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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots

I recently read an article in a magazine about a restaurant in Iowa that serves bacon wrapped tater tots.

Well being the good Idaho girl I am, I love me some tater tots just as much as Napoleon Dynamite himself. So obviously I had to make some for myself.

I used Ore-Ida tater tots (duh) and D'Artagnan wild boar bacon (which I've been obsessed with since Christmas) for my experiment. The wild boar bacon actually turned out to be the perfect bacon for this project, because the strips are smaller and don't overwhelm the tots.

I cut each piece of wild boar bacon in half and wrapped a piece around each tot. I placed them on a cookie sheet and baked them at 430 degrees for about 18 minutes.

The result was absolutely delicious and completely sinful. They would be fantastic with "special sauce" (ie mayo and ketchup mixed together), and also wouldn't be bad with a pickle slice on top.

These would make a fantastic snack for an afternoon of watching sports or entertaining friends. Give them a try. You won't be disappointed.

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posted by Heather at 1/11/2007

5 Comments:

  • Apparently Rachel Ray made these on her show about a week after I wrote my post (hmmmm)...anyways, here's a link to the video if you want to see these being made in person.

    http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/?q=videos/bacon-wrap

    By Blogger Heather, at 7:12 PM  

  • Heather:

    If you are ever in Des Moines, I'd be happy to buy you a plate of bacon wrapped tater tots at the High Life Lounge. Normally I stick with the Spam-and-Cheese with tater tot side and a Schlitz. A co-worker introduced me to these wrapped glories - and I am hooked. I think they slip a little spicy pepper in the bacon wrapping to give the dish a little kick. Next I'm going to try the Tachos (tater tot nachos).

    By Blogger Mikey, at 6:38 PM  

  • Tater tots are the best. The possibilities are endless. If I wasn't blogging about bacon, I might just be blogging about tater tots...

    By Blogger Bacon Heather, at 6:47 PM  

  • You know I came here to get stuff to bug a buddy who is giving up meat for Lent but I've gotta make these tots now ;-)

    By Blogger Turnbaby, at 7:29 PM  

  • i just found your blog, and wept a little. from sheer joy. i MUST try these. i'm also obsessed with tater tots, and stopped going to my favorite bar when they stopped serving tater tots. because it just wasn't worth it anymore.

    By Blogger Prof. McD, at 5:14 AM  

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