Award-Winning Spicy Bbq Shrimp - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 large fresh shrimp
1 small jalapeno pepper
12 strips bacon
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
4 bamboo skewers, soaked in water
1 green onion, thinly sliced
additional barbecue sauce

Preparation

Shell the shrimp, leaving the tails intact.
Make a shallow cut lengthwise down the back of shrimp; wash out and de-vein.
With rubber gloves, remove seeds from pepper and cut into 12 slivers.
Make a shallow cut into the underside of each shrimp and insert a piece of pepper.
Wrap each shrimp with a bacon strip.
Thread 3 bacon/shrimp bundles onto each skewer, leaving a small space between bundles; baste with barbecue sauce.
Grill uncovered over medium coals for 4 to 5 minutes.
Turn, baste, and grill an additional 4 to 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp and shrimp has turned pink.
Serve on lettuce-lined plates with onion and additional barbecue sauce.