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Honey Glazed Chicken and Bacon Bites
I had an idea. Actually, it was more like my three hundred and forty-sixth idea for this month and I now have the hips to show for it. No biggie, I consider it a small sacrifice for eating food that tastes this good.
So I asked myself: “Would it be a really crazy idea to wrap loads of bacon around chicken strips and brush them with a spruced up honey marinade?”. Why yes, Kay, it would be. But frankly, I like crazy. I’m all for crazy.
See, now that’s what happens when you blog from your desolated home or kitchen (in the burbs). You get all delusional. You start talking to yourself. And what’s even worse, you end up answering your own rhetorical questions. Think about that before you ever decide to become a food blogger! The process is irreversible.
Anyway, it turned out nothing short of a phenomenal idea that I simply have to share here in my little corner of the www. Let me show you little bites of heaven!
Ingredients:
1 pound boneless chicken breasts
20 thin bacon slices
3 tbsp honey
2 tsp coarse mustard
fresh lemon juice
Optional: salt
Directions:
Cut the chicken breasts—or fillets, as we call them here—in thin strips. Not too thin, the bacon has to brown and if the chicken is too thin it’ll get dry before the bacon gets crispy. That would be a sin.
Note:
I’m using the Dutch equivalent to bacon in this recipe. It’s called Ontbijtspek and is saltier than regular bacon. You can sprinkle some salt (and/or pepper) on the chicken strips, if you like.
Grab a bowl and combine 3 tbsp honey with 2 tsp coarse mustard.
Squeeze in some lemon juice. Not too much, about a tbsp or so. I think orange juice will be great, too.
Bacon rights all the wrongs in this world. It brings justice to all the injustices. Or something like that.
I asked my favorite pair of extra hands to wrap the bacon around the chicken strips.
Place them in a roasting tray or on a cookie sheet. If you’re afraid of cleaning up, line the tray or sheet with some tin-foil first. I’m hard-core (And own a dish washing machine. It helps).
Brush the chicken bites with half the marinade.
Bake them in a preheated oven at 425F (225C) for 10 to 13 minutes. Until the bacon is crispy.
As soon as one side is done, take the tray out of the oven. Does this look good or what? I could never be a vegetarian simply because I cannot forsake bacon. I absolutely love it, in an artery clogging kind of way!
Flip them over and brush them with the remaining marinade.
Put them back in the oven for another 10 to 13 minutes, until the other side is crispy as well. Keep an eye on them.
Don’t these just scream: love me, bite me, chew me, eat me, devour me? If I can give you a tip, a really useful one at it, it would be to fix twice the amount you think you’ll need. And then some.
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Now your talkin Kay, what wonderful crispy bacony chicken bites you created, I think you are a Baconaholic too?
I can hardly wait to try these. Chicken, bacon, honey, & mustard. Life doesn’t get much better!
I thought these looked good but I was wary to try them since I’m not really a honey mustard fan…but they are SOOOO good.
What a tasty sounding appetizer!
I made these last night and they were fantastic! I can’t wait for an excuse to make them again. I think the fact that it’s Tuesday is a good enough excuse! ;)
These are in the oven for dinner right now. I can not wait. Probably not the healthiest dinner, but that’s never stopped me before. ;)
Hubs will love these!
This dish looks delicious! I love chicken and bacon.
Thanks for sharing! and I enjoy looking your photos! :)
This dish IS delicious! The best way to describe them is scrumptious little bites of goodness! Just a little tip, I did bake mine on a rack on top of a cookie sheet to get the ultimate crispiness out of the bacon. Will definitely make these again!
Did you notice someone using your recipe idea on Tasty Kitchen and not giving credit for it?
Yep, just saw this too. She even used the same name.
I’m not a tasty kitchen member, but someone on twitter pointed it out early this morning so I’d already seen it on the food blog it was originally posted to.
But that’s why I share recipes online! So that people can use my recipe ideas and make it their own. Credit is always nice but far from mandatory. It’s just nice to know I can actually inspire people :)
Chicken and bacon-great combo-I made boneless chicken breasts last night, stuffed with spinach, shredded cheddar, crumbled bacon and minced garlic. Pounded out the chicken, coated the outside w/ flour-browned in some evoo, rolled ‘em up, wrapped 3 or 4 slices of bacon on the outside and baked. Yummy- your recipe looks great for weekend sports watching-thanks for sharing!
I love this recipe! It makes a great and simple party food. Thanks for sharing!
Haha! That’s such a great idea! I mean… Everything is better wrapped in bacon (and brushed with honey & mustard sauce).
I’m definitely gonna try this sooner or later!
Cheers and thanks for sharing,
Ben
Do you get paid for this? Seriously, your recipes, you pictures, the time you take to show each step and then give pointers. You are amazing. My son sent me this website because he wanted me to make your stuffed chicken with the flat pastry puffs. I am so glad he did!!! Keep up the good work.
Those look fantastic, I made something similar a few months ago. I stuffed some chicken breasts with a mix of cheeses and wrap them with bacon, then I grilled them. When they were done I glaze them with some lemon juice and balsamic reduction. everybody loved them
My roommate loves all things bacon and I love all thing lemon so I know what we’re having for dinner tonight, thanks for posting!
This is yummy. The only difference is I substitute pork bacon with turkey bacon.
I am all for crazy. This is a must try!! Hopefully little ones will like it. Can’t imagine they won’t!
I made these tonight. I loved them. Thanks! :D
Kay,
If you added fresh sage inside this would be a traditional Chicken Involtini in Italian cooking, minus the sauce. I like your version, it’s savory.
Ciao!
These little honey glazed chicken bites are just to do for! Guys really like them…girls, too :-)
This looks amazing. I can’t wait to try it.
These were wonderful! I used chicken tenders and cut them in half, wrapped with turkey bacon and baked. I used orange in the sauce. My parents who just drove 14 hours loved them and so did my DH and I! Thanks! (Oh I thought I made extra but by the end of the night none were left!)