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Grilled Bacon Wrapped Chicken

May 31, 2013
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Grilled Bacon Wrapped Chicken - complete with a sweet and spicy chicken marinade (save some for drizzling over the chicken before serving!)Having bacon in the fridge is a beautiful thing.

I had a package of bacon in the fridge, intending to make Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos (if you’ve never tried, you really really need to!) and somehow never got around to the task.  With a BBQ dinner planned that evening, I decided I was going to bacon wrap something – I just didn’t know what.

I looked online for bacon wrapped chicken recipes and there are tons out there.  The majority were for oven-baked chicken which is great and all but in Canada we take advantage of our summer months and grill as much as we can!  So I wanted to figure out a recipe for the grill.  I found a great one, but the seasonings weren’t working for me – all seasoning, no sauce.  No sauce??!

So – I set out and created my own marinade/sauce by using ingredients from two different recipes.  I used a few ingredients from my Easy Chicken Marinade recipe, and added some spice to heat it up a bit!  The result?  AMAZING sauce that I will definitely use again, and delicious bacon to top it all off.

Seriously, people, you need to try this recipe.  I’m craving it again today.

Ready to grill!
Ready to grill!
grilled bacon wrapped chicken
Grill for 15-20 minutes, turning to ensure even grilled yumminess.
Brush with sauce in the last few minutes of grilling.
Brush with sauce in the last few minutes of grilling.
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Grilled Bacon Wrapped Chicken
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup oil
  • ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp chili powder
  • 4 chicken breasts sliced into strips
  • 1 package bacon
Instructions
  1. Combine the oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic powder and chili powder in a large measuring cup
  2. Place chicken strips (basically a chicken breast sliced in half, and then half again) into a large Ziploc bag and pour the sauce mixture on top, reserving ¼ cup of the marinade for later
  3. Seal and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours - the longer the better and overnight would be perfect
  4. Preheat grill
  5. Remove chicken from marinade and wrap each piece of chicken in bacon, securing with toothpicks (soak the toothpicks in water first)
  6. Grill on medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes, turning to ensure even grilling.
  7. In the last 5 minutes, brush the chicken with the ¼ cup marinade you saved earlier.

 Grilled Bacon Wrapped Chicken

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  • printed off recipe, we love chicken so this is a nice way to change it up so we arent all getting sick of the same way cooked. and I have all the ingredients yay!

    • Yay! I get frustrated with recipes that call for odd items that I wouldn’t normally have in my pantry or fridge, so I totally understand that! The marinade is pretty amazing, if I do so say myself, praising my “little of this recipe and little of that recipe” combination! 😉

  • I’m making something along these lines tonight. Mine has provolone cheese in the middle of the chicken that is wrapped in back.
    🙂

  • Must admit one of the very few things I miss from Britain is back bacon – at least 95% meat – and putting the bacon in a sandwich. So we have had to stop eating bacon (also it has added nitrates) because once I have cut all the fat away there is not much left to eat. Though I think my husband would still eat this

  • Did I ever tell you how incredible you are for always wrapping your food with bacon! First the Jalapenos and now the chicken…did you also do the asparagus?

  • I use chicken tenders (by that I mean the raw tenders you cut off of full chicken breasts). I buy them at the grocery store, and it saves me the chicken prep. Just toss the tenders into the marinade and wrap! Plus the size of each tender is pretty consistent.

  • these will definitely be on my bbq this summer! Great idea to change things up !

  • Looks so good. My fiancé would love this as he gets bored with chicken sometimes, what a great idea

  • We have made this a couple of times now and it has been VERY popular! Bacon, of course, rocks!

  • This looks good! Have added it to my to-do recipe list. Thanks for sharing it!

  • We love bacon! Everything tastes better with bacon lol (my husband doesn’t like bacon, can you imagine?)

  • “Bacon Wrapped” got my attention. Have you considered serving bacon wrapped chicken cut into smaller slices the same size as bacon wrapped scallops for party appetizers?

  • I made this when Tammi had it posted and it’s so good, we make it every couple weeks!

  • This is a perfect combination and a great way to make chicken more interesting. I love how the bacon flavour permeates the chicken meat. Yum!

  • This is perfect for the summer! We LOVE chicken and bacon, and cooking on the BBQ – thank-you!
    I’m going to make this today and marinate overnight for Sunday 🙂

  • MMmm … I am getting my sweetheart to bbq this soon.. I love the recipe and appreciate you sharing. I remember getting the slow cooker hamburger soup from you and that is still one of our favorites.

  • This looks sooooo good , I’m running right out to get some bacon so I can try this.

  • I started to use a lot more bacon in my cooking, I wonder if it’s because of your recipes… We love bacon! 🙂

  • This Grilled Bacon Wrapped Chicken recipe looks delicious.
    I would never have thought to do something like this.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • Mr. Disco proposed to you in an above post – so cute. And I Pinned too!

  • `Mmmmmm love how it’s super easy to make. I think this would also work with turkey or chicken breakfast strips. Yum!

  • I made this using chicken tenders and added it to my homemade Caesar Salad…absolutely delicious! Thank you Tenille…best recipes!!

  • I know I will love this recipe, I love bacon so much you have no idea. The marinade that you used is perfect, I can taste it..lol. My son would have no problem eating these and he’s a fussy eater..thank you for this recipe and I hope to make it this weekend.

  • mmm nothing has that taste like chicken and bacon. I love this recipe thank you.!

  • That marinade sounds delicious, and I love that it’s made up of simple ingredients that I always have on hand! Thanks Tenille!

  • these look really good. it’s a really nice grilling option when entertaining during the summer – guests would be totally impressed!

  • I did make your recipe his last weekend and it was a hit with everyone. My only problem was that I did not make enough, but I’ll know better for next time.:)

  • I finally tried the recipe and it was delicious! We don’t have a BBQ so we used the broiler instead and they were perfect! Thanks for sharing!

  • I have tried this and it’s excellent, shared on twitter and previously pinned

  • This will definitely be a hit at my house. Thanks, I have been looking for something fun and delicious to make. This is it! I’m pinning!

  • That marinade sounds delicious and I love that I have all those ingredients on hand! Thanks for sharing!

  • This looks soooo delish thanks for sharing i will def be trying this out 🙂

  • I have bought the pre-packaged frozen bacon wrapped chicken before. Just the outer ring is wrapped in one piece of bacon, & once put on the bbq I find the bacon falls off & the whole thing is pointless. I like the way this recipe is done with using smaller strips & fully wrapping bacon around. I can see it wouldn’t fall off. Looks amazing, I love bacon!!

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