Chili Bacon Breadsticks Food

BACON WRAPPED BREADSTICKS

Steps:

• After the brown sugar has air-dried a bit, add the chili seasoning and mix with fingers to blend well.
• Take a bacon rasher and dip it into the sugar, pressing sugar in lightly on both sides.
• Wrap, barber-pole style around a breadstick and place on a greased (I use olive oil) baking pan or cookie sheet.
• Repeat with as many bacon rashers as you have left.
• Preheat oven to 400F.
• Roast until bacon is cooked and you can see sugar has caramelized- make sure it's cooked and not burnt- about 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and CAREFULLY pick up breadstick and place on a large platter to harden (the breadsticks will be soft at this point but will harden as they cool).
• This must be done immediately, otherwise the caramelized sugar will set and it will be impossible to get your breadsticks out of the pan.

CHILI BACON BREADSTICKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Let bacon stand at room temperature to soften slightly, about 10 minutes.
• Wrap one bacon slice gently in a spiral around each breadstick and arrange on a tray. (Breadsticks may be wrapped 4 hours ahead and chilled, covered).
• In a shallow dish long enough to fit breadsticks stir together sugar and chili powder until combined well, pressing out any lumps with the back of a fork.
• Roll each breadstick gently in mixture, coating bacon well, and arrange about 1/2-inch apart on rack of a broiler pan.
• Bake breadsticks 20 minutes, or until coating is carmelized and bacon is deep golden. Loosen breadsticks gently from rack with a metal spatula and cool until firm enough to pick up, about 10-15 minutes. (Bacon will become crisp and breadsticks will harden as they cool.).
• Serve breadsticks at room temperature.

BACON WRAPPED BREADSTICKS/GROSSINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. In a pie plate, combine brown sugar and chili powder; set aside. Cut bacon in half lengthwise. Wrap 1 piece of bacon around each breadstick/grossini. Roll each breadstick in brown-sugar mixture. Place breadsticks in a single layer on a cooling rack. Place rack on a foil-lined 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve at room temperature. Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 71 Calories; 4g Fat (36.0% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; 8g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 227mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 1 Fat. This recipe for Bacon-Wrapped Breadsticks serves/makes 3 dozen