Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

A white plate with the shrimp appetizer on it - square

This bacon-wrapped shrimp recipe starts with simply marinated shrimp and ends with a crispy, savory appetizer baked to drool-worthy perfection. Serve it up at your next game day party or family dinner and watch how quickly it disappears!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword bacon wrapped shrimp, shrimp appetizer

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 18

Marinate 30

Total Time 28

Servings shrimp

Calories 90kcal

Author Elaine Benoit

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound shrimp jumbo, shelled and de-veined
1 1/2 ounces soy sauce
1 1/2 ounces maple syrup
12 slices bacon uncured, nitrate free

Instructions

Add shrimp to a glass container and add maple syrup and soy sauce. Toss together, seal container and put in refrigerator for 1/2 hour.
1 pound shrimp, 1 1/2 ounces soy sauce, 1 1/2 ounces maple syrup
Preheat oven to 375 and line jelly roll pan with foil. Place bacon on foil and bake for 8 minutes. Remove bacon from pan and pat with paper towel to remove grease. Cut bacon in half.
12 slices bacon
Reline jelly roll pan with clean foil.
Wrap each shrimp in bacon, secure it with a toothpick, place on jelly roll pan and bake for 5 minutes, flip shrimp and bake for another 5 minutes. Shrimp should be pink and bacon will be slightly crispy.
Plate, eat, and enjoy.

Notes

Helpful tips

Use nitrate free bacon. I always use uncured bacon and believe me when I say this, you won't taste a difference and uncured makes for cleaner eating. If you are interested in why, here is a great article.
Cut the bacon in half, that way you can eat more of this dish without feeling guilty.
It's okay to use frozen shrimp, but make sure you take it out a half hour before you start the recipe.
When removing the shells, take off the tail as well as you don't want to worry about the shell as you pop this delicious shrimp appetizer in your mouth.
Use jumbo shrimp as both the shrimp and bacon shrink when you bake them.
Marinate the shrimp for at least a half hour.
Since shrimp cooks faster than bacon, pre-bake the bacon for 8 minutes. This also makes it easier to roll.
No need to add kosher salt because 3 of the ingredients are salty.

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