Bacon and Blue Wrapped Shrimp.

Bacon and Blue Wrapped Shrimp.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  • 16 uncooked Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp (16-20 per lb), peeled and deveined
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 16 cubes blue cheese (1/2 inch)
  • 16 fresh basil leaves
  • 8 bacon strips, halved
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil

Preparation

Time: 15 minutes | Serves: 2-3 people

Preheat broiler. Combine butter, garlic and pepper sauce. Cut a slit in each Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp along the inside curve; flatten slightly. Sprinkle Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp with salt and pepper. Press a cheese cube into slit. Wrap a basil leaf and bacon piece around each Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp; secure with a toothpick.
Place Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp on a greased rack of a broiler pan. Broil 6-8 inches from heat until Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp turn pink and bacon is crisp, 5-6 minutes on each side, basting occasionally with butter mixture.
Arrange Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp on a serving platter; sprinkle with celery, crumbled blue cheese and basil.


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