Grilled Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Skewers

Grilled Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Skewers are a sweet and salty combination of crispy bacon and juicy chicken, grilled to sear in flavor. These chicken  kabob-style skewers will be great at your next BBQ!

Grilled Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Skewers Recipe

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 nobody got time for that!).

Favado is the app and saving money while shopping locally is its 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.

How Do I Arrange the Bacon and Chicken on the Skewers?

Here's a simple diagram on how to assemble the skewers if you are a visual learner like myself.

How Can I Spice Up this Dish?

I think adding a ½ 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. You can add more or less depending on what you like.

What Kind of Bacon Can I Use?

All kinds of bacon work well in this recipe, so use whichever you like? It can be thick or thin cut and maple, hickory, or whatever flavoring you like. You can't go wrong when cooking with bacon.

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Favado.

 

More Grilled Recipes to Try:

• Grilled Honey Lime Chicken Breast
• Grilled Butternut Squash in a foil packet
• Grilled Salmon Foil Packs with Veggies
• Grilled Chicken Tacos
• Brown Sugar and Garlic Grilled Pork Tenderloin
• Grilled Mahi Mahi with Pineapple Salsa
• Grilled Sausage and Vegetable Foil Packets
• Grilled Corn and Avocado Salad
• Weeknight Grilled Chicken Sandwiches with Pineapple Salsa (30 Minute Meal)
• Easy Grilled Salmon Recipe
• Barbecue Ranch Grilled Chicken Salad

This post was originally published in 2014 and has been updated in August 2019.

Grilled Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Skewers are a mouthful to say and a mouthful of sweet and salty flavor.