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Black Cod and Shrimp Spiedini - Italian Grilled Skewers (GF)

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Course: Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Main
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: Black Cod, Cod, GF, Gluten Free, Grill, Grilled, Italian, Shrimp, Skewered, Skewers, Spiedini, Street Food
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Chef Tony Zentgraf
Avoid over marinating the seafood, the acidity in the white wine and the lemon juice will begin to cure the seafood if marinated too long.
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Equipment

  • 10 Skewers soaked for 1 hour

Recipe Multiplier

  • 1 lb Black Cod (Sablefish) cut into 1"- 1 ½" pieces
  • 16 ea 16-20 Shrimp Peeled and Deveined, Tail-On
  • 8 ea Sweet Peppers whole
  • 1 ea Zucchini cut into ½-¾" rounds
  • 1 ea Small Red Onion diced into 1" pieces

Seafood Marinade

  • ½ cup Olive Oil
  • 1 ea Juice of Half of a Lemon
  • cup White WIne
  • 3 ea Garlic Cloves minced
  • ½ tsp Red Chili Flakes
  • 1 tbsp Rosemary minced
  • 1 tsp Dry Basil
  • ½ tsp Kosher Salt
  • ½ tsp Granulated Onion

Instructions

  • Clean the shrimp if need leaving the tail on.
  • Remove skin from the fish if needed and cube the fish into 1 - 1 ½" pieces
  • Prepare the marinade. Mince the garlic and rosemary.
  • In a bowl, combine all ingredients except the olive oil. Mix to combine.
  • While whisking, drizzle in the olive oil until combined. They marinade will separate because there is nothing to bind the emulsification.
  • Marinate the fish and shrimp, coating the pieces well.
  • Refrigerate covered for 1 - 2 hours.

Assembling the Skewers

  • Starting with 1-2 pieces of onion slide them onto the skewer. Leaving 2-3 inches at the bottom.
  • Add a shrimp then another red onion piece.
  • Add one piece of black cod then add a sweet pepper whole and zucchini round.
  • Continue the skewering process with another shrimp and onion. Finishing the skewer with a couple of onion pieces at the end.
  • Preheat the grill to a medium high heat.
  • Grill the skewers turning to develop char on the peppers.
    Black cod and shrimp spiedini - italian grilled skewers gluten free
  • Remove once the shrimp and fish are cooked. about 3-4 minutes per side.
    Depending on how hot the grill is you may have to rotate placement of the skewers on the grill grates.
  • Remove the skewers from the grill and serve with some pesto capellini pasta. (capellini is not gluten free, use appropriate pasta for gluten free)
    Serve with a lemon wedge.
    Enjoy!

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