Chipotle Orange Glazed Shrimp is a fast and easy seafood recipe full of sweet and spicy flavor. Serve on noodles, rice, tacos, or plain. #shrimp #seafood
Whisk the orange marmalade, orange zest, orange juice vinegar, diced chipotles in adobo, and salt together in a small bowl. Set aside.
Put the water and sugar in a medium pot over medium high heat. Cook, without stirring, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is a light straw color. Approximately 5 minutes.
Reduce heat to low and continue cooking the syrup until it is an amber color, approximately 1-2 minutes more. Swirl the pot occasionally. (If you have a thermometer, the sugar will read between 360 and 370°F).
Remove the pot from the heat and whisk in the orange mixture. It will bubble and steam, and the sugar will harden.
Put the pot back on the heat, change the heat to medium, and cook, whisking constantly, until the hard sugar has dissolved and the sauce is thicker, approximately 2-4 minutes.
As soon as the sugar is dissolved, add the shrimp to cook in the sauce as the sauce is thickening.
Once the shrimp are cooked through, remove from heat and serve.
Notes
Want to cut back on the sugar? You can easily turn this into a sauce instead of a glaze. Simply skip the sugar water in step 2 and just thicken the chipotle orange sauce mixture slightly over medium heat. It will be thin, so if you want it thicker, add a tablespoon of cornstarch.A serving of shrimp is considered around 3-4 ounces, which is approximately 6 jumbo shrimp. Depending on how you serve these shrimp, and with what other foods, you may get more or less portions out of one pound.use any size shrimp you like depending on how you are going to eat them. I like to use large or extra large/jumbo.