Soy-Glazed Shrimp Kebabs

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup apple juice 
• 8 oz bacon 
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 
• 1  bell pepper red stemmed seeded cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1.5 pounds shrimp deveined peeled
• 8 ounces snow peas 
• 0.3 cup soya sauce 
• 2 tablespoons sugar 

Equipment

• frying pan
• baking sheet
• paper towels
• sauce pan
• oven
• wire rack
• grill
• aluminum foil
• broiler
• skewers
• metal skewers

Directions

1. Combine apple juice, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thickened and syrupy, about 15 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
3. While glaze is cooking, preheat oven to 400F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and place a cooling rack on top.
4. Lay bacon in one layer on top of cooling rack and roast for 15 minutes.
5. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate to cool.
6. Working with 4 slices of bacon at a time, stack them and cut into 8 one-inch squares. (You should end up with 24 stacks of 4 layers, or 3 stacks per skewer.)
7. Preheat broiler or prepare a charcoal fire and let burn to a gray ash. Thread shrimp onto 8 long metal skewers, alternating with snow peas, peppers and stacks of bacon.
8. Set broiling pan or grill about 6 inches from heat source.
9. Brush each skewer with soy glaze and broil or grill, turning often, until shrimp is pink throughout and bacon is browned and sizzling, about 7 minutes.
10. Serve warm.