Recipe

BBQ Shrimp Bowl with Brown Rice

 

Serves 2

This BBQ shrimp bowl is quick and easy, especially if you sauté the shrimp in a skillet on the stove and use store-bought BBQ sauce. If you have a little more time, you can skewer the shrimp and cook them on the grill and make your own BBQ sauce with this recipe. Build the bowls with brown rice, veggies, shrimp, barbecue sauce, and crumbled feta.

BBQ shrimp bowl topped with bbq sauce and crumbled feta

The BBQ sauce is used as a dressing in this bowl. Squeeze on lime, add the shrimp, drizzle on the BBQ sauce, and crumble on a little feta. 

Ingredients

Ingredients for the Shrimp

1 lb. shrimp, peeled and deveined

½ t red pepper flakes

1 T olive oil

¼ t black pepper

2-3 cloves garlic, minced

½ t smoked paprika

Ingredients for the Bowl

1 cup brown rice

Avocado, chopped

Romaine lettuce, chopped

Lime wedges

Tomatoes, chopped

BBQ sauce

Red onion, thinly sliced

Feta cheese

Red, yellow, orange, or green pepper, roughly chopped

Instructions

Step 1

Measure, rinse, and cook the rice according to instructions.

Step 2

Peel and devein the shrimp.

Step 3

Mis en place the salad vegetables. Chop the lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and avocado. Thinly slice the onion and cut the lime into wedges.

Step 4

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the oil and when it shimmers, drop in the shrimp and the garlic, and sprinkle on the spices. Cook for 2 minutes, then turn the shrimp over with a fork and cook for another minute or so. Remove from the heat.

Step 5

Build the bowls. Put rice in the bottom of each bowl, then top with the veggies. Squeeze the lime over the veggies and then add the shrimp. Dress with BBQ sauce and crumbled feta.

BBQ shrimp bowl topped with bbq sauce and crumbled feta

BBQ Shrimp Bowl with Brown Rice

5 from 5 votes
Servings 2 people
Calories 550 kcal
Prep Time 35 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
This BBQ shrimp bowl is quick and easy, especially if you sauté the shrimp in a skillet on the stove and use store-bought BBQ sauce. If you have a little more time, you can skewer the shrimp and cook them on the grill and make your own BBQ sauce with this recipe. Build the bowls with brown rice, veggies, shrimp, barbecue sauce, and crumbled feta.

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the Shrimp

  • 1 lb. shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 2-3 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ t red pepper flakes
  • ¼ t black pepper
  • ½ t smoked paprika

Ingredients for the Bowl

  • 1 cup brown rice
  • Romaine lettuce chopped
  • Tomatoes chopped
  • Red onion thinly sliced
  • Red yellow, orange, or green pepper, roughly chopped
  • Avocado chopped
  • Lime wedges
  • BBQ Sauce
  • Feta cheese

Instructions
 

  • Measure, rinse, and cook the rice according to instructions.
  • Peel and devein the shrimp.
  • Mis en place the salad vegetables. Chop the lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and avocado. Thinly slice the onion and cut the lime into wedges.
  • Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the oil and when it shimmers, drop in the shrimp and the garlic, and sprinkle on the spices. Cook for 2 minutes, then turn the shrimp over with a fork and cook for another minute or so. Remove from the heat.
  • Build the bowls. Put rice in the bottom of each bowl, then top with the veggies. Squeeze the lime over the veggies and then add the shrimp. Dress with BBQ sauce and crumbled feta.

Nutrition

Calories: 550kcal
Keyword BBQ, Bowl, Rice, Shrimp
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