Suitable as a light dinner or an appetizer.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 30 |
| Yield: | 60 bacon wrapped appetizers |
Ingredients
- 1 pound sliced bacon
- 5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 60 wooden toothpicks
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 (1 ounce) envelope ranch dressing mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Mix together the sugar and ranch dressing mix in a shallow bowl.
- Cut the bacon slices in half the short way. Wrap half a bacon slice around each chunk of chicken, and secure it with a toothpick. Roll the bacon-wrapped chicken pieces in the sugar-ranch dressing mixture.
- Place the bacon wraps on the prepared baking sheets, and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through, the bacon is sizzling, and the crust is browned.
Reviews
This was wonderful. I ran out of bacon half way through my chicken. I cooked up the leftover chicken chunks & seasoning mix in a saucepan the next day with some bacon grease. It got all sticky sweet and yummy similarish to orange chicken. This is a keeper whether in a pan or on a toothpick. *One note I would make is that 30 min was too long in the oven… The chicken got dry
You can’t go wrong with this flavor combination.
Love this recipe. When I take in to share in a group setting, I always come home with an empty dish. A few things I have learned. I don’t think I am using 5 lbs of chicken. Usually use 2-3 large chicken breasts. I cook it on a broil pan so the juices drip down in the pan. I tried using parchment paper on a cooking sheet – ended up with a mess. I need to cook it longer than stated in the recipe – I just keep checking on it. When done I put it a crock pot to keep warm.
I took this to a party over the weekend and everyone wanted the recipe. It’s super easy to make and is delish! I did cook the bacon for a few minutes in the microwave beforehand to make it extra crispy and cooked it under the broiler the last couple of minutes. I used 2 pounds of bacon and still didn’t use all the chicken. I probably cut them into smaller than 2″ chunks because they seemed easier to eat that way. Great recipe!
They are very easy and don’t include milk. So good
This was a big hit with my family, and they are HARD to please. They’re addictive, so make a lot. The sugar burned off and that got a tiny bit smokey. But enough cooked into the bacon to make them just right.
Absolutely loved it, just got a two packets of chicken breast and as I went made the cuts smaller to fit a good wrap of bacon. Used two packets of Ranch and a cup of sugar but threw a couple pinches in as I went. Made about 50 for 5 of us never used the second packet of chicken cause I ran out of bacon but they literally were gone in 10 minutes. Put both trays in the oven and at 30 minutes bacon wasn’t fully cooked. broiled for 8 minutes and turned out amazing!!! 30 minutes oven if you like your bacon cooked but not crispy add the 8ish minutes broil if you do, either way a winner of a meal.
I have found it helpful when baking anything wrapped in bacon, if you spray cooling racks and place them in a rimmed baking sheet, the rack keeps the items from laying in the bacon grease. It also helps if the bacon is partially cooked before wrapping.
I partially cooked the bacon before wrapping the chicken bites in it so the bacon was crispy when the chicken was done. Very good.
Yes, I have made a version of this recipe… I used barbeque sauce instead of ranch and omit the sugar. I also use chicken tenderloins which are slightly smaller than the breasts!
AWESOME! I made these for my house-warming/ugly sweater party for about 15 people and there were NO LEFT OVERS!! I had people wanting more! I used Stubbs spicy BBQ as the dipping sauce and they didnt last more than 10 minutes into the party, and the prep was SUPER SUPER easy for those of us still getting used to the kitchen =) love these and will make these again very soon!
Made a slight change & we love it. Used 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1/2. cup of brown sugar. Cook about 38 minutes to make bacon crispy and they are terrific.
I didn’t care for the ranch flavor so I used a toasted sesame sauce instead and skipped the sugar…marinated for a couple of hours, then sprinkled with sesame seeds and popped into the oven and cooked for 40 minutes instead of 30, turning twice in the cooking process. Just now · Like
I followed this recipe as is except that I wanted to get the bacon more crispy so I broiled them for about 2 minutes more. EXCELLET appetizer and it was devoured!!! Will definitely make this again!
Made this for a tailgate party and I wish I made more! Big hit! Very tasty!
We had this for dinner tonight. It was very good, and we will be having it again! Next time we will do a couple things different though. We will cut the chicken a little smaller, about 2 bites per piece, we will lay the bacon on top of the chicken and secured it with toothpick instead of wrapping it, and we will NOT use thick cut bacon. The bacon was difficult to get cook all the way because it was too thick and it was wrapped. The ranch dressing powder was perfect with the white sugar, it turned into a little crust and was possibly my favorite part. So in conclusion, we really like the taste of the sweet ranch powder on the bacon and chicken, definitely worth doing again!
I think if you fry the bacon until it’s about half done and then wrap the chicken in it it will finish cooking in the oven and come out crispy without putting it under a broiler.
This’s something that I have to taste very soon at home, I know, I’m gonna love it
Bacon doesn’t cook enough, and putting under broiler to crispen up only dries out the chicken
I love these! The bacon doesnt get super crispy, but I dont mind that at all; I took the advice of one review and used half the sugar, and used brown sugar, put the toothpick in the side, cooked for 15 minutes, turned the chicken.bacon pieces over, and cooked for another 15 minutes, and they turned out fabulous!!! I only got a couple of them the first time I made them, they went so fast!
These were good. Had good flavor. I broiled them for the last 5-10 mintues so that the bacon would get crispy. Would make again.