Sweet Chili Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
 
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Sweet, Salty, Smokey, Spicy, Crunch, these little guys have it all. Sweet Chili Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts are the life of any party.
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 35
Ingredients
  • 1 (12 ounce) pkg sliced bacon, not the thick cut
  • 2 cans whole water chestnuts
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 30-40 toothpicks
  • ½ cup sweet chili sauce
Instructions
  1. Drain Water Chestnuts and place them in a bowl, Pour the soy sauce over them and allow them to sit for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  3. Prepare a baking sheet parchment paper if desired or spray with cooking spray
  4. Take bacon out of package and cut it into 3 equal sections so that you will have about 30-40 3" little strips of bacon.
  5. Pour brown sugar into a bowl that you can dip the bacon wrapped chestnuts in.
  6. Wrap a piece of bacon around a chestnut and secure it on with a toothpick, dip the bacon wrapped chestnut in brown sugar and place on cookie sheet.
  7. Repeat until all water chestnuts are wrapped and dipped in brown sugar
  8. Bake for 20 minutes
  9. Remove from oven and put a small dab of sweet chili sauce on each bacon wrapped chestnut
  10. Return to oven and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes or until bacon is desired crispness.
  11. Serve warm and enjoy.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/sweet-chili-bacon-wrapped-chestnuts-with-delta-faucet/