Roasted Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Spears

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In the spring we like to eat our fair share of good ol’ simple roasted asparagus. It makes for a great side dish.

But if you have plenty of really fresh asparagus this is a great dish to make it the main course. Served alongside fried, poached, or soft-boiled eggs, these make a delicious little dipper for blazing orange spring egg yolks.

Roasted Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Spears

Recipe Notes: You can make as much or as little of this dish as you want. Simply use twice the number of asparagus spears as bacon strips.

Ingredients

  • 14 thick asparagus spears, ~ 1 lb.
  • 7 strips of good-quality bacon
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare asparagus: break off tough ends by snapping 1-2 inches from bottom. Peel bottom portion of asparagus spears if desired.
  2. Prepare bacon: cut all bacon strips in half length-wise. You should end up with 14 long, thin strips of bacon.
  3. Starting just under the tender tips, wrap the bacon in a spiral motion down the asparagus. Overlap the first bit of bacon to create a tighter wrap.
  4. Place spears, seam side down if possible, on a rimmed baking pan. Roast at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until bacon is cooked to desired crispness. Season with black pepper and salt if using a lower sodium bacon.
  5. Serve over a salad or as dippers for soft cooked eggs.

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    1. Tammy L – I would think so. Turkey bacon may not crisp up as well as pork due to it’s lower fat content. Beef bacon would work well too I think.

  8. These remind me of the delicious cream-cheese-stuffed and bacon-wrapped jalapenos I made the other week, tempting and decadent and oh-so tasty. Thanks for the idea!

  9. Wow! What an awesome idea, I wanted to reach through the screen and gobble these up!! Thanks for the recipe, I will most definitely be making these!!!!!! Peace!!

  10. I made something similar today.

    In an attempt to be “healthier” (lol how can you be “healthy” while eating bacon?) I wrapped one strip of bacon around 5-6 asparagus stalks (I made 4 “bunches” total). Then I smothered the bacon with blackened seasoning that I got from a local Cajun restaurant, and grilled on the cast iron grate on my BGE for about 20 minutes. I turned them once, although it probably wasn’t necessary since the BGE is a convection grill.

    Awesome stuff! 😀

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  14. made these this weekend for mom’s birthday party. everyone raved about them. my first time eating asparagus and I’m in my 50’s.

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