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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.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients Method Notes

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. Combine the bourbon, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, and butter in a small saucepan. Simmer for 2 minutes, cool, then divide the glaze between two bowls.
  2. Thread the shrimp onto soaked skewers and brush with glaze from the first bowl.
  3. Preheat the smoker to 250°F.
  4. Smoke for 20 to 25 minutes, brushing only with glaze from the first bowl, until the shrimp are opaque and firm. Discard any glaze left in that bowl.
  5. Brush the cooked shrimp with the untouched glaze from the second bowl and serve warm.

Notes

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