Seafood Kebabs

These apricot orange grilled seafood kebabs are perfect for a healthy and light dinner on the grill. Easy to make and great for a healthy dinner or for a get together. Just marinade, grill and you have an easy high protein dinner.

You might also like this sheet pan salmon dinner recipe!

In the summer time we tend to grill out a lot. Sometimes it’s nice to add a little seafood to the mix of burgers, sausages and steaks, so that is why I came up with these apricot orange grilled seafood kebabs. The marinade is light and tasty for this seafood mix of shrimp, salmon and tuna.

You can eat these kebabs with rice and broccoli or over a salad. Either way you will love how it tastes and how easy it is to make! Plus it’s a tasty high protein dinner and pretty low in carbs too!

Seafood takes little to no time to prepare and it’s so good for you. Salmon has all those omega 3’s and tuna is a nice meaty fish without the fat. The marinade is simply orange juice, apricot jam, soy sauce, garlic and olive oil.  And if you have extra jam try it with these two recipes (poblano grilled cheese or this artichoke & olives pasta)!  

Recipe ingredients and substitutions.

The simple ingredients I used were seafood (shrimp, salmon and tuna), olive oil, orange juice, apricot jam, garlic and soy sauce.

• seafood – I bought all of my seafood at Aldi. I used fresh salmon and frozen tuna steaks and shrimp. They were all delicious and so I think you can use fresh or frozen of any of these. Also you can use just 1, 2 or all 3 of these if you want. You could other meaty fish like cod, halibut, mahi mahi or even scallops though I have never tried them myself.
• orange juice and apricot jam – These 2 foods balance the salty sauce sauce and garlic. You can use orange marmalade instead of the apricot jam if you can find that. I not use any other flavor though.
• soy sauce – As mentioned above this balances the sweet citrus flavors. If you can’t do soy you can substitute with coconut aminos if you wish.
• garlic – I use fresh garlic cloves and it adds more flavor than garlic powder. If you have not choice, remember that 1 clove of garlic equals ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder.

I used bamboo skewers like these and had no problems with them, but you can also use metal ones if you wish. 

How to make seafood skewers.

Step 1: To prepare the seafood I let cut the fresh salmon and frozen tuna steaks into chunks and peeled the frozen shrimp. No need to thaw them as you are going to marinade them and they will thaw during that process.

Place the seafood in a large ziplock bag or marinating container and set aside.

Step 2: In a medium sized microwave safe bowl bowl, add the apricot jam and microwave for about 30 seconds so that it will be easier to mix with the other marinade ingredients.

Then whisk together the orange juice, olive oil, crushed garlic and soy sauce. Pour into the bag with the seafood and squish the contents around to get everything covered. Set in the refrigerator and marinate for 30 minutes.

Step 3: When ready to eat, take out the seafood and place them on the skewers. If they still feel frozen then let them sit out for a few minutes until they thaw more before placing on the grill.

Step 4: Heat up the grill and then place the seafood skewers on to cook. Cook for 5-10 minutes total and make sure to flip once. You don’t want to over cook them and they shouldn’t take much time to cook.

Take off the grill and serve on a platter as is or let cool a few minutes and take the seafood off of the skewers and serve in a large bowl.

We at this with some pesto broccoli and zucchini. This would go with any greens or vegetables but if you want a starch you can serve it with white rice, cauliflower rice or even pasta.

Well I hope you like this light, summer dinner on the grill. The simple but tasty marinade makes these seafood kebabs perfect for summer. Enjoy!