Award-Winning Spicy BBQ Shrimp

Ingredients

• 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

Directions

1. 1

   Shell the shrimp, leaving the tails intact.

2. 2

   Make a shallow cut lengthwise down the back of shrimp; wash out and de-vein.

3. 3

   With rubber gloves, remove seeds from pepper and cut into 12 slivers.

4. 4

   Make a shallow cut into the underside of each shrimp and insert a piece of pepper.

5. 5

   Wrap each shrimp with a bacon strip.

6. 6

   Thread 3 bacon/shrimp bundles onto each skewer, leaving a small space between bundles; baste with barbecue sauce.

7. 7

   Grill uncovered over medium coals for 4 to 5 minutes.

8. 8

   Turn, baste, and grill an additional 4 to 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp and shrimp has turned pink.

9. 9

   Serve on lettuce-lined plates with onion and additional barbecue sauce.