Chicken, Bacon, and Water Chestnut Spinach Bites

• Cuisine
  • American
• Course
  • Appetizer
• Suitable for Diet
  • Gluten Free
• Tags
  • Chicken
  • cocktail hour
  • Easy
  • Happy hour food
  • Party food
  • poultry
  • Veggies

Ingredients

What You Need

• 2 Large Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 cups of papaya juice
• 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 6-7 slices of peppered bacon
• 1-5oz can of water chestnuts (sliced)
• 1 bag of large spinach leaves
• Hot sauce
• Party picks or toothpicks

Method

Preparing it

1

Place the chicken in a sip seal bag with papaya juice. Place the bag in a bowl and marinate in the refrigerator for 3- 6 hours.

2

Sprinkle the garlic and salt and pepper on both sides of the chicken breasts and grill at 400 degrees for 6-6 minuets on one side and 1-2 minutes on the other; remove from heat and cover with foil.

3

Fry the bacon till almost crisp; remove and drain on paper towels.

4

When ready to assemble; cut the chicken and the bacon into bite sized pieces. Stack 2-3 spinach leaves on top of each other and place one water chestnut, a piece of bacon and a piece of chicken in the middle; skewer onto a party pick; repeate.

Before serving drizzle the hot sauce over each bite or set the sauce to the side and allow each guest to add their own.