Bacon Wrapped Scallops
If you are serving cocktails for more than 20 minutes you need to help your guests along with something more substantial than a cracker. This is where this tasty dish comes in.
2 pounds medium size scallops
1 pound bacon
Toothpicks
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/
You will need a large cookie tray, preferably with sides, for this.
• Cut the bacon in half.
• Wrap one piece around each scallop and secure with a toothpick.
• Depending on the size of your oven and cookie sheets you may need more than one tray.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until the bacon crisps and shrinks around the scallop.
Substitutions:
• Canned water chestnuts can be used instead of scallops.
• They are a surprisingly good combination.
• If you like liver, you can also add 1 pound of chicken livers cut in half and marinated in ½ cup of soy sauce and 1/3 cup of oil and 2 finely chopped garlic cloves.
• After removing the livers from the marinate proceed the same way you would with the scallops only add a water chestnut, and secure the whole thing with a toothpick and cook until the bacon is crisp.