Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus

For a quick delicious bento side dish, try this bacon wrapped asparagus. Roll them up with a toothpick, it will be the favorite item to devour on. 

When you need more side dishes to pack in your bento, here’s a quick and delicious recipe.

Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus is a quick dish you can make in just a few minutes. I always keep a bag of bacon in the refrigerator. The salty goodness make it such a great add-on for all sorts of dishes. If you don’t have asparagus, you can be creative and use other ingredients to wrap the bacon with. I like wrapping bacon with enoki or shimeji mushrooms, prawns, and scallops.

For this recipe, I used a frying pan instead of oven to cook bacon-wrapped asparagus. The ingredients inside bacon should be either pre-cooked or can be cooked thoroughly in a short time.

This recipe comes in handy when you need just a small side dish to pack in bento. For more bento side dishes, check out this page for ideas.

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Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus

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For a quick delicious bento side dish, try this bacon wrapped asparagus. Roll them up with a toothpick, it will be the favorite item to devour on. 

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Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Cook Time: 3 minutes mins

Total Time: 8 minutes mins

Servings: 2 pieces

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 spear asparagus spears (end trimmed off)
• ▢ 1 slice bacon (center cut, cut in half)
• ▢ freshly ground black pepper

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Instructions

 

• Gather all the ingredients. You will need toothpicks.
  
• Cut the asparagus into 1 ½ inch (3.8 cm) pieces.
  
• Blanch the asparagus in a saucepan until tender. Or you can put the asparagus in a microwave-safe bowl filled with water and cover with plastic wrap, and then microwave it until tender (just 30-60 seconds for a few asparagus).
  
• Place 3 pieces of asparagus on each bacon and wrap the bacon around asparagus; secure ends with a toothpick.
  
• Heat a non-stick frying pan and cook the bacon wrapped asparagus until bacon is crispy. Sprinkle freshly ground black pepper.
  

Nutrition

Calories: 47 kcal · Carbohydrates: 1 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 4 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 7 mg · Sodium: 73 mg · Potassium: 34 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 49 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 2 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Author: Namiko Hirasawa Chen

Course: Bento

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: asparagus, bacon

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