Week 1, Part 3, The Final Dish- Shrimp. The winner..

The Shrimp Finalist of week 1 - Chris Avitia's recipe!!!
BBQ Bacon wrapped shrimp, Pineapple and Jalapeno on a skewer - the spice, sweetness and hardwood smoke mixed with the excreted salt taste phenomenal!!!



The recipe - it's a long one, get a pencil, ready???

For every shrimp your use 1 cube of pineapple and 1 fresh jalapeno slice - for every skewer you can use 1-2 strips of bacon - my skewers fit about 6 shrimp per skewer, the Jalapenos I purchased netted about 12 slices each and I got a whole container of Pineapple cubes, I could probably feed 20...

OK, Ok, I'll spell it out...

5 servings

30 Large Peeled and De veined Shrimp, uncooked...
1 Large can/bottle of Pineapple Chunks, In Pineapple juice (Not water, don't be cheap, water based sucks!!!!) - (you need about 30 pieces)
3 good sized Jalapeno Peppers
5 THICK slices of bacon (or 10 if you want to double wrap)
BBQ Sauce - enough to line, coat, garnish etc. I prefer "Sweet Baby Ray's" "Original"
5-6 Bamboo Skewers (Or metal ones, whatever you have)

If using wood based skewers soak for 1 hour - submerge them with something that is safe food compliant, a clean fork works well

Heat up/clean grill - coat w/ oil, PAM etc... non-stick is good!!!

place 5-6 shrimp running skewer tail to head alternating pineapple, shrimp, jalapeno, till the skewer is almost full, pierce the bacon on the meatiest point (red, not white) and wrap back to the tail of skewer (as shown in photo, good luck if you are wrapping on a metal one, start with the bacon then and F^(# off for not realizing you cant end the skewer w/ Bacon that way!!!)...

Cook over med heat, if you bought Large shrimp like I suggested they should pink up about the same time as the bacon becomes edible, if you're cheap (I am) cook the bacon a little first in a saute pan, then wrap it...

At this point where things are coming together baste the shrimp w/ the BBQ sauce...

You're done when the bacon is crispy and the shrimp is reddish/pink...

Shrimp can/will be overcooked easily, this isn't an easy grilled meal, watch it closely, I can do it in 5 min and I can do it in 30 min, depends on the need/timeline - get to know your grille - heat all food to 170*+F and you can kiss Salmonella goodbye - Pork and Fish will cook differently, figure it out, don't put all your shrimp on your first skewer - I've wasted about 15 shrimp perfecting this, be patient and watch it closely...

My Best to Chris and his lovely wife Karah and kids... - we miss our BBQ's w/ you!!!

Happy Cooking,

Jeff