Bacon wrapped chestnuts. Soy sauce, smoky bacon and sweet brown sugar dress up water chestnuts for a festive party appetizer. Cut bacon strips into thirds; wrap a strip around each water chestnut and secure with wooden toothpicks. I'd like to thank Kikkoman for sponsoring this post.

Ingredients of Bacon wrapped chestnuts

1. You need of cans (5oz dry weight) freshwater chestnuts.
2. You need of package of bacon.
3. Prepare of chunked pineapple.
4. You need of toothpicks.
5. It’s of ketchup.
6. You need of mayonnaise.
7. You need of brown sugar.

Whole water chestnuts are marinated in a sweet and salty marinade made from soy sauce and brown sugar. Wrap each chestnut with a piece of bacon. Arrange on a cake rack in a shallow baking pan. Poor the sauce over the bacon wrapped chestnuts.

Bacon wrapped chestnuts step by step

1. Remove the bacon and cut the slab into thirds.
2. Take 1 chestnut and place it on 1 slice of the cut bacon. Wrap the bacon around the chestnut and stab a toothpick through it to hold the bacon in place. Then place on a cookie sheet. Repeat until you are out of chestnuts..
3. Place the cookie sheet in the oven and cook for 20 minutes at 350 degrees..
4. While the wraps are cooking combine the ketchup, mayonnaise and brown sugar in a bowl. Mix well..
5. Once cooked immediately remove the wrapped chestnuts from the cookie sheet and place in a glass 9×13 baking dishes. Be careful not to remove the toothpicks. Also do not wait to place in the glass dish because the bacon will stick to the pan..
6. Open the can of pineapple and place 1 chunk onto each toothpick.
7. With a spoon place the mixture over the chestnuts..
8. Place the baking dish back in the over for 30 minutes at 350 degrees..
9. Once done these can be placed in a crockpot on the warm setting if needed..

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