The person who coined the term Blue Monday forgot about Wednesdays. Now I’ll do the job properly and call it Worst Wednesday. It’s a typical gray, windy and wet day here in the UK but still I braved the cold because Gabriel had to go to playgroup this morning.
On a monthly basis I take photos of the children and today was one of those days. You would think that if a camera breaks it would have been the kiddies’ doing who run around like maniacs in the village hall. Just when I started shooting the dial on my camera mysteriously “broke”. Perplexed but annoyed I fetched my backup camera. The shooting went okay until I put the camera down to comfort Gabriel when I heard a bang and saw that my camera with its huge expensive lens fell over. Shit. The lens seemed to be working and I quickly put it away to let it “heal” (just let me rationalise, okay?). Finally, we went home.
Two minutes away from home I realised I forgot my camera bag at the playgroup. Shit. Quickly I made a U-turn with the buggy and walked back in the drizzling rain. Meanwhile Gabriel is getting wet because I couldn’t find the buggy’s rain cover. Thankfully, I held on quite firmly to the handles because at one stage I slipped pretty badly and almost fell straight on my arse into mud. Could the day get any better than this?
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My bag was where I left it, unlike in South Africa where it would have been gone in under 30 seconds. At last we arrived home, cold, wet, miserable and very, very “gatvol” (Afrikaans for fed up, but it sounds so much better). I think I’m going to steer clear of the computer for a while before it explodes...
📖 Recipe
Spicy Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Thighs
- Total Time: 1 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 16 rashers of streaky bacon
- 8 chicken thighs, skin removed
- finely grated rind and juice of 1 orange
- finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
- 5 garlic cloves, crushed
- 15ml (1 tbsp) garlic cloves, crushed
- 15ml (1 tbsp) chilli powder
- 15ml (1 tbsp) paprika
- 5ml (1 tsp) ground cumin
- 2.5ml (½ tsp) dried oregano
- 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
Instructions
- For the marinade, combine the citrus rind and juice, garlic, chilli powder, paprika, cumin, oregano and olive oil in a bowl.
- Wrap 2 rashers of bacon around each chicken thigh. Secure with wooden cocktail sticks. Arrange the wrapped chicken thighs in a baking dish.
- Pour the marinade over the chicken, cover and let marinate 1 hour at room temperature or several hours in the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/375°F/gas mark 5.
- Put the baking dish in the oven and bake until the chicken is cooked through and the bacon is crisp, about 40 minutes for small thighs and 1 hour for large thighs. Skim the excess fat from the sauce before serving.
Notes
- Rice is a good accompaniment because there is plenty of sauce.
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 537
- Sugar: 3.6 g
- Sodium: 234 mg
- Fat: 29.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 53.3 g
- Cholesterol: 140 mg
Renil M. George
i always love chicken, this looks wonderful.
Elly
I am actually marinating my chicken as I type. I'm also waiting for my dude to get home from work and see what he thinks!!! It sounds yummy though.
Trevor
Made this today, wow, delicious, juicy packed full of flavour.
Patti
This sounds so good and I had everything in the house. Have it all assembled and just waiting for the hubby to come home to start cooking. I'm serving mine with green beans and cheese grits. Yum!
Y
Bacon and chicken.. I don't think there's anything NOT to love about those two things combined 🙂 Lovely photo too!
Michelle
Interesting idea, Jake. Cheese is always a winner too.
Thanks, Jeanne. I don't think cuffing will work either, they'll steal the whole package, including me. 😉
Jeanne
Sorry to hear about your kak day - sometimes you do have to wonder what the hell we are doing here... but then as you say, your camera bag with camera was just where you left it, whereas in SA you'd probably have had to cuff it to yourself while shooting!! Anything wrapped in bacon like this chicken will improve your mood :).
Jake Stavrinides
The combination of chicken and bacon is always a winner! I'd add some nicely matured melted Cheddar.
Michelle
The Duo Dishes: Indeed it did!
pigpigscorner: Thanks! At least it's a bit sunny today.
Thanks, Chuck. You're right about bacon. It goes with everything!
Kevin, it WAS good!
Sara: It sure was great. 🙂
Sara
This chicken sounds like great comfort food for a bad day.
Kevin
That chicken sounds so good!
RecipeGirl
Delicious idea... and I love the spices with the bacon.
Would you hate me if I told you it was 75 and sunny here today in Southern California?
Chuck
OK, you can wrap anything in bacon and it will taste good. Even a pickle wrapped would taste good. Love your photos they are making my mouth water.
pigpigscorner
oh wow, what a day! The weather is really horrible this week =( Hope you are feeling better! This dish looks and sounds really delicious!
The Duo Dishes
Aww, what a rough day! Bacon wrapping any food should make you feel better.