What to wrap in bacon?
What would be something a little different (i.e., not shrimp, dates, or water chestnuts) to wrap in bacon as an appetizer? I'm looking for something that will go well with the jerk pork sandwiches and jicama slaw being served as the main course. Suggestions?
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32 Comments:
Scallops, green beans, olives, jalapenos, cherry tomatoes, apple slices....the possibilities are endless! :-)
jmfors at 3:41PM on 02/11/09
oh yeah, the jalepenos stuffed with cream cheese and then wrapped with bacon sound like they'd go well with what you're serving. You could even add a sliver of fresh mango with the cream cheese.
wookie at 3:47PM on 02/11/09
Scallops.
Asparagus
Bread sticks or pretzels
Pineapple spears with prehaps a sweet and sour dipping sauce.
Tomato slices wrapped in a romaine lettuce leaf then wrap bacon around leaf, serve with aioli sauce.
pjracz10 at 3:47PM on 02/11/09
what not to wrap in bacon?
Sticking with the theme of the rest of the dinner, what about using plantain?
derosa at 3:51PM on 02/11/09
@wookie - I LOVE the mango idea. Love.
@pjracz - I also love the pineapple spears/dipping sauce idea.
Would doing some of both of those be overkill?
Junie at 4:02PM on 02/11/09
@Junie--no such thing as bacon overkill.
wookie at 4:04PM on 02/11/09
I've heard very good things about banana wrapped in bacon, but have not had the pleasure of trying it myself.
annabanannas at 4:18PM on 02/11/09
If you can get your hands on some plantains, that would be perfect, just wrap and bake until the plantains are soft and the bacon is cooked through. Do not try to eat raw plantains...they are not edible raw like bananas-but so delicious. Pan fried half ripe plantains are often served with jerk--the sweet cuts teh heat of the jerk nicely.
BananaMonkey at 4:29PM on 02/11/09
Another one for a plantain (overripe/black and cut into cubes, wrap and bake). Droooool.
bitchincamero at 4:29PM on 02/11/09
So, I've never cooked with plantains before. What constitutes ripe? Should the peel really be black?
Junie at 4:37PM on 02/11/09
Butterfly shrimp, stick a slice of jalapeno, and (if the shrimp are big enough) some cheese, wrap 'em up, and grill! Yummy!
dharmon at 5:01PM on 02/11/09
Ha, never mind, didn't see "no shrimp!"
dharmon at 5:01PM on 02/11/09
@Junie--no, definitely not black--those will be too mushy and too sweet. Think of ripeness like a banana, a few speckles, and a bit of give (the skin is thicker than a banana, you'll need a knife to get it off likely), and they should be fine. The texture is denser, and overall they are not as sweet as bananas, but like bananas, get sweeter and softer as they ripen. You can eat 'green' plantains as well, but they are much 'starchier' tasting when cooked and have almost no sweetness.
When you peel them, avoid getting the juices from the broken skin on your clothing, as sometimes it's hard to remove.
BananaMonkey at 5:12PM on 02/11/09
Wrap a chicken liver with bacon, broil til crispy, serve with hot mustard!
AbuelaLinda at 5:21PM on 02/11/09
What NOT to wrap in bacon!
aungeinphx at 5:41PM on 02/11/09
PICKLES!
Goldilox at 8:41PM on 02/11/09
@BananaMonkey- Man, I love plantains. I would kill for some tostones right now.
meg3j at 9:12PM on 02/11/09
Um, anything. I'd eat it.
jazzinx at 9:27PM on 02/11/09
stuffed jalapenos - delicious!! Try this recipe
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/07/bacon-wrapped_j/
csmith7811 at 12:04PM on 02/12/09
A friend was experimenting with bacon wrapped things and the fan favorite was a big pimento stuffed green olive wrapped in bacon. He rolled them in brown sugar before baking -- salty, sweet, sour. It was suprisingly good.
lakeloverhh at 12:04PM on 02/12/09
@AbuelaLinda - The chicken liver/bacon/hot mustard combo sounds delicious.
I'm thinking I'l try the plantains in bacon if I can find any. Also, pickles in bacon sounds strangely appealing, but I dont' think it would work for this party. : )
Junie at 12:05PM on 02/12/09
your guests?!
Pavlov at 1:58PM on 02/12/09
@BananaMonkey & @Junie - Actually, I'd use them when they're almost fully black with a little yellow showing through. If you've ever had "maduros" - that's when they fry them up.
Any less ripe and I think they'd be too tough. Tostones are made when they're much less ripe, almost green. That's why they have to fry tostones twice...they're much starchier and less sweet, so you have to cook them longer to get that french fry-like consistency.
The sweetness of the ripe plantains will caramelize with the bacon nicely (think bacon-wrapped dates).
bitchincamero at 2:11PM on 02/12/09
OMG - just saw these BACON WRAPPER TATER TOTS. I swear I would die happy if I could just have one right now.
@Junie - I think you have to make these!
bitchincamero at 6:11PM on 02/12/09
deer, rabbit, shrimp and any kind of beans are better with bacon, i also enjoy bacon topped bacon.
olddad at 9:14PM on 02/12/09
The plantain and pineapple sound great. What about wedges of sweet potato or yam? Yams are also a Caribbean staple, right? I always oven bake my bacon sprinkled with brown sugar and freshly ground pepper anyway. You could partially oven bake the potato wedges on an oiled sheet and sprinkle them with the sugar and pepper before wrapping with the bacon... I might have to try that, if I don't say so myself ! Maybe a sweet/hot or honey mustard dip on the side?
frederika at 12:03AM on 02/13/09
Wrap a small bunch of enoki mushrooms in a half slice of bacon. Enokis are the white, delicate, long and skinny Japanese mushrooms. This is delicious.
HK Expat at 1:58AM on 02/13/09
wrap bacon in bacon.
thepirateking at 11:00AM on 02/13/09
@pavlov - LMAO. Great Valentine's day idea.
Junie at 11:40AM on 02/13/09
@bitchincamero - Love tater tots. Love bacon. Am still afraid that eating them together like that would give me a heart attack. : )
Junie at 11:42AM on 02/13/09
"Last night you wrapped a ham in bacon!"
-Red Foreman from That 70s Show talking to his wife Kitty.
ag3208 at 10:36PM on 02/14/09
Wrap a piece of jalapeno inside a dried apricot (you can soak the apricots in brandy briefly if you want something extra...). Wrap the apricot in bacon, bake.
perfunctory at 11:48PM on 02/14/09