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What is it about bacon-wrapped seafood that just screams fancy? Well, Ultimate Shrimp Snacks are certainly fancy, but they're not hard to make and will make any party something to envy! Each sweet and savory shrimp is of course wrapped in crisp and succulent bacon, but everything is then brushed in a sweet, sticky, and spicy sauce for added flavor! Get ready to bring a high-class experience to your taste buds on the double with Ultimate Shrimp Snacks!
What is it about bacon-wrapped seafood that just screams fancy? Well, Ultimate Shrimp Snacks are certainly fancy, but they're not hard to make and will make any party something to envy! Each sweet and savory shrimp is of course wrapped in crisp and succulent bacon, but everything is then brushed in a sweet, sticky, and spicy sauce for added flavor! Get ready to bring a high-class experience to your taste buds on the double with Ultimate Shrimp Snacks!
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon
- 5 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 16 extra-large shrimp peeled and deveined, tails optionally removed
- 1 tablespoon parsley optional, chopped, for garnish
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line a sheet pan with foil.
- Spray the foil-lined sheet pan with cooking spray.
- Lay the bacon slices out in a single layer on the prepared sheet pan.
- Bake until the bacon is partially cooked, about 8-10 minutes.
- Allow the bacon to cool for 5 minutes.
- Cut each slice of the bacon in half crosswise.
- In a medium bowl, add the maple syrup, the soy sauce, the chili powder, the salt, and the black pepper and whisk to combine into a marinade.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons of the marinade.
- Add the shrimp to the bowl with the remaining marinade and toss lightly to coat.
- Cover the bowl and chill the shrimp in the marinade for at least 10 minutes and up to 8 hours.
- Preheat the oven to the broil setting on high.
- Coat a clean sheet pan with cooking spray.
- Wrap 1 piece of the bacon around each of the shrimp, securing each bacon piece with a toothpick.
- Place the bacon-wrapped shrimp on the prepared sheet pan and broil until the shrimp reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees F and the bacon is crispy, about 3-5 minutes.
- Flip the bacon-wrapped shrimp and broil them until evenly browned on all sides, about 1-2 minutes.
- Transfer the shrimp from the oven.
- Brush the bacon-wrapped shrimp with the reserved marinade.
- Serve the bacon-wrapped shrimp sprinkled with the parsley.
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