grill essentials: surf and turf skewers

How To Make grill essentials: surf and turf skewers

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
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  Mix the olive oil, and the Cajun spice together in a small bowl, or Ziploc bag.
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  Chef’s Note: Make sure the shrimp are cleaned, peeled, and deveined.
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  Add the shrimp, and allow them to marinate in the fridge, for about 10 minutes.
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  Mix all the ingredients together for the dipping sauce, and refrigerate until needed.
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  Add a shrimp and a thick slice of smoked sausage to a skewer, by wrapping the shrimp around the sausage, as pictured.
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  Chef’s Note: I usually do two to a skewer; however, you could do three, or just one… up to you.
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  Fire up your grill, get the surface nice and screaming hot, and then reduce the heat to medium-high.
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  Lay the skewers on the hot grill.
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  Grill until the shrimp are opaque, about 1 – 2 minutes per side.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Serve with the reserved dipping sauce, or sauce of your own choosing. Enjoy.
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  Chef’s Note: Most Cajun seasonings are hot, and they use a lot of sodium, so when you are making the sauce, you want something that will not add to that salt and heat. That’s why I like to use something cooling, like honey; otherwise they will be way too salty.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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