Recipe Corner: Chicken Bacon Bites

Taste of Home’s Culinary Specialist Amanda WIlson will be at the UB Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at 2 p.m. to share her home cooking tips and tricks while demonstrating step-by-step recipes for the season’s best dishes. Get ready for the big cooking event by trying this Taste of Home recipe.

Ingredients

• 12 bacon strips, halved

• 10 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 24 cubes

• 1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained

• 1/2 cup orange marmalade

• 1/4 cup soy sauce

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• 1 teaspoon grated fresh gingerroot

• Sweet-and-sour sauce, optional

Directions

1. Place bacon on a broiler rack. Broil 4 in. from the heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until partially cooked; cool.
2. Wrap a piece of bacon around a chicken cube and water chestnut slice; secure with a toothpick. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the marmalade, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. Add wrapped chicken; seal and carefully turn to coat. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
3. Drain and discard marinade. Broil chicken for 3-4 minutes on each side or chicken is no longer pink and bacon is crisp. Serve warm with sweet-and-sour sauce if desired. Yield: 2 dozen.Taste of Home’s Culinary Specialist Amanda WIlson will be at the UB Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at 2 p.m. to share her home cooking tips and tricks while demonstrating step-by-step recipes for the season’s best dishes.
4. The Taste of Home Cooking School is America’s leading cooking school program, inspiring more than 150,000 passionate home chefs at approximately 250 events nationwide. Attendees experience exciting recipe demonstrations using ingredients that are easily found at the local grocery store and best of all, the dishes are submitted by home cooks from across the country.

The Taste of Home Cooking School is America’s leading cooking school program, inspiring more than 150,000 passionate home chefs at approximately 250 events nationwide. Attendees experience exciting recipe demonstrations using ingredients that are easily found at the local grocery store and best of all, the dishes are submitted by home cooks from across the country.

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