Gift Wrapped Shrimp Bites
Ingredients
- 12 medium Shrimp, raw, shelled, & deveined
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tbsp of your favorite spice rub
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 6 oz roasted red peppers
- 6-12 green onions (depending on size)
Instructions
- Roll each shrimp into a round shape, with tail on the outside.
- Skewer each rolled shrimp with a toothpick through the diameter, so that shrimp hold their round shape.
- Heat a sauté pan to medium-high heat. Add oil.
- Coat shrimp with spices and then sauté just until opaque, about 1-2 minutes per side.
- Remove from pan and let cool to handle.
- Cut 12 strips of the green portion of the green onions off, keeping the green portion in tact and as long as possible.
- Heat green onion strips in pan until just softened and bendable, about 1 minute, turning frequently. Remove from pan and let cool to handle.
- Cut bell peppers into long thin strips and wrap around shrimp.
- Wrap green onion strips around shrimp and tie in a bow or knot.