Spicy Passion Fruit-Glazed Shrimp

Passion fruit gives the glaze a sweet-and-sour taste. Serve these kebabs over a bed of basmati or jasmine rice. When straining the glaze, press with the back of a spoon to extract as much passion fruit pulp as possible.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 skewers and 2 lime wedges)

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  water
• 1/2  cup  sugar
• 1/2  cup  passion fruit pulp (about 4 passion fruit)
• 2  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
• 1  teaspoon  low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/2  teaspoon  crushed red pepper
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 32  large shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• Cooking spray
• 8  lime wedges

Preparation

Bring water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add passion fruit pulp, stirring well, and cook 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool 15 minutes.

Strain passion fruit mixture through a sieve into a large bowl; discard seeds. Add lime juice, soy sauce, red pepper, and salt, stirring well. Set 1/2 cup passion fruit mixture aside. Add shrimp to remaining passion fruit mixture, and toss well to coat. Cover and refrigerate 15 minutes.

Prepare grill.

Thread 4 shrimp on each of 8 (10-inch) skewers. Place skewers on grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 2 minutes on each side or until done, basting with reserved 1/2 cup passion fruit mixture. Serve with lime wedges.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

277 (10% from fat)

Fat:

3.1g (sat 0.6g,mono 0.5g,poly 1.2g)

Protein:

35.2g

Carbohydrate:

26.2g

Fiber:

0.7g

Cholesterol:

259mg

Iron:

4.5mg

Sodium:

403mg

Calcium:

92mg