Water Chestnuts and Bacon - Rumaki - Japanese

Excellent finger food for a cocktail party - especially if it outside with a charcoil fire.

Water chestnuts

Smoked bacon

  

•  Cut each strip of bacon in half.
•  Roll a water chestnut in half a strip of bacon. 
•  Hold together with a toothpick. 
• Grill or broil until the bacon is crisp. 
•  Serve hot.

Variant: Rumaki

Chicken livers, cut into bite size pieces

Soy sauce or teriyaki sauce

Water chestnuts, sliced

Smoked bacon

Port wine

• Marinate water chestnuts in Port wine for 1-2 hours 
• Sprinkle chicken livers with soy  or teriyaki sauce 
• Cut each strip of bacon in half. 
• Wrap a piece of chicken liver, together with a slice of water chestnut, in half a strip of bacon. 
• Hold together with a toothpick. 
• Grill or broil slowly until the bacon is crisp and the chicken liver is cooked. 
• Serve hot.