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Feb 19, 2021, Updated Mar 23, 2024
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Easy Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe – even picky eaters love this crave-worthy asparagus wrapped in bacon and bursting with flavor!
If you love bacon and asparagus, you’re going to LOVE this super easy and crazy delicious side dish – even picky eaters love eating all their veggies when there is bacon!
This dish is a tasty appetizer, side dish, or even a light meal – all in one!
We love serving this asparagus with pork tenderloin, tri tip, garlicky chicken thighs, ranch baked chicken, chicken drumsticks, and baked pork chops!
This side dish is also perfect for a keto or low carb diet – to see our complete keto diet recipe collection, please click here.
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Table of contents
- How to Clean Asparagus
- How to Trim Asparagus
- Other Vegetable Dishes You’ll Love
- Recipe FAQs
- Easy Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe
How to Clean Asparagus
One of the biggest parts of making asparagus is properly cleaning and trimming them.
Asparagus can have some grit, so it’s important to rinse stalks thoroughly before cooking.
I load up a big bowl of cold water and plop asparagus in, dunking it a few times, and letting any silt fall to the bottom of the bowl – then remove your clean stalks.
How to Trim Asparagus
Pat asparagus completely dry – with a paper towel or kitchen towel – before prepping this recipe.
To trim asparagus, I grab a stalk and lightly bend into a horseshoe shape.
Asparagus should snap just above the woody base. I then lay the snapped asparagus down next to the rest of the bunch, and cut off the base of the asparagus in the same spot.
You can also eyeball this – trim off the bottom 1-2″ depending on the size of your stalks.
Thicker stalks will need more trimmed off to be sure you’re not preparing the tough, woody, and stringy base.
Thin stalks tend to not be as tough, so you’ll cut less.
Other Vegetable Dishes You’ll Love
If you love this easy asparagus recipe, please visit some of our other delicious asparagus dishes – favorites like The Best Easy Oven Roasted Asparagus, Garlic Parmesan Asparagus, Pan Fried Asparagus, and Homemade Condensed Cream of Asparagus Soup!
We’re also spotlighting some of our favorite vegetable based sides below:
To see our complete vegetable side dish recipe index, please click here. Our complete side dish page can be found here.
Recipe FAQs
How long can I store leftover asparagus?
This recipe can be stored for up to four days in an airtight container in the refrigerator. We do not recommend freezing, as asparagus tends to get overly mushy when thawing.
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Easy Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe
Easy Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe – even picky eaters love this crave-worthy asparagus wrapped in bacon and bursting with flavor!
Course Vegetables
Cuisine American
Keyword bacon wrapped asparagus, keto vegetables, side dish, vegetables
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes minutes
Total Time 50 minutes minutes
Servings 6 bunches
Calories 119kcal
Author Courtney O’Dell
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds of asparagus with the ends snapped off
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper
- 6 slices of bacon
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 9×13 baking pan with aluminum foil and set aside.
Add the asparagus to a large bowl and drizzle the olive oil, salt and pepper over the asparagus and toss to coat.
Divide the asparagus into 6 bunches then wrap each bunch in a slice of bacon.
Place them evenly on the pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until the bacon is cooked through and the asparagus has cooked down then serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bunch | Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 386mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g
Categorized as:
Appetizers, Asparagus, Bacon, BBQ Sides, gluten free, keto, Keto Vegetables, One Pot, Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetables
About Courtney
Courtney loves to share great wine, good food, and loves to explore far flung places- all while masting an everyday elegant and easy style at lifestyle blog Sweet C’s Designs. Sweet C's devoted to finding the best food and drinks you'll want to make or find, around the world!
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