Rumaki Recipe Bacon Wrapped Food

BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS (RUMAKI)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F. Place a wire rack over a sheet pan and set aside.
• Mix together ketchup, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce and Sriracha in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Slice bacon into thirds crosswise. Wrap one piece of bacon around a water chestnut and secure with a toothpick. Place each wrapped water chestnut onto the wire rack. Repeat until bacon and water chestnuts are gone.
• Bake in preheated oven until bacon is starting to crisp (around 30 minutes or so). Remove from oven and, using a basting brush, dab sauce all over each appetizer. Return to oven and continue cooking until bacon is crisp and sauce is sticky and thick, another 10-15 minutes.
• Serve immediately. They'll go quickly!

RUMAKI

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together teriyaki sauce, garlic and ginger root. Place chicken livers and water chestnuts in the mixture. Marinate in the refrigerator at least 2 hours.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Wrap each half slice of bacon around one chicken liver half and a slice of water chestnut. Secure by skewering with small skewers or toothpicks.
• Carefully lower skewered wraps into the hot oil in small batches. Deep fry 3 to 4 minutes, or until bacon is evenly brown and of desired crispness. Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.

RUMAKI

Steps:

• Marinate chicken livers and bacon in soy sauce 4 hours in refrigerator. Toward end of marinating period, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Skewer liver, chestnut, and bacon, and dip in brown sugar. Arrange rumaki on wire rack over shallow roasting pan and bake about 30 minutes, turning occasionally, until bacon is crisp.

BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS (RUMAKI)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• If desired, cut larger water chestnuts in half for easier eating and more pieces.
• Soak water chestnuts in soy sauce for 15 minutes, stirring a few times to make sure they are fully coated.
• Remove water chestnuts from soy sauce.
• Wrap 1/2 strip of bacon around each; secure with toothpicks.
• Reserve soy sauce.
• Place toothpick side "up" in a 9" x 13" glass baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 30 minutes or until crispy.
• Remove from oven; drain bacon fat.
• Meanwhile, mix reserved soy sauce, ketchup and brown sugar in a bowl.
• Pour the mixture over the chestnuts to coat them evenly.
• Bake an additional 20 to 30 minutes (again checking for crispness of bacon).
• Serve hot, with or without seafood sauce.

RUMAKI TERIYAKI

Steps:

• Stir together the teriyaki sauce and garlic in a medium bowl, then add the livers and water chestnuts. Toss to coat. Marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Soak 24 toothpicks in cold water for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the boiler. Remove the livers and water chestnuts from the marinade and discard the marinade. Lay 1 bacon half on a cutting board and place 1 piece of liver and 1 water chestnut in the center. Fold one side of the bacon over them, and thread a toothpick through the bacon, then the chestnut and liver. Wrap the remaining bacon edge around this parcel and secure on the toothpick. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 24 rumaki.
• Broil the rumaki on a rack set over a baking sheet (covered with aluminum foil for easy clean up) 2 inches from the heat for 4 minutes. Flip them over and broil for 2 minutes more. Brush the rumaki with additional teriyaki sauce and return to the broiler for 2 more minutes. Place on a serving tray and serve immediately.

BACON-WRAPPED STUFFED FIGS

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, and preheat the broiler. Slice the figs about 3/4 of the way down the center lengthwise, and open each like a book; set aside.
• Combine the goat cheese, pesto, lemon juice and zest and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl with a rubber spatula. Fill each fig with about 1 teaspoon of the cheese-pesto mixture.
• Wrap each stuffed fig with a slice of bacon, and secure with a toothpick. Put the figs, seam-side down, on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Broil, turning once, until the bacon is cooked through and crispy, about 4 to 5 minutes per side.

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Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, canola oil, sesame oil, reserved pineapple juice, vinegar, black pepper, garlic and grated ginger in a bowl. Add the water chestnuts and marinate for 2 hours at room temperature.
• Cut the pineapple chunks in half and set aside. Cut the bacon strips in half and set aside. Cut the chicken livers into 1/2-inch pieces and set aside.
• To assemble: Lay out a half strip of bacon. Put a slice of pineapple at one end, topped by a slice of water chestnut and a piece of chicken liver. Roll up the bacon and seal with a toothpick. Repeat until all the ingredients are used.
• Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan and brush with the marinade. Bake, brushing with marinade every 10 minutes, until the bacon is crisp and the livers are just cooked but still slightly pink, 35 to 40 minutes. The last 10 minutes, brush with the marinade and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.

RUMAKI VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut each slice of bacon in half. Wrap one water chestnut in 1of the pieces of bacon, making sure to overlap. Secure the bacon with a toothpick and put it on a sheet pan. Repeat the process with the remaining water chestnuts, pineapple chunks and scallops.
• Put the pan into the preheated oven and bake until the bacon is crisp, about 20 minutes. Remove, let cool 10 minutes and serve immediately.

RUMAKI APPETIZERS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, mayonnaise and chili sauce. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; set aside., Place a water chestnut and pineapple chunk on each piece of bacon; roll up bacon and secure with a toothpick. Place on a broiler pan. Broil 4-5 in. from the heat 4-5 minutes on each side or until bacon is crisp. Serve with sauce.

JAPANESE RUMAKI

Steps:

• 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.
• 2. Place 1 water chestnut in the middle of each piece of bacon 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. or round toothpick, Return pan to oven and bake until bacon is crisp and golden.

BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS WITH KETCHUP SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine sauce ingredients.
• Set aside.
• Cut bacon slices in thirds.
• Wrap bacon pieces around water chestnuts; secure with toothpicks.
• Place in 2 casserole dishes.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
• Drain grease.
• Pour sauce over water chestnuts.
• Bake for about 30 minutes more or until bacon is cooked.

SUPER EASY BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS (MODIFIED RUMAKI)

Steps:

• Open can of water chestnuts and drain. Place the water chestnuts on paper towel and let air dry. If you're in a hurry, you may also pat them dry with paper towel.
• Cut each strip of bacon in thirds.
• Wrap bacon around water chestnut and secure with toothpick. Repeat until all are wrapped.
• Place bacon-wrapped water chestnuts on a cookie sheet sprayed lightly with cooking spray or lined with tin foil for easy clean up. If using tin foil, go ahead and spray the tin foil with cooking spray, as well.
• Brush each bacon-wrapped water chestnut with your favorite barbeque sauce. **OR** If you are lazy, like me, dump the barbeque sauce into a bowl and just dip each bacon wrapped water chestnut into the barbeque sauce and shake off excess.
• Place on top rack in oven under the broiler. Broil for about 10 minutes. Take them out of the oven and turn them all over. Brush again with barbeque sauce, if desired. Place under the broiler again for about another 10 minutes. You should watch these pretty closely to be sure not to burn. You are looking to cook the bacon through until it crisps.
• Serve and enjoy!

RUMAKI

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Place piece of pineapple in center of each bacon strip, wrap, and secure with toothpick.
• Place rumaki on broiler pan or shallow baking pan and broil, about 5 or 6 inches from heat, until bacon is crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. Alternatively, bake in 375°F oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Serve hot.

BACON-WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS

Steps:

• Marinate the water chestnuts in soy sauce for 1 hour.
• Drain.
• Roll each chestnut in the brown sugar.
• Wrap each chestnut with a piece of bacon.
• Secure with a toothpick.
• Arrange on a cake rack in a shallow baking pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels.
• NOTE: This can be prepared ahead of time and stored in refrigerator until ready to bake.