Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

• porzioni: 30 servings
• tempo di preparazione: 15 minutes
• tempo totale: 1 hour

Ingredienti

1 cup ketchup

¼ cup brown sugar

½ tsp garlic powder

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 (7oz/227ml) cans of whole water chestnuts, drained and rinsed

1 lb smoky bacon, cut into thirds

toothpicks

Istruzioni

Preheat oven to 425°F.

Combine ketchup, brown sugar, garlic powder and Worcestershire sauce in a mixing bowl. Make sure everything is combined well.

Wrap each water chestnut with a bacon strip (which was cut bacon into thirds) and secure with a toothpick and drop into the mixing bowl with the sauce mix.

Once finished wrapping the bacon and water chestnuts, GENTLY fold the sauce over them in the mixing bowl. Make sure to evenly coat each piece with the sauce.

Using tongs, gently remove the wrapped water chestnuts from the mixing bowl and place them onto a broiler pan over a foil lined baking sheet. (I find that the clean up is much easier when using a foil lined sheet). If you don’t have a broiler pan, you can try just using a baking sheet – just make sure you remove the cooked water chestnuts quickly, so they don’t sit in the fat for too long.

Using a spatula remove any of the remaining sauce from the mixing bowl and drizzle over the wrapped water chestnuts.

Place the prepared water chestnuts into the oven to cook for about 45 minutes or long enough to crisp the bacon to your liking.

Using tongs, remove the appetizers to a serving plate.