Bacon-wrapped shrimp and dates

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup honey
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• ½ chili sauce
• 12 pieces of thinly sliced bacon (10-12 oz)
• 12 pitted dates
• large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails left intact (12 oz)

Instructions:

• in a medium size bowl, whisk the honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili sauce
• heat broiler. Line a baking sheet with Alu foil.
• cut 3 inches of each slice of bacon.
• wrap each of these pieces around a date, and place seam-side down on the prepared baking sheet.
• wrap each shrimp with a piece of the remaining long strips of bacon, trying not to overlap, and place seam-side down on the same baking sheet.
• brush the top of the dates and shrimp with half of the honey mixture
• broil until tops are well browned (about 4 minutes). Then turn over the dates and shrimp, brush with the remaining honey mixture. Broil until well browned and the shrimp are cooked through (about another 4 minutes), and rotate the baking sheet as necessary. Remove dates if they are well browned before the shrimp are cooked.

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