Eating My Way Through the Alphabet: Letter B

What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Home Cooking: Bacon Bites! Get ready for a smokey, salty, crunchy all-time favorite appetizer. As the bacon sizzles in the skillet, your will-power needs to shift into high gear to restrain you from taste-testing before it’s finished. Trust me, this is worth the wait.

BACON BITES

Ingredients:

9 slices of bacon

1/2 pound chicken chunks, pre-cooked

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 tablespoon sugar

1/8 teaspoon ground ginger

1 8-ounce can water chestnuts, drained and sliced

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450°. Partially cook bacon; drain on paper towels. Combine chicken, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, and water chestnuts. Marinate for 20 minutes. Drain. Wrap one piece of chicken and two water chestnuts in 1/3 slice of bacon. Secure with a wooden toothpick. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven 10-12 minutes or until the bacon is crisp.

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