Chicken-Bacon Nuggets

Submitted by Troop Angel

"My hubby found this in a copy of Southern Living at work. These are super easy and great tasting little appetizers. If you want, you can use reduced-sodium bacon and lite soy sauce to cut back on the sodium. I don't think they need any dipping sauce as the marinade provides a tangy/sour/sweet flavor. Cooking time includes marinade time."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 27mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 8 bacon, slices cut into thirds
• 1⁄2 cup orange marmalade
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• wooden toothpick

directions

1. Cut chicken breasts into 24 1-inch cubes.
2. Wrap each chicken cube with bacon and secure with a wooden toothpick.
3. Stir together orange marmalade, soy sauce, sesame oil, ground ginger and minced garlic in a shallow dish or large zip-top freezer bag; add chicken nuggets.
4. Cover or seal, and chill 2 hours, turning occasionally.
5. Coat a rack and broiler pan with cooking spray.
6. Place chicken nuggets on rack in broiler pan.
7. Bake at 450°F for 10 minutes; turn nuggets and bake 10 more minutes.

Reviews

[jaynine]

I made these for a New Years Eve party, and they disappeared in no time. I left off the bacon and marinated the chicken in the rest of the ingredients all day. I was planning on wrapping the bacon right before cooking, but got lazy and just left it off - they were delicious as is. The bacon would probably add another layer of deliciousness, and I'll make them again and not be so lazy.

 

[Ladymedic]

Have made this twice now and could not be easier! I usually take the marinade and simmer it for ten minutes to kill the bacteria then add a splash of fruit juice and puree it for a lovely dip. Gilding the lily a bit but yummy. The boys look forword to UFC night when i always make them!

 

[kris.hodges_12155422]

This was pretty good, however, next time I'll put them on skewers because those toothpicks are a real pain to turn. I didn't have a broiler pan so I put a cooling rack on a sheet pan covered with foil. I'm sure glad I covered the sheet pan because it would have been a mess to clean, the sauce burns. I made another recipe of the sauce to use on white rice and it was really good.

 

[anniesnomsblog]

Delicious! And so easy to make!! When I saw marmalade in the ingredient list I was a little skeptical as I'm not a huge fan, but once the chicken was marinaded and cooked, it tasted amazing, so I'm glad I put the marmalade in now! A great recipe for when you have people coming over and need something quick to make!

 

[Dawn F.]

just finished making these for our tailgate party today. Smeeled awesome when cooking, I took a taste and loved them. Thanks for sharing. Made for Football Pool week 6