Shrimp with Lime-Cilantro Dipping Sauce

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Prep: 10 min. Cook: 6 min.
Serves: 8
Cost per serving: $2.11

Shrimp:
32 medium to large shrimp (about 2lbs.) peeled & deveined
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp grated lemon zest
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
salt & pepper

Dipping Sauce:
1/2 c. soy sauce
2 tbsp. chopped cilantro
2 tbsp. lime juice
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/4 tsp. sugar

Directions:
Preheat broiler. Make sauce by combining soy sauce, cilantro, lime juice, oil, sugar & 1tbsp water in small bowl. Mix well until sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Sauce an be prepared up to 2 days in advance and stored, covered, in the refrig. Make shrimp by rinsing cooked shrimp under cold water, drain & pat dry. Place them in a large bowl and add all the "shrimp" ingredients until coated well. Then thread shrimp onto skewers & place on flat cooking pan. Pour remaining sauce on top of shrimp. Cook shrimp about 3 minutes on each side until bright pink and firm (total 6 minutes). Serve over a bed of rice with dipping sauce.

Notes: YUM! We loved this dish. So easy to make also. Hint: I just bought the already cooked frozen shrimp from Walmart for like $5. Thawed them, rinsed & pat dried them. Worked perfectly. I didn't have a lemon to "zest" so I skipped that part. Served it over brown rice & the sauce was so yummy on the rice as well. Good healthy dish. Picked this up out of All You magazine.

Per Serving: 208 Cal, 11 g fat, 171 mg chol. , 0g fiber, 24g Pro., 3g Carb, 1,218 mg Sod.
HINT: You could use low sodium soy sauce to cut down on the sodium intake.