Salt and Pepper Grilled Shrimp

Vietnam

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Steven Raichlen

Published 1998

  • About

Like much grilled fare, this recipe is simplicity itself, but the addition of three commonplace seasonings to shrimp grilled in the shells makes an irresistible combination. I first heard about the preparation from my friend, travel correspondent Jane Wooldridge. Sure enough, when I tasted it in Saigon, I understood Jane’s enthusiasm. In Vietnam the shrimp would be grilled with the heads and shells intact and this, indeed, enhance