Bacon wrapped food facts for kids
Bacon-wrapped foods are dishes where other foods are covered in bacon. This can be done before the food is baked, fried, or grilled. Wrapping food in bacon adds a lot of flavor and can help keep the food moist while it cooks. Some well-known bacon-wrapped dishes include angels on horseback, devils on horseback, and pigs in a blanket. People have used bacon for a long time to cover meats, especially game birds, to make them taste better.
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What Are Bacon-Wrapped Foods?
Bacon-wrapped food is a way of cooking where bacon is wrapped around other ingredients or dishes. Then, the whole thing is either grilled, fried, or baked.
Sometimes, the food wrapped inside, like asparagus, cooks faster than the bacon. When this happens, you might need to cook the bacon a little bit first. This helps make sure everything is cooked perfectly at the same time.
Many different foods can be wrapped in bacon. This includes filet mignon (a type of steak), chicken nuggets, pork chops, shrimp, and even a special burger called a Juicy Lucy.
Popular Bacon-Wrapped Dishes
Bacon Roll-Ups
Bacon roll-ups are like small rolls made of bacon. They can have many different fillings inside! Some people use peanut butter, while others might use asparagus, cheese, or even chutney.
Angels on Horseback
Angels on horseback is a classic British dish. It's made with oysters that are wrapped in bacon and then grilled. Often, they are put on a stick, like a skewer. This dish became very popular during the Victorian era.
Angels on horseback are usually served as an appetizer. This means they are a small dish served before the main meal.
Bacon-Wrapped Scallops
Bacon-wrapped scallops started appearing in American cookbooks around the early 1900s. They became very popular in the 1980s. Sometimes, people even called them "pigs in blankets" back then!
Devils on Horseback
Devils on horseback is another British dish. It uses prunes (dried plums) wrapped in bacon. The prunes are often stuffed with chutney before being wrapped and grilled.
Devils on horseback are usually served as a hot appetizer. Instead of chutney, some recipes use cheese, almonds, or even smoked oysters to stuff the prunes. Other versions might use small pieces of liver instead of prunes.
Pigs in Blankets
In Britain, especially around Christmas, a popular dish called Pigs in Blankets is made. It consists of small sausages wrapped in bacon and then baked.
Rumaki
Rumaki is a dish that combines water chestnuts and chicken livers, all wrapped in bacon. This dish was first served in the 1940s at a Tiki-style restaurant called Don the Beachcomber.
Bacon-Wrapped Foods at State Fairs
Bacon-wrapped foods are very popular at state fairs across the United States. Many fairs offer unique and tasty bacon-wrapped treats.
For example, at the California State Fair in 2013, you could find bacon-wrapped hot dogs, bacon-wrapped mushrooms, and even bacon-wrapped turkey legs. They even had bacon-wrapped cheesecake! In 2016, the North Carolina State Fair served bacon-wrapped grilled cheese. And in 2018, the Minnesota State Fair featured bacon-wrapped pork belly.
