Ingredients
- Seasoning
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. paprika
- dash ground black pepper
- dash cayenne pepper
- dash allspice
- Dipping Sauce
- 1/3 cup Ranch dressing
- 1/4 tsp. dried cilantro (or 1/2 tsp. fresh minced cilantro)
- 5 pieces of bacon
- 5 Lrg. shrimp
- 3 slices Jalapeno; fresh
- 1 oz. Pepper Jack cheese
Preparation
Step 1
1.) Preheat oven to broil.
2.) Make the seasoning blend by combining the ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
3.) Make the dipping sauce by combining the ranch dressing with cilantro in a med. bowl.
4.) Cook the bacon in a frying pan over med/high heat, but don't cook it all the way to crispy. Bacon should be undercooked, then cool. Cook the bacon 3 min. per side, and don't let it brown. Lay on paper towels & drain and cool.
5.) Shell the shrimp, leaving the last segment of the shell and the tail. Remove the dark veing from the back of the shrimp, and then cut down into the back of the shrimp, without cutting all the way through, so that the shrimp is nearly butterflied open. This will make the pocket for the pepper & cheese.
6.) Pour 1 cup of H2O into a small bowl. Add the shrimp & jalapeno peppers and microwave for 60 to 90 secs. Shrimp should be starting to firm up and change color. Immediately pour the H2O out of the bowl, remove the jalapeno slices and pour cold water over the shrimp. Place the shrimp & jalapeno peppers slices onto paper towels to drain off excess H2O.
7.) Build the appetizer by cutting the jalapeno slices in half and removing the seeds. Place 1 slice into the slit on the back of a shrimp. Cut an 1" long chunk of cheese, and place it on the jalapeno slice. Wrap a piece of bacon around the shrimp, starting where the cheese is. Start wrapping the thinnest end fo the bacon. Go 1-1/2 times around the shrimp & cut off the excess bacon & slide a skewer through the shrimp, starting with teh end where the cheese is and piercing the cut end of the bacon on the other side. REPEAT.
8.) Put the skewer onto a baking sheet or broiler pan and sprinkly a very light coating of the seasoning blend over the shrimp, then broil for 3 to 4 mins. or until the bacon begins to brown and the cheese begins to ooze.