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Cedar-Planked Barbecue Shrimp
Cooking on cedar planks infuses foods with a distinctive, aromatic flavor, and the pizza oven's intense
heat makes it ideal for plank cooking. Because the heat radiates from both above and below, you
get maximum flavor from the plank, while also cooking the food quickly using the broiler effect. In
fact, when your food is cooked quickly enough, there is no need to soak the plank.
Serves 2 Directions
1 tablespoon chopped dried garlic Preheat the Artisan Fire Pizza Oven with both burners on HIGH.
1 tablespoon chopped dried onion To make the barbecue rub, combine the onion and garlic in a spice
mill and grind to the desired texture. Grinding the chopped spices
1/4 cup turbinado sugar
yourself makes for a more flavorful rub. Add the sugar, salt, paprika
1 tablespoon kosher salt
and pepper.
2 teaspoons paprika
Peel and devein the shrimp, leaving the tails on. Partially butterfly the
1 teaspoon coarsely-ground black shrimp while you are deveining them.
pepper
Season the shrimp liberally with the barbecue rub.
10 large shrimp, 9 to 12 count, shells
For maximum flavor, you can lightly pre-char the boards quickly on a
on
hot grill. This step is optional.
2 bunches green onions
Arrange the shrimp on the cedar planks. Trim the green onions and
2 cedar planks, 7 inches X 12 inches arrange them alongside the shrimp.
X 3/4 inch thick (see tip at the end of
Place the cooling rack(s) in the pizza oven, and position the cedar
the recipe)
planks on top of the rack(s). This helps keep the boards from burning
too quickly.
Metal cooling rack(s) Cook for 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the boards several times for even
cooking. Keep a spray bottle of drinking water handy to douse any
flames that might erupt at the edges or corners of the board.
Tip: Most pre-packaged cedar planks for cooking are thinner than we
like to use. For cedar planks (and any other type of wood) we prefer to
purchase 1x8 boards (a 1x8 is actually ¾ inch thick and 7 inches wide),
and cut them down to the desired length. If you don't have a saw at
home, the hardware store or lumber yard will usually be happy to cut
them for you.
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