Award-Winning Spicy Bbq Shrimp

• 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

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.

shrimp, pepper, bacon, barbecue sauce, bamboo skewers, green onion, barbecue sauce

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/award-winning-spicy-bbq-shrimp-27622 (may not work)