Shrimply Bad A$$ ( BBQ Bacon-wrapped Shrimp on a Smokey Sweet Potato Round)
Get Ready to ‘Pimp your Shrimp’! These shrimp are wrapped in bacon and smothered with Rufus Teague BBQ Sauce- sitting on a smokey sweet potato round. An appetizer you will keep going back to because they are ‘Shrimply Bad-A$$’!
The sweet potato is so underrated. A superfood that should be front and center at all times of the year. The sweetness in the potato, the salt of the bacon, and the tang of the sauce combine in a beautiful combination you have to try.
Spiced Sweet Potato with Barbecue Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp
Shrimply Bad Ass
Equipment
Materials
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chipotle chili pepper
- 12 uncooked peeled jumbo shrimp
- 6 pieces of bacon
Instructions
- Mix brown sugar, cumin, and chili pepper in a small bowl
- Poke several holes in the sweet potatoes,
- Microwave for 12-15 minutes or until squeezably soft
- Slice the sweet potatoes into ⅛ inch wedges
- Place a piece of foil in the wire rack of the air fryer, and spray with cooking oil
- Place the sweet potato slices on the tray and cover with the brown sugar mixture
- Wrap each raw shrimp with ⅓ slice of bacon
- Place each wrapped shrimp on a sweet potato round
- Place a dab of barbeque sauce on top of each shrimp
- Air fry for 10-12 minutes until potatoes are soft and bacon is crispy
Aphrodesi’hacks’
-Cook time of the potatoes varies with the size of the potatoes- Be sure the potatoes are soft and not boney
-If you use frozen shrimp, be sure they are thoroughly defrosted and dry before use
-Rather than an air fryer, you can roast your Shrimply Baddass appetizers at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes
