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Bacon-Wrapped Buffalo Shrimp Cocktail

Source of Recipe

George Stella


List of Ingredients

• 10 bacon slices
• 2 pounds peeled, deveined tail-on jumbo shrimp
• ½ cup Louisiana hot sauce (not Tabasco)
• ¾ cup blue cheese dressing
• 4 ribs celery, cut into sticks
• 1 lemon, cut into 6 wedges

• 30 wooden toothpicks


Recipe

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Arrange the bacon on baking sheet and bake until half-cooked, about 6 minutes. Let cool and cut each slice into thirds. Reserve the baking sheet - don't drain the fat. Stretch one-third of a bacon slice tightly around center of each shrimp, and secure with a toothpick.

Arrange the shrimp on the reserved baking sheet and bake until just cooked through and the bacon is crispy, about 6 minutes. Immediately transfer the shrimp to a bowl and gently toss with the hot sauce.

To serve, pour the blue cheese dressing in a bowl and place in the center of a serving platter, surrounded by the shrimp, celery sticks, and lemon wedges.

Makes 6 servings.