Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 16 toothpicks
- 8 slices meaty bacon
- halved across
- 16 very large shrimp
- deveined
- peeled
- and tails-on
- Salt and coarse black pepper
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon granulated onion
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 shot good bourbon
- ¼ cup dark-brown pourable sugar
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- Finely chopped chives
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 425˚F
- Soak toothpicks in water
- Coat a sheet pan with foil and top with a wire rack
- Bake the bacon 5 minutes, then cool to handle
- Drain off excess fat, remove wire rack, and add parchment paper to foil-lined pan
- Season the shrimp with salt, pepper, garlic, onion and mustard
- Wrap shrimp with bacon and secure with toothpicks
- Combine the bourbon, sugar, maple syrup and Worcestershire sauce in small pot and heat over medium-low to melt the sugar
- Baste the shrimp
- Bake shrimp 5 minutes, baste again, then bake 5-7 minutes more until bacon is crisp and lacquered, and shrimp is firm, opaque and pink
- Garnish the shrimp with chives and serve
