Steves Shrimp Le' Jean

• For Shrimp-
• 2-3 lbs Jumbo Shrimp 4-5/lb -nice 10-12/lb - ok
• 32 ozs hot Horseradish
• 1 lb EXTRA THIN SLICED - IMPORTANT - Well Smoked Bacon
• For Dipping Sauce
• 1-2 cups Hellmans or Homemade Olive Oil Mayo w/ lemon juice
• 2 - 3 Tbls Chili Sauce or Ketchup
• 2 Tbls Sweet Pickle Relish
• 2-3 Tbls finely chopped Vidalia onion
• 1Tbls finely chopped pimento or roasted red pepper
• 2 - 4 coarsly Chopped Hard Boiled Eggs
• 2 Tbls Dijon Mustard - Grey Poupon either
• 1 tsp Horseradish
• 1 tsp Capers - Optional

1. Preparation
2. Mix all Sauce Ingredients and cover. Refrigerate - in advance best -get cold!
3. Get Grill Hot - smoke good! Large square grill baskets are almost necessary! Works best!
4. Remove heads, shells, and vein from raw shrimp and butterfly
5. Lay one strip of thin bacon on clean work surface, stuff a shrimp with 1 tsp~ horseradish
6. and lay half way across bacon, wrap bacon ends over and around shrimp and set on grilling basket. leave space between them, when basket is full, close and tighten basket top.
7. The trick to this is the extra thin bacon -crisps fast without over cooking shrimp
8. So, don't over wrap - use only enough bacon to cover shrimp with one layer.
9. Don't crowd them on basket either - need heat to encompass while grilling to cook bacon evenly around and between.
10. Now BE CAREFULL bacon fat on open grills is dangerous, use your mitts and
11. Place closed loaded baskets on grill - maybe one at a time - close lid and smoke 2-3 mins
12. Watch closely! Could flare up. If it does, simply lift lid slightly, grab basket and pull out.
13. Flames should subside quickly, flip over and repeat. Cook until shrimp is opaque and bacon crisp, don't over do, as shrimp will get tough! Slightly chewy bacon is ok, but over cooked shrimp is a terrible waste! It's tricky! May have to practice a little
14. Test a few (o|o)
15. Serve HOT with cold dipping sauce- uuummm
16. From Steve Fairhurst
17. I've been making these for about 20 yrs. They are not diet food.
18. They are almost decadent
19. Don't be afraid of the horseradish it is not hot after cooked - don't omit!

shrimp, horseradish, bacon, dipping sauce, hellmans, chili sauce, vidalia onion, pimento, coarsly, either, horseradish, capers

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/steves-shrimp-le-jean-1241691 (may not work)