Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps!

Ok, I don't much care for Paula Deen. She is cute and funny but her laugh grates on my nerves....a lot! But the woman can cook! I found these delicious little things on a message board I frequent. I tried them tonight....so easy!!!! Even my 2 finicky eaters ate them (and lets just say Brycen is not one of them ;)).

Before I give you the recipe, which includes brown sugar, I have to tell you my brown sugar story from tonight. I went to the cabinet to get my brown sugar and whoever used it last didn't close the plastic and it was hard as a rock. I jumped on my trusty message board and asked for help how to soften it in a short amount of time. I got a lot of similar answers "throw it in the microwave with a cup of water" or "throw it in the micorwave with an apple on it" or put it in a bag with bread and it will soften by morning. I couldn't do the bread but I did try the other 2. They don't work. So I was bummed. I really wanted to make this recipe tonight. I had been dreaming of it all day.

So with a little clever thinking I grabbed my cheese grater (see below) and a glass bowl and started grating my sugar. It worked like a dream and believe it or not it still packed nicely!


So without further babbling here is the recipe. I served it with Garlic mashed potatos...so yoummy! See MY note on the bottom for a minor improvement on it. :)

Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps Recipe
courtesy Paula Deen

1 1/4 pounds boneless, skinless, chicken breasts (about 4 breasts)
1 (1-pound) package sliced bacon
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons chili powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut chicken breasts into 1-inch cubes. Cut each bacon slice into thirds. Wrap each chicken cube with bacon and secure with a wooden pick. Stir together brown sugar and chili powder. Dredge wrapped chicken in mixture. Coat a rack and broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place chicken wrap on rack in broiler pan. Bake 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until bacon is crisp.



Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 12 to 15 appetizer servings
User Rating:

Episode#: PA0702

***michelle's note: While I did follow the cooking directions to a "T" I discovered afterwards that there was this nice little pool of "juices" and sugar on the bottom, the rest was baked to the pan. I dipped a piece of the chicken in it and it was heaven. Pure, full of bad things for you, heaven! So instead of letting it drip down I am going to cook it in a casserole dish next time and sprinkle the remainder of the "batter" over it so we get all that sticky goodness.

***I also made my chicken pieces a little bigger and used 1/2 pieces of bacon instead of a 1/3 as we were having it as a meal and not an appetizer.

Enjoy!