Bacon Shrimp Wraps

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 20 slices bacon
• 2 bunches basil
• 40 medium shrimp, peeled,tails on,and deveined
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 lemons, cut into wedges

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler.
• 2 cut bacon strips in half widthwise.
• 3 on a large cutting board lay bacon strips flat.
• 4 place a basil leaf in the middle of each piece of bacon.
• 5 place a shrimp on top of the basil with the tail at a right angle to the bacon strip.
• 6 wrap the bacon around the shrimp and place seam side down on a broiling pan; secure with toothpick if desired.
• 7 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 8 broil, 4 to 5 inches from the heat for 3 minutes.
• 9 turn over and broil another 3 minutes, or until the shrimp are pink and curled and the bacon is crisp.
• 10 squeeze lemon juice over cooked shrimp just before serving.