A quick and easy side dish and/or appetizer that suits all tastes buds. Asparagus wrapped in bacon and drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper and baked until crispy. Bacon Wrapped Asparagus.
Either you will have a love or hate relationship with asparagus. You will always have a love relationship with bacon. Why not combine both together and have a love relationship? Sounds like a delicious plan, right?
I have been trying to come up with more easy and quick side dishes for all kinds of occasions…even just for everyday! With the super bowl and many more football games coming up, these delicious bacon wrapped asparagus will be a hit.
Contains veggies and bacon. What’s not to love? 🙂
I love how this recipe is so easy because everyone likes their asparagus cooked a certain way; crispy, soft, or tender. I love mine tender and easy to bite into, so I will cook mine a little bit longer.
Another thing I will not have to worry about is the hubby munching on these because of the asparagus. The only thing I would have to worry about is him taking the bacon off the asparagus and eating that. Do not give him any ideas, please!
For these I did not use thick-cut bacon because I think you get more bacon for your money. It looks like more in the package than the thick-cut. I could be completely wrong, but that’s how my mind works. If you do use thick-cut, please precook it in a pan some, then wrap it around the asparagus.
Another thing you will want to use is fresh asparagus. Never tried the canned ones with this.
- 1 pound of fresh asparagus, rinsed and dried
- 1 pound of thin-cut bacon
- olive oil, drizzle on top of bacon wrapped asparagus
- salt and pepper
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Wrap the bacon around the asparagus and place on a [baking sheet|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026RHI3M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0026RHI3M&linkCode=as2&tag=savcoudea-20].
- Drizzle olive oil an top of the asparagus and season with salt and pepper. With the salt and pepper you can put on how much you would like. I just did a pinch or two of each.
- Bake until crispy and tender. The cooking time will vary for each person depending on how they like their asparagus cooked.
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Katy says
January 18, 2014 at 4:45 pmI will have to say that I’m not a big fan of asparagus BUT you made these spears look so good with the bacon wrapped around. 🙂 I will have to remember this recipe for a fancy dinner party sometime. 🙂 Thanks!
Carrie This Home says
January 20, 2014 at 10:19 pmBacon makes anything better! This looks so good! I would love it if you’d link this up to my Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop. Our readers love to see easy recipes like this! Thank you!!
Cathy says
January 22, 2014 at 9:13 amThis looks amazing..the salt of the bacon and the crispy crunch of asparagus..awesome combo 🙂 I am checking this out from the lovely ladies link party, and I pinned this!
Cathy
Chelsea says
January 22, 2014 at 11:08 amCathy – thanks for pinning!
Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
January 22, 2014 at 9:24 amSerious yum! Have your veggies & your bacon too! 😉
Thank you so much for sharing at Marvelous Mondays this week- pinned & sharing!
Chelsea says
January 22, 2014 at 11:07 amCarrie – Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Linda @ Mixed Kreations says
January 22, 2014 at 10:51 amI don’t care for asparagus, but the bacon wrapped asparagus really are delicious. My picky eating daughter got me to try them a few weeks back and they really are good. But of course anything wrapped in bacon is (-;
Chelsea says
January 22, 2014 at 11:07 amLinda – I completely agree…anything with bacon is great 🙂
Anyonita says
January 22, 2014 at 1:16 pmOH JUST SIMPLY DELICIOUS! I cannot wait to try this; I love asparagus and bacon and the combination just makes sense 🙂 Stopping by from Whimsy Wednesdays to invite you to link up at Tasty Tuesdays, where I pin every post shared: http://anyonitanibbles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/tasty-tuesdays-45-stumbleupon-blog-ops.html Hope to see you there!
Chelsea says
January 22, 2014 at 1:41 pmAnyonita – Thanks for stopping by!
accidentally wonderful says
January 23, 2014 at 3:10 pmMy husband won’t eat asparagus, but maybe I can trick him by hiding it in bacon =) I’d love it if you’d share this at my link party going on now!
Kathleen @ Fearlessly Creative Mammas says
January 23, 2014 at 11:23 pmOh boy, bacon and asparagus, two of my husbands favorite things! I think I will have to make this for him.
Shannon - AKA Design says
January 25, 2014 at 7:54 pmOh man! Those looks so delish! Thank you for linking up at the Weekend re-Treat Link Party!
Shelly- minettesmaze.blogspot.com/ says
January 26, 2014 at 9:38 pmI seen BACON and of course I hafta take a peek! And asparagus is one of my summer favs. Put them together and TA-DA!! Duh why didn’t I think of that? Yumo! I’m gonna hafta try this one! I’m pinning this one to our talent board! Thanks for sharing on DIY Sunday Showcase!
Shelly
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
January 29, 2014 at 8:22 pmThese look great! Thanks so much for sharing this at the Creativity Unleashed party, I’m pinning this for sure!
Chelsea says
January 30, 2014 at 10:38 amThanks for pinning, Jessi!
Gwen says
January 29, 2014 at 8:48 pmHi Chelsea! I just wanted to let you know that I will be featuring your mouth watering bacon wrapped asparagus on my blog later tonight!
Thank you so much for linking up to Creativity Unleashed!
Chelsea says
January 30, 2014 at 10:38 amGwen – Thanks a bunch! 🙂
Steph says
February 15, 2014 at 4:04 amThat looks yummy! My daughter LOVES bacon, maybe this will help her eat her greens too 😉 If you get a chance, I’d love to see this on my linkup.