Author Notes
We moved back to Denver shortly before our wedding in 2002. Having been a chef and caterer respectively and self-declared food snobs coming from San Francisco, we were a bit worried about finding a good caterer. Denver had been improving in the food scene but we were still disappointed after several interviews with caterers who lacked imagination and had never heard of sriracha. We finally settled on someone who would let us provide the recipes and some guidance. Since the beef short ribs they had cooked for our tasting were flavorless and about as tender as mouthful of rubber bands, we also gave strict instructions for the meat and my husband cooked the sauce the morning of our wedding.
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. —savorthis
Ingredients
- Shrimp Batons
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1 piece
bacon, finely chopped
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1/3 pound
shrimp, peeled
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1
garlic clove, minced
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1 teaspoon
dry sherry
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1 teaspoon
soy sauce
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1/4 teaspoon
sesame oil
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1 teaspoon
canola oil
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won ton wrappers
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1
green onion, finely sliced
- Apricot Ginger Sauce
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2 tablespoons
apricot jam
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1/2 teaspoon
soy sauce
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1/2 teaspoon
chili garlic sauce
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1/2 teaspoon
grated ginger (really easy if kept in freezer)
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1/2 teaspoon
lemon juice
Directions
- Shrimp Batons
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Add enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan and fry batons on each side until deep golden, brown.
- Apricot Ginger Sauce
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Mix jam, soy, chili, lemon and ginger together.
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