Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

These bacon wrapped water chestnuts are positively addictive! Salty, crunchy, sticky, and sweet, they're the perfect appetizer that everyone will just love. Easy and quick to make, but they'll be gone faster than it took you to make them!

Prep: 10

Cook: 55

Total: 1 5

Yield:6

Ingredients

2 8-ounce cans whole water chestnuts 16 ounces, drained and rinsed
¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce plus 1 tablespoon
14 slices bacon cut crosswise into thirds
½ cup ketchup
½ cup brown sugar firmly-packed, or maple syrup
non-stick cooking spray
black pepper freshly ground

Instructions

Add the water chestnuts and ¼ cup soy sauce to a large plastic sandwich bag. At room temperature, let marinate for 30 minutes, occasionally tossing and massaging bag.
Preheat the oven to 400º F. Place a cooling rack on top of a cookie or baking sheet. Wrap each water chestnut with a piece of bacon, securing with toothpick. Arrange water chestnuts on rack with seam face down. Bake about 30 minutes or until bacon is crisp and has rendered fat.
Make sauce while chestnuts baked. Stir together 1 tablespoon soy sauce, ketchup, and brown sugar or maple syrup.
After chestnuts bake, remove from oven and brush with sauce, placing chestnuts back on rack. Bake again for 25 minutes and serve warm.

Notes

Fresh water chestnuts: Can be used instead of canned. To prepare, cut off the top and bottom and then peel with a vegetable peeler. Rinse them well in cool water.
Make ahead of time: Marinate water chestnuts as stated in directions. Wrap in bacon and refrigerate in airtight container. Make sauce and keep in fridge until needed.

Recipe yields approximately 6 servings. Nutritional values shown are general guidelines, and reflect information for one serving. Macros may vary slightly depending on specific types and brands of ingredients used.

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 6. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Recipe By:Cheryl Malik