Ingredients

16 extra large or jumbo shrimp, peeled

Salt and freshly ground pepper

8 oz (250 g) smoked, spicy chorizo

1 half onion, quartered, separated into individual pieces

Oil for brushing shrimp

Preparation

  1. Season shrimp with salt and pepper.

  2. Cut chorizo into ½-inch (1-cm) rounds. On each skewer, place a piece of onion, then skewer shrimp through the fattest part. Tuck the chorizo inside the rounded edge of the shrimp, and skewer through the rind of the chorizo. Finish by skewering through the tail end of the shrimp. The shrimp circle around the chorizo.

  3. Place onions and 4 shrimp on each skewer. You will have 4 skewers.

  4. Heat barbeque to high. Brush shrimp with oil and grill shrimp for 2 minutes per side or until shrimp are just cooked through.