Jalapeno Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Shrimp With Cherry Cola Barbecue Sauce Recipes

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Steps:

• 1 Heat the bacon drippings in a small saucepan over medium-high. Add the onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. 2 Add the chopped garlic, and cook, stirring often, for 1 minute. Stir in the salt, garlic powder, and dry mustard, and cook, stirring often, until the spices are toasted and fragrant and the onions are a deep maroon color, about 2 minutes. 3 Whisk in the cherry cola and vinegar, and cook, stirring often, about 2 minutes. Stir in the ketchup. 4 Bring the sauce to a boil, and cook until reduced to about 2 cups and the mixture coats the back of a spoon, 12 to 15 minutes.
• 1 Heat a cast-iron skillet or grill pan over medium. Cut a long 1/4-inch-deep slit in the inner curve of each shrimp; insert 1 jalapeño strip. 2 Sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Wrap each shrimp tightly with 1 bacon piece. Set on a plate, seam sides down. 3 Place the bacon-wrapped shrimp, seam sides down, in the hot skillet, and cook, turning occasionally, until the bacon is crisp and the shrimp are just cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes. 4 Serve the shrimp with the BBQ sauce.
• 1 The BBQ sauce will hold up to 2 weeks in the fridge. If you're prepping for a party, the shrimp can be wrapped ahead of time and cooked later.
• 1 If you're someone who loves their bacon in the morning, start saving the drippings in a jar for uses like this one!

SPICIER, CHEESIER STUFFED JALAPENOS WRAPPED IN BACON

Steps:

• Slice caps off the jalapeno peppers; reserve. Core and seed the peppers.
• Cut pepper Jack cheese into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut each slice into sticks the thickness of a pencil. Stuff jalapeno peppers with as many cheese sticks as will fit. Secure caps back on the jalapenos, using at least 2 toothpicks per pepper.
• Wrap 1 slice bacon around each jalapeno pepper. Keep bacon secure by skewering the end on one of the toothpicks.
• Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate. Grill jalapeno peppers, watching for flare-ups, until bacon is browned, about 20 minutes.

JALAPENO-STUFFED BACON-WRAPPED SHRIMP WITH CHERRY COLA BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• For the barbecue sauce: Heat the bacon grease in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the red onions, and sweat until translucent. Add the garlic; cook an additional minute. Add the garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt, mustard powder and black pepper, and toast the spices until fragrant and deep maroon in color, 1 minute. Whisk in the cherry cola, red wine vinegar and ketchup until combined. Bring to a boil and cook until the sauce has reduced to 2 cups and coats the back of a spoon, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, let cool slightly, and then puree in a blender until smooth. (Extra sauce can be kept refrigerated up to 1 week.)
• Preheat a cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium heat.
• Sprinkle the shrimp with salt and pepper. Insert a jalapeno slice into the "spine" of each shrimp (where it's been deveined) and then wrap tightly with a half piece of bacon to keep the jalapeno in place. Secure with toothpicks.
• Place the shrimp, seam-side-down, in the skillet and cook, turning occasionally, until the bacon is crisp and the shrimp are just cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Serve the shrimp with the barbecue sauce for dipping.

BACON WRAPPED SHRIMP WITH JALAPENO

Steps:

• Place shrimp and vinaigrette into a large resealable plastic bag; refrigerate for 15 mn.
• Microwave bacon for 1 mn on HIGH. Cut slices in half crosswise (for a total of 24 pieces) and let cool.
• Heat broiler. Coat a large broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Remove shrimp from marinade, reserving marinade.
• Put one piece of bacon on a work surface. Place a shrimp at one end; tuck a jalapeno slice into curl of shrimp. Roll bacon up tightly to enclose filling, securing with toothpick. Repeat using all bacon, shrimp and jalapenos.
• Stir together mayo, chili sauce, pickle relish, red pepper and 1 TBL water in a small bowl.
• Place shrimp rolls on prepared pan. Brush with reserved marinade.
• Broil 3 mn. Turn, brush with marinade and broil 2 mn more.
• Serve with sauce for dipping.

BACON WRAPPED SHRIMP WITH JALAPENOS "I LIKE IT HOT!"

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Wash shrimp and set aside in a bowl, starting an assembly line.
• Cut bacon in half vertically, place on a plate.
• Cut and peel onion into wedges and separate, place in a bowl.
• Wash Jalapenos,slice into thirds, lengthwise, removing seeds.place in a bowl.
• Start assembly with a shrimp, a slice of Jalapeno, and a slice of onion. Holding all in your hand, wrap bacon around and secure with a wooded toothpick. Repeat with each shrimp.
• Place on a baking sheet.
• Sprinkle with seasoning.
• Place in the oven and roast until bacon is slightly crisp. Roasting time may be adjusted.

BLUEZY'S STUFFED JALAPENOS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place bacon in a skillet over medium heat, working in batches, and cook until bacon is translucent and still flexible, about 2 minutes per side. Set bacon aside.
• Trim membranes from jalapeno pepper halves to reduce heat. Rinse peppers and set aside.
• Place whipped cream cheese and Cheddar cheese into a bowl and mix until well blended; stir in Worcestershire sauce. Spoon cheese mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large tip. Pipe the cheese filling generously into the pepper halves. Top each filled pepper with a precooked bacon strip and arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese filling is bubbling and the bacon strips are lightly browned, 8 to 14 minutes. Serve hot.

BACON-WRAPPED STUFFED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• Make a lengthwise cut in each jalapeno, about 1/8 in. deep; remove seeds. Combine the sausage and cheese; stuff into jalapenos. Wrap each with a piece of bacon; secure with toothpicks., Grill, covered, over indirect medium heat for 36-40 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°, turning once. Grill, covered, over direct heat for 1-2 minutes or until bacon is crisp.