Skewered Shrimp
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 4:56pm

Ingredients




30 Raw large shrimp
cup olive oil
Salt
Pepper
1 dsh hot pepper sauce
1 dsh soy sauce
teaspoon thyme, dill or tarragon
30 Wooden skewers, pointed (7-8 inches long)
15 Strips bacon
2 quarts water





Preparation

1 Fold shrimp gently in a mixing bowl with olive oil, a sprinkle of salt and pepper, with drops of hot pepper sauce and soy sauce and, if you wish one of the spices (thyme, dill or tarragon). Let steep 20 minutes. 2 Meanwhile, soak pointed wooden skewers in cold water (to keep then from burning). Cut bacon in half crosswise; drop then in water and blanch 3 (boil slowly) for 5 minutes, then drain, rinse and dry them. 4 Skewing. Push the sharp end of a skewer through one end of a piece of bacon, then the large end of a shrimp, the middle part of a bacon strip, the tail of the shrimp and bacon end. Keep in plastic on ice until cooking. 5 Barbecuing or broiling. Barbecue bacon-side down first, then bacon-side up a minute or so on each side. Or Broil bacon-side up first, then bacon-side down - a minute or so on each side close under the hot broiler element. Serve at once. 


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Preparation

 1  Fold shrimp gently in a mixing bowl with olive oil, a sprinkle of salt and pepper, with drops of hot pepper sauce and soy sauce and, if you wish one of the spices (thyme, dill or tarragon). Let steep 20 minutes.  2  Meanwhile, soak pointed wooden skewers in cold water (to keep then from burning). Cut bacon in half crosswise; drop then in water and blanch  3  (boil slowly) for 5 minutes, then drain, rinse and dry them.  4  Skewing. Push the sharp end of a skewer through one end of a piece of bacon, then the large end of a shrimp, the middle part of a bacon strip, the tail of the shrimp and bacon end. Keep in plastic on ice until cooking.  5  Barbecuing or broiling. Barbecue bacon-side down first, then bacon-side up a minute or so on each side. Or Broil bacon-side up first, then bacon-side down - a minute or so on each side close under the hot broiler element. Serve at once.