These bacon wrapped chicken bites will be a family favorite. Adding bacon to anything will do the trick, but this homemade honey mustard sauce just takes it over the top!
2tspMustardwe use coarse dijon but feel free to use your favorite
1lemonLemon Juicejuice from one lemon
Instructions
Make the Honey Mustard Sauce
Mix honey, mustard and lemon juice from one lemon into a bowl and whisk. Set aside ½ of the honey mustard sauce. One bowl is to brush on at the half way point and one is to brush on at the end of the grilling.
Preparing the Chicken
Cut the chicken into one inch cubes.
Cut the bacon slices in half and wrap around each chicken cube.
Grill the Bacon Wrapped Chicken
Place on grill with direct heat at 350 degrees and cook for about 6-7 minutes.
Turn it over.
Brush on the honey mustard sauce and cook for 6-7 additional minutes.
Remove when the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Add a final glaze of the sauce and serve.
Notes
Sauce Tips: 1. Don't apply sauce until the half way point. If you add it too early, it will burn. 2. Try applying the sauce 2-3 times instead of just once. This allows the sauce to caramelize and get sticky. Once you start doing it more than once, it's hard to only apply once. 3. Try double or tripling the sauce and "dunking" the chicken into the sauce when it's done and then putting back on the grill. This technique allows the sauce to get into every crevice of the chicken and bacon. We love to do this for our wings for full coverage.Tenting Chicken: Always allow chicken to rest under a tent of foil when it comes off the grill to allow all the juices to remain inside the chicken. If you happen to pull it off and cut right into it, the juices just run out and what is left is a drier piece of meat. Then you think you can't grill chicken because it's always dry....just need to add this technique every time. Don't skip it.Chicken Choice: We use a lot of chicken thighs or tenders in our house. They are easy to prepare and full of natural flavor. I found chicken breasts work just as well for this. If you choose to wrap bacon around chicken tenders (and I have no idea why you WOULDN’T!!!), double check your internal temperature before removing them from the grill. Sometimes, the bacon wrap adds a few minutes to the grill time.Bacon Choice: It is easiest to use thinly sliced bacon for this recipe. You will get the full flavor without the the challenges of dealing with the thicker slices. I highly recommend you check out this recipe on curing and smoking bacon at home. Steer away from flavored bacon for this one. Temperature Check: Always remember that chicken is done at 165 degrees and will continue to cook a little bit when it comes off the grill. So if you check it and it's just over 160, I would pull it off and tent it with foil for 5-10 minutes.