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Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts

Total time

1 hour

Servings

24 pieces

Ingredient checklist

0/8

Equipment

Baking sheet

Skillet

Oven

Aluminum foil

Cutting board

Chef's knife

Mixing bowl

Whisk

Step 1 of 8

Heat oven to 375 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

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Bacon-wrapped water chestnuts are part of the midcentury American cocktail-party table: toothpicks, sweet-savory glaze, and a nod to rumaki, the tiki-era appetizer often linked to Don the Beachcomber-style restaurants. Canned water chestnuts made the bite easy for suburban hosts, while bacon made it familiar. This version skips chicken liver and keeps the party-tray favorite many families remember from the 1960s and 1970s.

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