Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°. Lay bacon on a cookie sheet and bake until cooked but not crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and drain off any fat, then blot bacon and pan with paper towels.

Step 2

Place 1 water chestnut in the middle of each piece of bacon, then top each with half a chicken liver. Place a drop of soy sauce, a pinch of ginger, and a sprinkle of brown sugar on top of each liver. Wrap bacon around water chestnuts and livers and secure with a skewer. Return pan to oven and bake until bacon is crisp and golden.

Preheat oven to 400°. Lay bacon on a cookie sheet and bake until cooked but not crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and drain off any fat, then blot bacon and pan with paper towels.

Recipes

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Livers (Rumaki)

Name: Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Livers (Rumaki)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 8
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, halved; 8 canned water chestnuts, drained; 4 chicken livers, cut in half; Soy sauce; 1 tsp. grated, peeled fresh ginger; 1 tbsp. brown sugar

Serves
makes 8

BEN FINK

This addictive appetizer is apparently of Japanese origin, but it first achieved popularity in Hawaii—and is now considered a "Polynesian" specialty.

Ingredients

4 slices bacon, halved
8 canned water chestnuts, drained
4 chicken livers, cut in half
Soy sauce
1 tsp. grated, peeled fresh ginger
1 tbsp. brown sugar

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Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°. Lay bacon on a cookie sheet and bake until cooked but not crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and drain off any fat, then blot bacon and pan with paper towels.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 400°. Lay bacon on a cookie sheet and bake until cooked but not crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and drain off any fat, then blot bacon and pan with paper towels.
Place 1 water chestnut in the middle of each piece of bacon, then top each with half a chicken liver. Place a drop of soy sauce, a pinch of ginger, and a sprinkle of brown sugar on top of each liver. Wrap bacon around water chestnuts and livers and secure with a skewer. Return pan to oven and bake until bacon is crisp and golden.