Award-winning Spicy Bbq Shrimp

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 large fresh shrimp
• 1 small jalapeno pepper
• 12 strips bacon
• 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
• 4 bamboo skewers, soaked in water
• 1 green onion, thinly sliced
• additional barbecue sauce

Recipe

• 1 shell the shrimp, leaving the tails intact.
• 2 make a shallow cut lengthwise down the back of shrimp; wash out and de-vein.
• 3 with rubber gloves, remove seeds from pepper and cut into 12 slivers.
• 4 make a shallow cut into the underside of each shrimp and insert a piece of pepper.
• 5 wrap each shrimp with a bacon strip.
• 6 thread 3 bacon/shrimp bundles onto each skewer, leaving a small space between bundles; baste with barbecue sauce.
• 7 grill uncovered over medium coals for 4 to 5 minutes.
• 8 turn, baste, and grill an additional 4 to 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp and shrimp has turned pink.
• 9 serve on lettuce-lined plates with onion and additional barbecue sauce.