Aspara Bacon (Yakitori)
Aspara bacon is a traditional Japanese yakitori bar fare made of asparagus stalks wrapped in bacon served on skewers.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 10 skewers 1x
- Category: Side
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Diet: Low Calorie
Ingredients
Scale
- 10 slices bacon
- 20 stalks asparagus, ends trimmed
- 20 cherry tomatoes
- 10 shiitake mushrooms
- Rock salt
- 10 skewers
Instructions
- Warm up the oven: Preheat oven to 350ºF
- Slice the bacon: Cut bacon slices in a half, widthwise.
- Slice the asparagus: Cut asparagus stalks into quarters.
- Make the bacon rolls: Lay one slice of bacon on a flat surface and add 4 pieces of asparagus at one end of the slice. Slowly wrap bacon around asparagus (in a rolling motion) and set aside. Repeat until all the bacon and asparagus have been used.
- Assemble the kebabs: Thread each skewer with bacon wrapped asparagus, cherry tomato, bacon wrapped asparagus, cherry tomato and finish with a shiitake mushroom.
- Bake: Put foil on a sheet tray and lay each skewer on it, in a single layer. Bake for about 20 minutes, until bacon is sizzling and a nice golden brown.
- Serve: Take out of the oven and sprinkle a little rock salt on top. Serve hot.
Notes
Save the leftover kebabs in a storage container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 skewer
- Calories: 136
- Sugar: 2.2g
- Sodium: 189.4mg
- Fat: 11.3g
- Saturated Fat: 3.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 4.2g
- Fiber: 1.6g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 18.5mg
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