Grilled brown sugar bacon wrapped chicken skewers is a recipe title that pretty much tells it all. But in case you have any questions, let me explain. Wrapping things in bacon is great, except for when it isn’t. Bacon is meant to be crispy and delicious but way too often the wrap-job turns bacon into a chewy and overly flexible piece of salty fat. No thanks! But when you grill bacon, it crisps up nicely and keeps the chicken moist while giving it a just the right amount of bacon flavor. Add just a touch of brown sugar that caramelizes a bit when cooked and you have the perfect slightly sweet and salty main dish. And the best part? You didn’t even have to heat up the kitchen to make it because you let the grill do the work.
Bacon isn’t something that we buy a lot. We enjoy it on occasion, so I always have to put it on my shopping list when I’m planning meals because it isn’t something I just have in the fridge. I think it’s because it can be fairly expensive and if you are buying nitrate free bacon, it can be really expensive. But no fear fellow frugal friends, I was recently introduced to a pretty handy app that helps save money without spending hours cutting coupons (because ain’t no body got time for that!).
Favado is the app and saving money while shopping locally is it’s goal. You download the app and then you add the stores you shop at. So when you are searching by ingredient, say bacon, then it will compare the price of bacon at the stores you have entered and it will even let you know if there are any coupons available. Since I have to drive over an hour and a half to do major city-shopping this app is so handy. The kids have about a 4 store limit on our major shopping trips, so now it’s easy for me to find out which store has the best prices on the majority of what I’m looking for and I head there.
Now let’s take a look at those perfectly grilled chicken skewers, shall we?!
Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Skewers
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 to 5 skewers
Ingredients
- 2 to 2.5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 4 or 5 pieces raw bacon
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into 1.5 inch squares. Thread the bacon and chicken onto the skewers as illustrated below, working at the top of the skewer and pushing the meat down as you go. The recipes will make 4 or 5 skewers total.
- Once you have all of the chicken and bacon onto the skewers sprinkle half of the brown sugar over one side of the raw meat.
- Preheat your grill to medium-high. Carefully place the skewers on the grill, brown sugar side down. Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar over the skewers and cook for 6 to 8 minutes. Flip the skewers over and cook for an additional 6 to 10 minutes, until the chicken reaches 165 degrees on an instant read thermometer.
- Remove the skewers from the grill when cooked and let them rest for 5 minutes. Serve right away while they are still hot.
Notes
I think adding a 1/2 teaspoon or so of cayenne pepper to the brown sugar before sprinkling it on would make for a nice little kick if you enjoy a little bit of spice.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 skewer
Here’s a pretty complicated diagram-a-rama on how to assemble the skewers if you are a visual learner like myself.
Now, before you go sign up for a Favado account and download the app, you might want to go and enter to win the $2,500 Summer BBQ Savings Sweepstakes. I would love if one of you won! There’s a $2,500 grand prize, as well as other weekly prizes such as a grilling tool set, charcoal grill and gas grill. The sweepstakes begins May 27th and ends July 4th and you can get the details/enter here!
I’m on the hunt for some more great grill recipes! What’s your favorite recipe for the grill?
Thanks for much for stopping in and have a great day.
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Favado.
I honestly think I could live on these alone, so great!!!
Hahaha. I LOVE you for your MSPaint or whatever that is of the skewers! I love doing stuff like that. 🙂
And that first picture is especially awesome! I often think meat looks unappetizing but this looks and sounds great!
My husband about died when he saw that and wondered if I was really going to post it! Oh yes I did 🙂 And it is totally done in paint. I have mad skills huh! How the heck are you friend. I owe you an email!
Oh friend, those pictures are AMAZING. YUM!
I’m trying this tomorrow after Church thanks!
How did they turn out Amy?!
These look amazing! Isn’t Favado the best?! Thanks for the yummy recipe!
These look so amazing!
Yum! I don’t think you can get better than bacon, brown sugar and chicken! Sounds SO good!
oh wow.. these look AMAZING! Thanks so much for sharing!!
I love your diagram! Makes it so easy to understand how to assemble these! My family will love these for dinner soon!
Bacon AND brown sugar?! I’m sold! Pinned!
I’m having friends over for a bbq this weekend and I just added these to the menu. Can’t wait to try them! Thanks for the great recipe!
Oh yum…yum…yum! Loved the sugar addition! Next time I might get a little more heavy handed with the sugar….never can go wrong with sugar or chocolate! I don’t think chocolate would work all that well with these but a little black pepper on the chicken prior to threading would be perfect! Next time I need to remember not to pack the pieces on as tight so the bacon in between cooks better. Thanks….he liked it!!!! 🙂