Fried Shrimp Batons with Apricot Ginger Sauce
Description
One item we created for that day were these skinny, fried shrimp items. I call them batons a bit unwillingly, but I suppose that’s what they are. They were my favorite item in the cocktail phase of events so I was bitterly disappointed that the plate that had been saved for me while photos were being snapped (forever) was missing the shrimp things altogether. Alas, I can make my own whenever I want and they always remember me of our wedding day.
Ingredients
- 1 piece bacon, finely chopped
- 1/3 pound shrimp, peeled
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- won ton wrappers
- 1 green onion, finely sliced
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam
- 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger (really easy if kept in freezer)
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Directions
- Coarsely chop shrimp and stir in garlic, sherry and soy sauce. Allow to marinate while you make the sauce then come back to these steps.
- Render bacon, remove with a slotted spoon. Reserve fat and add sesame and canola oils to nonstick pan over medium heat and cook shrimp until just barely cooked. Remove to a bowl and stir in green onions. Stir bacon into shrimp mixture and reserve fat in pan.
- Set a won ton wrapper on the counter with a point facing you. Place a small amount of shrimp along bottom, wet top corner and roll tightly. Do the same until you are out of shrimp.
- Add enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan and fry batons on each side until deep golden, brown.
- Mix jam, soy, chili, lemon and ginger together.
