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Beer and Barbecue sauce come together in these wonderful Spicy Barbecue Beer Shrimp! So incredibly easy to pull together and flavorful, you will want to serve these shrimp as appetizers at all your parties! They also make a wonderful topping for tacos!
So my AC is broken. I’m kind of hoping my brother isn’t reading this because he is coming to visit this weekend (YAY!!!) and I still want him to come. Given that it is July in Atlanta, all my walls are floor to ceiling windows, and I have no AC I think it is understandable that I didn’t feel like turning on the oven. But I wanted something yummy!
These Spicy Barbecue Beer Shrimp were the answer to all my problems! This fabulous recipe is from Kristi at Inspiration Kitchen who is one of my favorite people ever. Seriously, ever. It’s like we are sisters separated at birth.
Buuuut Kristi can take the heat and I am a spice weenie, or, as Kristi says, “spice challenged.” The first time I made this recipe I made it as written and I almost passed out from the spice. Like I said, weak. So I toned it down, made it with sweet bbq sauce and sighed in bliss! This is how an appetizer should be! Addicting!
You might be wondering why there are only 9 shrimp in my photos. Did the market run out of shrimp? Is there some sort of National shrimp shortage? Should you be concerned?
No. There is no such crisis.
I ate them.
I was only going to have a few and then, like a good food blogger, I was going to save the majority for my photo shoot the next day. But the next thing I knew, there were only 10 shrimp left!
And, naturally, I had to even it out, so I ate the 10th to make 3 perfect skewers.
You will love these Spicy Barbecue Beer Shrimp because like my sweet and spicy wings recipe, they come together in a flash and you barely even have to turn on your stove! The beer and barbecue sauce come together in a beautiful melody on your tongue.
And then there were 8…
Spicy Barbecue Beer Shrimp
Ingredients
- ¼ cup barbecue sauce
- ¼ cup dark beer
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon jalapenos seeds & white ribs removed
- 1 pound shrimp peeled & deveined
Instructions
- Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a small bowl or plastic bag.
- Add shrimp to BBQ mixture and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
- Heat a skillet on medium-high heat. Sauté shrimp until opaque and cooked through but not hard. Make sure your sauce comes to a rolling boil – you can continue to cook it down after you remove the shrimp from the pan if you want.
- Skewer or serve in a bowl with bread for dipping (or so advises Kristi – she’s so smart!)
Oh boy does Kristi love spicy. I know now to tone down her recipes. I like spicy but she like crazy spicy 😀
These shrimp look delicious! I don’t I would have had any leftover to photograph. Haha.
They do look delicious.. wish I was there with you… hehe.
I wish you were here to share them with me too! I would have made double, because, clearly, I didn’t make enough for one! lol!
These look so yummy, I bet they’d be great on the grill too! Stay cool!
I was thinking that too! Then boil the rest of the sauce for serving! Great plan!
Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha! I am ssssoooo lucky to have a sister like you. I heart you Miss Lindsey! We WERE separated at birth. But, you know what? You NEED to get over that spice thing girl. get.over.it. Your older (spice-filled) sister says so!
And, BTW, I ALOL at this post. I’m sure some people won’t get that. But our minds are c.o.n.n.e.c.t.e.d.
p.s.s. the photos are beautiful!!! Whether there are 9, 8, 7 or (ok not 0), but even 1. Your photos look phenom!!! {Hugs!}
I heart you too Kristi (obviously!) I’m trying to get better at eating spicy foods – it’s not that I don’t like them but I just can’t handle a lot of heat. It builds into a sensation that is no longer pleasant and then I can’t taste anything else 🙂 I hear you can build up a tolerance.
Thanks for the compliments 🙂 I wasn’t pleased when I took them but I think they turned out ok! I definitely used the editing tricks you taught me! I need to learn more! I never know if I am able to accurately convey what is in my head…glad you got it 🙂 That’s 2 people, so yay! {HUGE HUGS!}
I think I would’ve eaten a lot of the shrimp too before I took pictures…these babies look hard to resist! I love the flavors too, such a fun twist on regular ‘ole shrimp!
Lol! They totally are, Gayle!
These look SO good! This post totally had me laughing… And then there were 8! 🙂 I hope you get that AC fixed soon!
Thanks Kristine! 🙂 Me too!
Wow! This looks lovely. I will put it on my list and send it to my barbecuing son who loves beer. Thank you.
Haha! Sounds good! This is probably the easiest recipe I’ve made…except our favorite chicken 🙂
So delicious. I love BBQ, love shrimps, never made them with BBQ. Should try though
You should!