Bacon Shrimp Wraps

Name: Bacon Shrimp Wraps
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 20 slices bacon; 2 bunches basil; 40 medium shrimp, peeled,tails on,and deveined; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 4 lemons, cut into wedges

Submitted by Dancer

"Shrimp and Bacon go together so well these were wonderful and they disappear quickly."

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Ready In:: 38mins
Ingredients:: 6
Serves:: 20

ingredients

20 slices bacon
2 bunches basil
40 medium shrimp, peeled,tails on,and deveined
¹⁄₈ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₈ teaspoon ground black pepper
4 lemons, cut into wedges

directions

Preheat broiler.
Cut bacon strips in half widthwise.
On a large cutting board lay bacon strips flat.
Place a basil leaf in the middle of each piece of bacon.
Place a shrimp on top of the basil with the tail at a right angle to the bacon strip.
Wrap the bacon around the shrimp and place seam side down on a broiling pan; secure with toothpick if desired.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Broil, 4 to 5 inches from the heat for 3 minutes.
Turn over and broil another 3 minutes, or until the shrimp are pink and curled and the bacon is crisp.
Squeeze lemon juice over cooked shrimp just before serving.