Name: Garlic Lemon Chive Grilled Shrimp
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound shrimp, (with shells, but deveined and cleaned); 1/2 stick butter, softened; 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped; 3 cloves fresh garlic, chopped or a heaping teaspoon of chopped garlic in a jar; 1 lemon; 1 loaf crusty french bread, for dipping

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Get ready for Grilled Shrimp on the barbie! Grilling with tinfoil pouch recipes is easy and has little cleanup! Maybe you know it as Hobo Dinners? These are great for camping recipes.

Welcome to TCB Celebrate Summer Series. Today my guest is Lindsay from The Cottage Mama and she’s sharing her favorite Grilled Shrimp Recipe. You know how I love quick and easy recipes and of course anything cottage! Her site has so many great ideas. I hope you’ll pay her a visit!

Grilled Shrimp Foil Pouch Recipe

Hi, my name is Lindsay Wilkes from The Cottage Mama and I’m so happy to be here sharing a delicious summer recipe with you. Usually, you can find me over on my blog sewing and crafting the majority of the time, but occasionally I like to change it up and share some of my favorite recipes here and there!

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One of the best parts of summer to me is definitely grilling. Now I’m not the grill master around my house (my hubby helps out in that department), but I absolutely adore the smell of food cooking out on the grill and like to eat it even more. If you like shrimp, you are going to absolutely love this recipe! It’s so super-simple and there is no worrying about your shrimp falling through your grill because the whole dish is cooked inside a foil pouch. SO easy!

Garlic, Lemon & Chive Grilled Shrimp Ingredients

shrimp, (with shells, but deveined and cleaned)

butter softened

fresh chives, chopped

fresh garlic

lemon

crusty french bread, for dipping

How to Make Grilled Shrimp in a Foil Pouch

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Make the herb butter. Combine the softened butter, garlic, and chives. Then add the zest of half of the lemon. Stir to combine.

Here is what the garlic, lemon and chive butter will look like once you have mixed it all together. This is delicious spread on french bread and baked in the oven for another side dish option.

Cut two large pieces of foil and lay one on top of each other. We don’t want any of the delicious butter sauce to run out so it’s a good idea to use two sheets just in case one rips. Grab your shrimp. Each foil pouch will contain 1/2 pound shrimp. Arrange half your raw shrimp in the middle of two pieces of foil.

Take half of the butter mixture and place it on top of the shrimp.

How to Wrap Tin Foil Dinners

Use heavy-duty aluminum tin foil or double up with regular strength.
Roll up the center of the foil pouch and then roll up both sides until you have a nice and secure foil pouch.
Then repeat the above steps for the other half of the shrimp. You will have two pouches if you are using 1 pound of shrimp.
Make sure the edges are crimped tightly to avoid any oil or butter from leaking.

How to Cook Hobo Dinners

On the Grill

If you’re barbequing or using a camp stove or fire, place the shrimp on a grill heated on high and cook for approximately 8 minutes.

Camp Fire

You can place a well-wrapped hobo dinner right on the hot coals. Place it on hot coals along the edge of your fire for about 10 min. If you are cooking other meats, it will take closer to 20 minutes or more.

Oven

You can use this same method and bake in the oven. Place your foil packs on a cookie sheet to catch any leaking juices and oils and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 min. Shrimp will be pink when done. You’ll need additional time for other meats. Always use a meat thermometer to test for safety. This is my favorite.

Serve with an extra sprinkling of chives, fresh lemon slices, and crusty french bread.

You definitely want to make sure you have plenty of bread to soak up all that delicious herb butter!

Grilled shrimp in an opened tin foil pouch surrounded by lemon wedges and french bread

Can you Make Foil Pouch Dinners Ahead of Time?

That’s the beauty of tin foil pouch dinners, especially if you’re prepping for a camping trip. You can prep all the meals ahead of time with whatever ingredients you’re using. Always store dinners in the fridge or a cooler if you’re camping. Here are 30 tin foil dinner ideas.

Garlic Lemon Chive Grilled Shrimp

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Total Time: 13 minutes

Tin Foil Pouch Shrimp Dinner for the grilling or camping.

Ingredients

1 pound shrimp, (with shells, but deveined and cleaned)
1/2 stick butter, softened
1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
3 cloves fresh garlic, chopped or a heaping teaspoon of chopped garlic in a jar
1 lemon
1 loaf crusty french bread, for dipping

Instructions

Make the herb butter. Combine the softened butter, garlic and chives. Then add the zest of half of the lemon. Stir to combine.
Cut two large pieces of foil and lay one on top of each other. We don’t want any of the delicious butter sauce to run out so it’s a good idea to use two sheets just in case one rips. Grab your shrimp. Each foil pouch will contain 1/2 pound shrimp. Arrange half your raw shrimp in the middle of two pieces of foil.
Take half of the butter mixture and place it on top of the shrimp.
Roll up the center of the foil pouch and then roll up both sides until you have a nice and secure foil pouch. Then repeat the above steps for the other half of the shrimp. You will have two pouches if you are using 1 pound of shrimp.
Place the shrimp on a grill heated on high and cook for approximately 8 minutes. You do not want to over cook your shrimp, so be careful. If you don’t have a grill or are trying this recipe during colder weather months, you could certainly give it a try in the oven.
Serve with an extra sprinkling of chives, fresh lemon slices and crusty french bread.

Notes

Heavy-duty foil does a better job with tin foil pouch meals. You can double up regular aluminum foil if needed.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 569Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 270mgSodium: 1877mgCarbohydrates: 66gFiber: 4gSugar: 6gProtein: 39g

We do our best to calculate, however, nutrition information may not be accurate.