Award-Winning Spicy BBQ Shrimp

From the Lilac Inn, Brandon, Vermont

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

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. 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.