Ken’s Cast Iron Kitchen: 6 Ingredient Bacon Wrapped Spam/Ham Bites
Contributed by Ken Hagler
Why are appetizers so dang good? Well, these simple sweet/savory appetizers will be some you’ll want to do often! Now that the fall chill is in the air, get you some of these made up. Come on, its BACON after all!
Ingredients You’re Gonna Need:
16 bacon strips
1 can (12 ounces) SPAM or Ham, cut into 32 cubes
32 wooden toothpicks
1/3 cup yellow mustard
1/4 cup honey
1 garlic clove, minced
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut the bacon strips in half crosswise. In a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until it's partially cooked but not crispy.
- Remove the bacon to paper towels to drain and keep it warm.
- Wrap a piece of bacon around each cube of Spam or Ham and secure it with a toothpick.
- Place the bacon-wrapped Spam/Ham cubes in your cast iron skillet.
- Bake them in the oven for 10 minutes.
- In a bowl, combine mustard, syrup, and garlic, then drizzle the mixture over the bacon-wrapped Spam/Ham.
- Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until the bacon is crispy.
- Take them out and enjoy! Oh YESSSS!
When not in the kitchen helping enhance home, Ken is helping folks find their next home or sell theirs as a Realtor on the RMG Keller Williams Alaska Realty Group.
You can reach Ken at 907.306.7230 or Ken@rmgrealestate.com or watch the recipes on www.youtube.com/@kenhagler