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Lemon Pepper Shrimp Skewers with Cilantro Rice

Juicy shrimp with a black-pepper bite and charred broccoli and bell peppers off the grill, brightened with lemon, lime and cumin over fluffy cilantro rice with black beans.

Lemon Pepper Shrimp Skewers with Cilantro Rice

Ingredients

  • 1½ lb680 gShrimplarge, tails removed
  • 4 cups florets360 gBroccolicut into large florets
  • 2 medium240 gRed bell peppercut into 1-inch squares
  • 1 medium120 gGreen bell peppercut into 1-inch squares
  • 1 medium110 gRed onioncut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1⅓ cups250 gLong-grain white rice, dry
  • 2 cups500 gWater
  • 1½ cups250 gBlack beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • 2½ tbsp36 gOlive oil
  • 2½ tbsp40 gLemon juice
  • 1 tbsp6 gLemon zest
  • 2 tbsp30 gLime juice
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1¾ tsp4 gBlack peppercoarsely ground
  • 1½ tsp3 gGround cumin
  • ¾ tsp2 gChili powder
  • ¾ tsp5 gSalt
  • 1 cup chopped16 gFresh cilantrochopped

Steps

  1. If using wooden skewers, soak 8 of them in water for 30 minutes.
  2. Bring the water and the rice to a boil in a saucepan with one quarter of the salt, cover, and simmer on low for 18 minutes; rest off the heat 5 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, black pepper, cumin, chili powder and half of the salt in a bowl to make the lemon marinade.
  4. Toss the shrimp with half of the lemon marinade in one bowl, and the broccoli, red bell pepper, green bell pepper and red onion with the remaining half of the lemon marinade in another bowl; let stand 10 minutes while you preheat the grill to medium-high.
  5. Thread the shrimp onto 4 skewers and the vegetables onto the other 4, sprinkling the vegetables with the remaining quarter of the salt.
  6. Grill the vegetable skewers 8 to 10 minutes, turning, until charred and tender-crisp.
  7. Grill the shrimp skewers 2 to 3 minutes per side, until pink and opaque.
  8. Warm the black beans briefly in a small pan, then fold the black beans, lime juice and half of the cilantro into the rice.
  9. Serve the skewers over the rice, scattered with the remaining half of the cilantro.

Contains: Shellfish.

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