The Ultimate Guide: How to Cook Perfect Bacon Wrapped Shrimp in a Pan (With Pro Tips!)

Party perfect shrimp wrapped in bacon strips

These shrimps wrapped in bacon are easy to make, and taste delicious! A quick appetizer perfect for New Year’s Eve, Game day, or just about any party.

Simple ingredients, amazing taste!

Let’s talk about the prep work. Getting shrimp peeled and deveined from the store, reduced the prep work significantly. Then simply wrap bacon around it, rub spice mix, and grill.

Can you easily make for a large crowd, with help from family.

Bacon makes everything so good, that I could wrap anything with bacon and enjoy it. The saltiness from crispy bacon, juicy shrimp inside, smokiness from grilling in BBQ (can be grilled in oven) it gets caramelized to perfection with maple syrup/honey/brown sugar – enter food heaven!

You can easily change the flavors that work for your taste buds. (see below sections for advised flavor combinations that you can try).

Here’s what you’ll need –

• Shrimp – fresh large-size shrimp are great for this recipe. It’s easy to handle large prawns to wrap with bacon and the meaty shrimp cooks beautifully and is great to present on the appetizer table. When you shop for shrimps, ask your fishmonger to remove the shell and devein (can leave the tail on for an aesthetic look). Getting shelled and deveined whip reduced prep work significantly. If you prefer to clean shrimp yourself, do it!
• Bacon – use streak bacon strips. To avoid soggy, undercooked bacon inside cut bacon strips into half or to a length just enough to wrap around the shrimp once. While testing I noticed double or three layers of wrapping will result in soggy, undercooked strips of bacon inside, even though the outer layer of bacon looks crispy and golden.
• Spice rub – A simple spice rub of cayenne pepper, salt, ground pepper, and maple syrup mixed in melted butter results in caramelized brown shrimp with bacon. Feel free to change the spices to your preference.
• Toothpick – optional, highly recommended. It helps hold bacon wrap around the shrimp while grilling.
• Scallion for garnish, optional.

Step 1: Add cayenne pepper, salt, ground black pepper, maple syrup to melted butter.

Step 2: Mix well.

Step 3: cut bacon strips into half.

Step 4: Take a strip of bacon, wrap it around the shrimp.

Step 5: Leave a small portion of the front and tail of the shrimp exposed. Note – double or three layers of wrapping will result in soggy, undercooked strips of bacon inside, even though the outer layer of bacon looks crispy and golden.

Step 6: To secure the bacon in its place, insert a toothpick to hold the bacon around the shrimp. You can skip this step if you feel the bacon is tightly wrapped and secured well to the shrimp.

Step 7: Arrange wrapped shrimps over a wire mesh placed over a baking tray.

Step 8: Liberally brush spice rub over the shrimp on both sides. Bake it oven at 400 F for about 12 minutes. Flip the shrimp once halfway through. At the time of flipping rub remaining spice rub.

Note: if you don’t flip, shrimp may not turn brown and caramelized on both sides.

Serve it hot with your favorite dipping sauce. We love to serve this incredible shrimp appetizer with our favorite shrimp dripping sauce – bang bang sauce.

You can change the flavors by adding other spices and seasoning according to your liking. Below are some ideas to alter the flavors-

• Chili-lime: One of the simplest and best flavors you can use on any seafood. Use lime zest, lime juice, and chili powder mixed with olive oil and rub on shrimp.
• Chipotle: Basic but wonderful spice rub. Mix chipotle spice with melted butter and brown sugar and use it over shrimp.
• Bourbon glaze: Mix bourbon, cracked black pepper, a pinch of salt, and light brown sugar. Mix and rub it over the shrimp.
• Cajun brown sugar glaze: Mix brown sugar, Cajun, and seasoning in olive oil, and use it over shrimp.

• Jumbo shrimp are great for this recipe. It’s easy to handle large prawns to wrap with bacon and the meaty shrimp cooks beautifully and is great to present on the appetizer table.
• Use thin strips of streaky bacon. Cut bacon into half. If you use a long strip of bacon and wrap it in multiple fold-over shrimp, the outer layer of bacon will get cooked to crispy perfection, but the inner layer will remain undercooked and raw.
• Highly recommend flipping shrimp during grilling. Shrimp on the bottom will not get caramelized and turn crispy.
• There is nothing worse than overcooked rubbery shrimp. Don’t cook shrimp for long.
• Use brown sugar in place of maple syrup to coat the shrimps for rich caramelization on the shrimps and bacon.
• You will have to broil the wrapped shrimp a bit at the end to get the wrap crispier.

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FAQ

How long should you cook shrimp in a pan?

What temperature to cook bacon wrapped shrimp?

1. Wrap shrimp with 1/2 slice of bacon, securing with a toothpick. …
2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
3. Line a jelly roll pan with extra heavy duty foil, and place baking rack in the pan. …
4. Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp and shrimp are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

Should you cook shrimp in oil or butter?

Can you cook frozen shrimp directly in the pan?

Can I cook frozen shrimp? Yes. You can easily cook shrimp from frozen. All you need to do is a few extra minutes to the cooking time to make sure they reach a food safe temperature.

How do you cook bacon wrapped shrimp?

Repeat by wrapping each shrimp in a bacon half, arranging them in a single layer on the prepared pan. Put the pan of bacon-wrapped shrimp on the oven rack under the broiler. Cook for 4-8 minutes, or until the tops look like they’re crisping up. Use tongs to flip over all of the bacon-wrapped shrimp, being careful to not unwind any loose bacon.

What is Bacon Wrapped Shrimp?

Bacon-wrapped shrimp is an appetizer or main entrée made by wrapping shrimp in a piece of bacon and then cooking until the bacon is crispy and the shrimp are cooked. They can be served with a sauce such as sriracha mayo. This recipe can be customized by altering the sauce, rub, or marinade.

Can you eat shrimp wrapped in bacon?

Shrimp wrapped in bacon needs just olive oil, salt and pepper to be utterly delectable (also true for Bacon Wrapped Asparagus)! And if you want to serve them with a dipping sauce, this remoulade sauce is perfect. Step 1: Cut bacon strips in half crosswise and arrange on an oven safe rack set in a baking sheet.

How do you make shrimp wrapped in bacon?

Wrap a ½ strip of bacon around the peeled and deveined shrimp. Secure it with a toothpick. Repeat this process for all the shrimp and place them in a large bowl. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, honey, garlic, mirin, and sliced green onions until combined. Dip the bacon-wrapped shrimp in the mixture before cooking.

How long do you cook frozen shrimp with bacon?

Heat the air fryer to 400°F while you are wrapping the frozen shrimp with bacon. Then cook until the bacon is crisp and the shrimp are cooked through, 11-14 minutes. Enjoy! Try more recipes wrapped deliciously with bacon. You can browse all my delicious shrimp recipes, but here’s a few that also work great as appetizers.

How do you cook fried shrimp in a crock pot?

Place the shrimp on the prepared baking rack, with the bacon edge down to help keep it in place. Repeat by wrapping each shrimp in a bacon half, arranging them in a single layer on the prepared pan. Put the pan of bacon-wrapped shrimp on the oven rack under the broiler. Cook for 4-8 minutes, or until the tops look like they’re crisping up.