Crunchy water chestnuts, wrapped in salty bacon, and smothered with honey bbq sauce. These baked to perfection appetizers will please and impress your guests. With only 4 ingredients, even the greenest of chefs can make this Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts Recipe.
Often Called Rumaki
Bacon wrapped water chestnuts are often called rumaki. Traditionally they were made with water chestnuts along with pieces of chicken or liver and wrapped in bacon, and then served with a teriyaki sauce. This is my take on that once popular appetizer from the 50s and 60s. This is simplified and just as fancy!
Let's Start With The Grocery List
To make this gourmet little snack - you only need 4 ingredients! You heard me right! 4 ingredients!
bacon
whole water chestnuts
barbecue sauce
honey
Pro Tip: Whole, Canned, Water chestnuts can be found in the asian food aisle of your grocery store.
How Do You Make Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts?
Cut your piece of bacon in half, and wrap it around a whole, canned, water chestnut.
Secure the bacon with a toothpick.
Place in a cast iron skillet or casserole dish.
Repeat until all piece of bacon and water chest nuts are wrapped.
Combine honey and barbecue sauce in a small bowl.
Whisk to combine.
Pour over prepared bacon wrapped water chestnuts.
How long do you cook? Bake at 400 for about 40 minutes, or until bacon is crisp. Serve right away.
Pro Tip: Make ahead and refrigerate. You can reheat these babies in about 7 minutes in a 400 degree oven.
The Perfect Appetizer
These guys are perfect for a party. Super Bowl, bunco, New Years - you name it! Your guests will love this gluten free indulgence!
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Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
It will make your house smell pretty much like heaven, and your guests will feel like they are in heaven when they eat them!
Cut your bacon in half. Wrap each water chestnut with bacon and secure it with a toothpick. Place in a 9x13 cake pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
Combine barbeque sauce and honey and whisk to combine. Drizzle over water chestnuts.
Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until bacon begins to crisp.
It's just mayo with a little mustard in it. Super yummy. But not necessary for this dish. We love it with sweet potato medallions.
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Erin Vsays
kids ate these up way too fast - i'll have to make more next time!
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Kadeesays
It depends on your oven and your bacon. I have made them in 45 minutes and up to an hour. If I have a thicker cut of bacon I bake for an hour. A thinner cut - 45 minutes.
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FoodAddictsays
These Bacon Wraps looks so delicious, ill give this recipe a try. But i am quite sure the ones i make wont be as good as these ;)
Roll one water chestnut in a piece of bacon, secure w/ toothpick.Roll in brown sugar.Bake 30-40 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Don't worry if the fat and brown sugar that fall off smoke a little.
Rumaki's ingredients and method of preparation vary, but usually it consists of water chestnuts and pieces of chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar, then fried or baked.
Opened canned water chestnuts should be stored in water and used within 3-4 days. To cook: Stir fry fresh sliced water chestnuts for 5 minutes and sliced canned water chestnuts for 2 minutes. If the chestnuts are cooked for any longer they will not retain their crunchy texture.
You can buy canned water chestnuts at most grocery stores. When sold this way, the corms are peeled and may be left whole or sliced. Canned water chestnuts pose little food safety risk; however, it is safer to rinse and drain them before use.
Bacon-wrapped water chestnuts are freezer-friendly. Bake them to completion, let them cool to room temperature, then freeze them on a baking sheet until solid. Transfer the frozen bites to an airtight container or freezer bag and freeze for up to three months.
It first appears on the menus of tiki restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1940s. Trader Vic's founder Victor Bergeron claimed it had Chinese origins, by way of Hawaii, but in actuality it was likely his own creation inspired by angels on horseback, an English pub snack of bacon-wrapped oysters.
While Rumaki has ties to Japanese and Hawaiian culture it is mostly Americana. If you were to attend a co*cktail party in the 1960's Rumaki would most likely be there as an hor d'oeuvre. It first showed up in 1941 on the menu of the Don the Beachcomber restaurant in Palm Springs.
Some popular cooking methods for canned water chestnuts include stir-frying, adding them to soups or stews, incorporating them into vegetable or meat dishes, and using them in salads or as a crunchy topping for dishes.
Roast chestnuts: Drain chestnuts and place them on a baking sheet pan in a single layer. Roast for 25-30 minutes keeping a close eye on them and turning a few times, if necessary. They should be fully roasted when the skins have pulled back/opened and the flesh inside has softened.
They are actually the root of an aquatic freshwater plant. Water chestnuts must be hand-harvested and processed; therefore, they are somewhat expensive.
Fresh water chestnuts should be kept in the produce drawer of the fridge in a sealed container to help extend their shelf life. Use within a few days of purchase.
Water chestnuts are high in dietary fiber that offers several health benefits. Fiber makes you feel fuller and satisfied, reducing excess food intake, improving digestion, reducing blood cholesterol levels, and regulating blood sugar levels.
Chestnuts can be frozen with or without their shell, raw or cooked. Regardless of form, they can remain frozen for 2 to 3 months. If you intend to use your frozen chestnuts for roasting, then it's ideal to leave the shells intact.
Most water chestnut recipes tend to lose their crisp texture as they sit in the refrigerator. That said, you can store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat the bacon-wrapped water chestnuts in an oven at 350° until the bacon crisps up, about 15 minutes.
rəˈmäkē plural -s. : a cooked appetizer consisting of pieces of usually marinated chicken liver wrapped together with sliced water chestnuts in bacon slices.
Like a lot of bacon from around the world, Chinese bacon is made from pork belly and less frequently, from shoulder. It is either air-cured with soy sauce, brown sugar, and spices (like star anise and cinnamon) until it's very hard, or it's cured for a shorter period of time before being smoked.
What is Candied Bacon. Also known as Pig Candy, Candied Bacon is made by coating thick sliced of bacon in something sweet such as brown sugar, maple syrup, or caramel before baking until caramelized. It's fantastic crumbled on a salad or just served alongside a pint of your favorite beer.
Despite being called chestnuts, water chestnuts are not nuts at all. They are aquatic tuber vegetables that grow in marshes, ponds, paddy fields and shallow lakes (1). Water chestnuts are native to Southeast Asia, Southern China, Taiwan, Australia, Africa and many islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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