MGoBBQ: Shrimp Avocado Boats
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[What this is: We yoinked Joe Pichey from MMMGoBluBBQ to share his tailgating recipes and Stubb's offered to sponsor it because their CEO is a big fan of this site, and we promised them a bowl game that Michigan couldn't deliver, so here's a Superbowl recipe instead.]
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This is one of my favorite appetizers and always gets requested on Super Bowl Sunday. For those doing the low carb thing, this is the app for you. It's also extremely versatile as any good BBQ meat can be substituted if you don't like shrimp. Pulled pork, brisket, and even spam bites have made into the avocado boats and all have been winners. Go crazy!
INGREDIENTS:
- 8 Whole Avocados (Will make 16 Boats)
- Olive Oil
- Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Spice Rub
- 1 lb Shrimp (Peeled and Deveined) or leftover pulled pork / brisket
- 16 oz Colby Jack Cheese
- 8 pieces of bacon. (Cooked crispy and chopped into bacon bits)
[After the jump: how to make sure there isn't too much shrimp]
DIRECTIONS:
Set up grill for medium, direct heat.
Slice avocados in half and remove the pit. Make a few deep cuts inside the avocado, but not thru the skin. Create a cross hatch in the meat of the avocado. Lightly coat the inside of the avocado with olive oil and sprinkle with Bar-B-Q Spice Rub.
Sprinkle a little rub on your shrimp and toss on the grill for 2 minutes a side. If you are using leftover meats, no need to heat them up. Remove shrimp from grill and chop into pieces. Set aside. I forgot to take pics of the shrimp. It may have been because I ate half of them before they made it to the cutting board. Chef's privilege, right?
Grill avocado’s on medium heat, flat side down. Grill for about 5 minutes or until you have a nice char on the inside of the avocado.
Once the avocado is charred, flip over and fill with shrimp/pork/brisket and cheese. Cook covered for approximately 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Add crispy bacon to melted cheese. The melted cheese helps hold the bacon in place. Remove from grill and serve HOT.
Let me know if you give them a try and what you think. These go great with the Bacon Onion Rings and a few cold barley pops. Go Blue!
January 29th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
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January 29th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
.....and now I'm drooling. Gotta try these.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
Way to post this at 10 AM. Now I'm hungry
January 29th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
also, the M Man Cave Flag is simply stunning.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^
I thought the very same thing when I saw the flag.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
Please start posting these AFTER lunch.
I'm literally swallowing drool.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:19 AM ^
High everything else
(don't get me wrong, they look delicious, I know we're not here for a leafy green salad)
January 29th, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
Not important but I noticed that the cooking grates have different thicknesses in 2 of the pictures.
Those look amazing! Can't wait to get outside and grill again.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
Since my wife hates avocados, I'll have to eat them all myself. Poor me.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
Cold avacados are great, warm or hot avacados are gross, I cant do them. I think it was a bad taco bell inceident I had in junior high.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^
We'll be picking up the ingredients on Saturday. She's on a low carb kick so these will go good with the pizza and wings we've already got planned.
Thanks for the recipe.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
that eating warm avocados is good. whenever I get a sandwich thats been heated and then they put avocado on it, once the avocado absorbs the heat, I find it to be far less palatable. That said, the addition of shrimp, bacon, cheese, and bbq rub would make many foods taste better
January 29th, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
It's really the smokiness when you grill or even oven bake the avocados that is the attraction. One thing my wife does is crack an egg into half an avocado (yolk on one half, egg white on the other half) and pop it into the toaster oven. Avocado gets smoky, yolk gets runny, and white is almost a poached texture. I hate avocado and I love this.
This recipe sounds like a winner to me!
January 29th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^
Nice......noew if i can get my grill out of the 30 plus inches of snow we just received ...with another foot coming before gametime..........
So I suppose you use a spoon and dig it out......
Go Blue from Maine!!!!!!
January 29th, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^
There are some dedicated folks out there
January 29th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
I don't want to be that guy, but I also don't want this glorious blog to have a big fat typo at the top of it.
January 29th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
And the plural of avocado is avocados and not avocado's.
January 29th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
then the kids get into the real world where everything is an 140 characters so everything gets compacted and misspelled/misused.
Or should I say "140 character's s'o every'thing get's"
January 29th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
After the last recipie, I bought my first ever bottle of Stubbs - Sweet Heat.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
I want one for mine!
January 29th, 2015 at 11:18 AM ^
I got it on amazon.
January 29th, 2015 at 11:14 AM ^
So...do you eat the skins?
January 29th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
Do not eat the skins.
January 29th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
Looks soooo yummy
January 29th, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
for the game. Thanks Seth
January 29th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
I'm totally making those this weekend!
January 29th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
I'm now... FUCKING STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRVING!!!!!!!!!
January 29th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
/jerkstorecalled
January 29th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
Hot avocadoes are one of those love-it-or-hate-it things. Be prepared.
(Also, I cannot comprehend why people eat shrimp and cheese.)
January 29th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 1:57 PM ^
I'm content to eat avocado by itself, so adding all this deliciousness on top makes these look absolutely glorious...
January 29th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 10:44 PM ^
It will be very interesting to see that happens. It does happen - it is just one more example of the importance of networking and keeping up one's relationships.
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:47 AM ^
February 2nd, 2015 at 8:36 PM ^
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