pound cleaned large shrimpshrimp
2 cups pineapple chunkspineapple
Whole cilantro leaves and torn basil leaves, for garnishcilantro

Instructions (3 steps)

01In a food processor or blender, combine peanut butter, coconut milk, 3 tablespoons hot water, lime juice, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sriracha and a pinch of salt. Purée until smooth. Add more lime juice and or salt to taste. Scrape into a bowl.
02

Heat oven to 500 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together peanut oil, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and red-pepper flakes. Thread shrimp on skewers; brush all over with half the peanut oil mixture. Thread pineapple on separate skewers; brush with remaining oil mixture. Arrange shrimp and pineapple skewers on a large rimmed baking sheet.

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