Teriyaki pineapple grilled shrimp skewers have pineapple chucks and fresh shrimp are threaded into a skewer and slathered with teriyaki sauce. These ultra-delicious sweet, lightly spicy, shrimp skewers are the best summertime meal.
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Skewers are fun food, it’s great for BBQ entertainment and picnics. Up your grilling game this summer with this flavor packet shrimp skewer recipe with pineapple. It’s like a tropical holiday on your plate. With fresh pineapple chunks and shrimp marinated in an Asian sauce. The marinade has a balance of sweet, tangy, and spicy flavors.
These are perfectly served with steamed rice, jasmine rice, or couscous. It takes less than 10 minutes from the grill to the plate.
And what makes this grilled shrimp skewer recipe so amazing? It’s the marinade! It’s easy to make and packed full of flavors.
Grilled pineapple is one of the simple but greatest pleasures in life. Pineapple adds a wonderful sweetness to a savory dish as well. It can be used with grilled chicken, pork, fish, and shrimp.
Step-by-step instructions
The recipe starts with pineapple cubes/chunks and fresh cleaned and de-veined shrimp.
Step 1: Clean and devein shrimp, if you like leave the tail on. Add olive oil, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, ground cumin (optional), salt and pepper, brown sugar, and juice of 1 lime.
Step 2: Toss shrimp well in the spice rub, and let it marinate for 10-15 minutes.
Step 3: If using bamboo skewers soak in water for 15 minutes, to prevent the skewers from burning.
Step 4: Drain skewers from water. Thread a cube of pineapple and marinated shrimp alternatively on the skewer.
Step 5: Repeat with remaining shrimp and pineapple cubes.
Step 6: Generously slather pineapple and shrimp with Hawaiian teriyaki sauce, and allow them to marinate for a couple of minutes.
Step 7: Grill the shrimp over direct, medium heat for 5-7 minutes, turning the shrimp halfway through the process. Grill on direct fire on BBQ, I used a grilling pan on the stovetop.
Step 8: Don’t forget to slather the Hawaiian teriyaki sauce over the shrimp and pineapple during the grill and as soon as they come out of the grill. Flip and grill on the other side for 1-2 minutes or until shrimp is cooked through and pineapple cubes have beautiful char on them.
Serve immediately with rice, couscous, or shrimp with lettuce wraps.
Best tips
- Fresh shrimp are best. If you want to use frozen shrimp, thaw completely and drain excess water, pat dry completely.
- Leave the tail on: Use jumbo shrimps. It’s your choice, of course, to leave the tail on or remove it. I find it easy to handle and looks pretty with a tail. If you can’t get hold of jumbo shrimps, small shrimps can be used. Skewering small shrimps might be challenging, use two skewers to skewer small shrimps so they hold their place. Grill carefully so shrimps don’t fall through the grill holes.
- Ground cumin is optional. I love cumin, adds earthy warm flavors.
- For the best taste, serve shrimp skewers immediately as soon as it’s grilled.
Recipe FAQs
Grill the skewers on medium heat for 5-7 minutes, turning the shrimp halfway through the process.
I do not have an outdoor grill yet, so the grilling happened on a grilling pan on the stovetop. The time to grill on the stovetop is the same.
Use metal rod skewers, bamboo skewers, or thick stalks of rosemary works. If using bamboo skewers make sure to soak them in water for 15-20 minutes to avoid burning while grilling.
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📋Teriyaki Pineapple Grilled Shrimp Skewers
Ingredients
- 1 pound large shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 1 pineapple (peeled and sliced into cubes)
- ½ cup teriyaki sauce (feel free to use more sauce if needed)
For the marinade
- 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon of cayenne
- ¼ teaspoon of cumin powder (optional , please skip if you don't like cumin flavors)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- Juice of 1 lime
For garnish
- Fresh coriander leaves
- Lemon wedges
Instructions
- To shrimp add smoked paprika, cayenne, ground cumin(optional), olive oil, brown sugar, juice of 1 lime, and salt and pepper to taste. Let it marinate for 10-15 minutes. While shrimp marinate, cut pineapple into cubes, you can use how to cut a pineapple post for reference.
- Soak bamboo skewer sticks in water for about 15-20 minutes to avoid burning. If using metal skewers, ignore this step. Fire up the grill.
- Thread in pineapple cubes, and marinated shrimp alternatively. Generously rub teriyaki sauce over it. Grill the shrimp on medium heat for 5-7 minutes, turning the shrimp halfway through the process.
- Don’t forget to slather some of the deliciousness of Hawaiian teriyaki sauce over the shrimp and pineapple in between grilling and as soon as they come out of the grill.
- Serve immediately. Perfect with rice or couscous. It's also great on tacos, sandwiches, for meal prep with rice, in salads almost everything.
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Notes
- Fresh shrimp are best. If you want to use frozen shrimp, thaw completely and drain excess water, pat dry completely.
- Leave the tail on: Use jumbo shrimps. It’s your choice, of course, to leave the tail on or remove it. I find it easy to handle and looks pretty with a tail. If you can’t get hold of jumbo shrimps, small shrimps can be used. Skewering small shrimps might be challenging, use two skewers to skewer small shrimps so they hold their place. Grill carefully so shrimps don’t fall through the grill holes.
- Ground cumin is optional. I love cumin, adds earthy warm flavors.
- For the best taste, serve shrimp skewers immediately as soon as it’s grilled.
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Created by Jyothi Rajesh
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Comments & Reviews
Andrea says
This is the kind of food I want to eat all summer long! I’ll definitely make these soon, they look SO tasty!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Andrea
Sanna says
You got some nice flavor going on here. This is a tasty outdoor appetizer perfect for our upcoming barbeue. I love teriyaki so this one is very fitting.
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Sanna
Leslie says
I freaking love pineapple. Given the choice of a bunch of different skewers, I will ALWAYS take the ones with pineapple!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Leslie
Kitty says
I can’t ever get enough great shrimp recipes in my life and I love how sweet pineapple gets when the sugars caramelize on the grill. It looks great on a grill pan and I bet you’ll love them just as much when you get your outdoor grill.
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Kitty
kim says
I love shrimp off the grill and these look so fabulous!
jyothirajesh says
Thanks Kim
Nicole Hood says
Grilled kabobs are my fave and your crispy shrimp look like perfection!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Nicole
Amanda Mason says
These will be perfect for dinner, appetizer, lunch or a snack!! Looks so good and perfect for these hot summer days!!! Can’t wait to try these! thanks for all the helpful tips in your article!!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you very much Amanda. Glad you liked the recipe
Milena says
Scrumptious food on stick right here! Love all the flavors. Pinned!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Milena
Gloria says
With grilling season here, skewers are the way to go. We are hosting a retirement party at the end of the month. I think these would be perfect.
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Gloria. Enjoy your party!
linda spiker says
Holy cow these look good! Can’t wait to make them!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Linda! So glad you liked it and hope you could give it a try
Danielle Howard says
Such a perfect recipe for summer! Can’t wait to make this…
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Danielle. These grilled pineapple shrimp skewers are perfect for summer grilling
Dannii says
We actually did something very similar for our bbq at the weekend, but we added some onion and bell pepper too. One of my favourite things on the bbq.
jyothirajesh says
Onions and bell peppers are wonderful addition to BBQ/Grilling. You are so right, they do make a great grilling addition to your meat or seafood grilling
Lisa Bryan says
Oh my gosh, I’m loving all those flavors. And I pretty much love anything with pineapple – yum!
Gabi says
The pineapple shrimp skewers look delicious. As a huge pineapple fan I can’t have enough pineapple recipes. Good to know that you can use your stove top, in case the weather is too bad for grilling;) Thank you for sharing.
jyothirajesh says
I so wish I had a BBQ/Grill unit, the old one I had is hopeless. But yea when can be done on stove top, it’s a life saver during those times, Thanks Gabi
Ginny says
I just love teriyaki and your sauce sounds amazing. Love the smoked paprika in there and the lime!
jyothirajesh says
Thank you Ginny, I’m all BIG bold flavors person. So this is me