Bacon-wrapped Shrimp

Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

35 mins

Bacon-wrapped Shrimp make a delicious appetizer and are so, so easy to make... Tender shrimp, crunchy water chestnuts, bacon and some spicy cocktail sauce... Your mouth watering yet?

Author: Danny Gutierrez

Recipe type: Appetizers & Tapas, Seafood

Cuisine: American

Serves: 12

Ingredients

12 Large Shrimp, peeled and de-veined, leaving last tail segment on shrimp
6 slices of bacon, cut in half
12 Water Chestnuts, sliced
Vegetable Oil (for frying)
Cocktail Sauce

Instructions

Mise en place

Par-cook bacon, let them cool and then cut them in half.
Peel and de-vein shrimp
Drain water chestnuts.

Assemble

Lay a piece of bacon on a plate.
Add shrimp, sliced water chestnut, wrap and use a toothpick to keep it together.

Fry

Heat oil in a deep fryer to 360 degrees F. Make sure you have enough oil to cover the bacon-wrapped shrimp entirely.
Fry shrimp in batches for 3-4 minutes.
Remove the shrimp from the oil and set them on paper towels to drain.
Serve with Cocktail Sauce.