These lucky shrimp get a double flavor boost: a spicy, lemony marinade to bring out that fresh-from-the-ocean seafood flavor and then a bacon wrapper for some delicious contrast. It’s like serving a seriously upgraded shrimp ring – and it’s not even much more effort.
The shrimp need a couple of hours of marinating to really get the flavor in, but they’re easy to put in the fridge a few hours before a party and then take out to quickly bake when the festivities are about to start.
On top of being conveniently snack-sized, shrimp are also very nutritious: the only thing they’re notably missing is fat, and hey, you’ve got bacon for that. Especially as party snacks go, you could do a lot worse than high-quality protein, B vitamins, selenium, and iodine.
The obvious use for these is as appetizers or a snack tray, but if you don’t really have any need for that, they’d be perfect on top of a special salad. Or use really big shrimp and just eat them as the main protein at a meal, with some quick vegetable accompaniments to round it off.
Zesty Marinated Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Recipe
Serves: 4 Prep: 15 min + 4h Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
- 16 shrimp, peeled and deveined;
- 8 slices of bacon, cut in half;
Ingredients for the zesty marinade
- ¼ cup olive oil;
- ¼ cup lemon juice;
- ½ cup red onion, minced;
- 1 garlic clove, minced;
- 1 tbsp. minced fresh parsley;
- ⅛ tsp. hot pepper sauce; (optional)
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper;
Preparation
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the zesty marinade.
- Stir in the shrimp, cover, and refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 450 F.
- Wrap each shrimp with half a slice of bacon.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper, and place the bacon-wrapped shrimp on it.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until the bacon is crisp.
📖 Recipe
Zesty Marinated Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 shrimp peeled and deveined
- 8 slices of bacon cut in half
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ½ cup red onion minced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 tbsp. minced fresh parsley
- ⅛ tsp. hot pepper sauce; optional
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the zesty marinade.¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup lemon juice, ½ cup red onion, 1 garlic clove, 1 tbsp. minced fresh parsley, ⅛ tsp. hot pepper sauce;, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Stir in the shrimp, cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.16 shrimp
- Preheat your oven to 450 F.
- Wrap each shrimp with half a slice of bacon.8 slices of bacon
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper, and place the bacon-wrapped shrimp on it.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the bacon is crisp.
Cherie Weinstein says
This is my go to shrimp recipe when I need something different. I slit the large shrimp from my fishmonger & insert a sliver of jalapeño before I wrap in bacon. I always make extra shrimp & turn leftover into chipotle shrimp salad: chop leftover shrimp & bacon, mix with chopped red onion, chopped celery & primal kitchen Whole. 30 ✅ chipotle mayo. I sometimes unwrap the bacon & cook it real crisp, drain then chop. Thanks
Paleo Leaper says
Thanks for sharing these extra tips Cherie!