From the Kitchen....Grilled Bacon Wrapped Shrimp & Chicken

All summer long I had this craving for grilled shrimp. My husband doesn't like shrimp, unfortunately, but when his younger brother Weston came to visit, I jumped on the opportunity! I mean, how can anything wrapped in bacon be bad? I found this great marinade recipe and mostly followed it:

What You Need:
-11-12 strips of bacon
-1 lb 22-24 ct shrimp or 1 lb chicken breast tenders
-1/2 cup soy sauce
-1/2 cup olive oil
-1/4 cup Soy Vay Island Teriaki Sauce
-zest and juice of two limes (or you can add in some lemon juice instead)
-1 tbs brown sugar
-4 cloves garlic (or use garlic salt instead of regular salt)
-1 tbs minced ginger (we used ground ginger)
-salt and pepper

What You Need to Do:
1. I bought peeled and deveined shrimp, but if you don't...first step is to peel and devein.
2. Mix the marinade in a giant zip lock bag and add in the shrimp or chicken.
3. Let the marinade and meat sit in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.
4. While the marinade is sitting, partially cook the bacon (I microwaved it for half of necessary time)
5. After at least 20 minutes, take the marinade bag out and begin to skewer the meat. For the shimp, we wrapped half a piece of bacon around each shrimp. For the chicken tender, we folded it in half or thirds and wrapped an entire piece of bacon around it.
6. When you place the meat on the skewer, I recommend using two skewers for the same piece of chicken or shrimp so the bacon stays on the meat and also so the meat doesn't rotate on the skewer.

7. Warm up the grill and then place the skewers on the grill.
8. Brush additional marinade onto the meat after you put it on the grill and again when you turn the skewers over. When we made chicken we also skewered some pineapple and brushed the marinade on it too - it was very tasty!

9. Cook until done (the bacon should be crispy and the meat obviously cooked through).
10. Enjoy!