Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Shrimp

These Bacon wrapped stuffed shrimp are excellent as an appetizer or a meal.
You can change the stuffing  to  my crab cake recipe mixture or add jalapeno to the cream cheese recipe below.

Ingredients;

1LB very large shrimp, 12 to a pound size or larger is best
8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
1 TBLS chives, minced
1 small garlic clove minced
4-5 slices of bacon
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions;

Buy raw shrimp, frozen or defrosted. The shell is removed leaving just the tail shell on. Devein them and butterfly cut them by cutting just enough to open them up flat on a baking sheet.
Mix all the other ingredients, except the bacon.
Stuff the butterflied side of the shrimp with about 1 TBLS of the cream cheese mixture. Cut the bacon into pieces just large enough to wrap around the shrimp twice. Place a toothpick through the shrimp to hold the bacon in place.
Bake at 425 for 10-12 minutes and then turn over to broil for a few minutes on high until browned.