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a wide platter of smoked shrimp skewers glazed and glistening with a bourbon BBQ sauce, garnished with parsley and lemon, faint smoke, on a dark board, warm natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Bourbon Smoked Shrimp Skewers

Smoked shrimp skewers with a bourbon BBQ glaze.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 0.25 cup bourbon
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
  • 2 tbsp butter melted
  • 12 skewers

Method
 

  1. Whisk the bourbon, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, and butter into a glaze.
  2. Thread the shrimp onto soaked skewers.
  3. Preheat the smoker to 250F.
  4. Smoke the shrimp for 20 to 25 minutes, brushing with glaze, until pink and opaque.
  5. Give them a final brush of glaze before serving.
  6. Serve warm.

Notes

Don't over-smoke the shrimp or they'll turn rubbery; pull them as soon as they're pink.