One of the easiest, tastiest and most keto friendly appetizers has to be Bacon Wrapped Asparagus. It’s not only delicious, but when you show up to the party with a big tray of these, all your friends will be impressed. Isn’t that really the whole goal?
How to Cook Asparagus in the Oven
This can be the tricky part. Making bacon in the oven on it’s own it pretty easy. When you wrap it around asparagus it can make things a bit more complicated. The one thing you want to be certain of is that when you wrap the bacon around the asparagus you do not overlap the bacon very much. If certain parts of the bacon are overlapped and some are not, you will end up with an unevenly cooked final product.
Asparagus Wrapped in Bacon!
The real question to contemplate when making this dish is how many asparagus spears you would use for each piece of bacon. The answer really lies in how big the spears are. We wound up finding some relatively thin spears when we made the recipe for this post so we went with 4 spears per 1 piece of bacon. Sometimes you’ll find that the spears are huge and it may make sense to use a 1:1 ratio! Honestly, there’s no wrong way to make bacon wrapped asparagus. It’s always going to come out pretty tasty!
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Best Asparagus Side Dish?
For my money this is the best asparagus side dish there is! Not only is it delicious, but you can serve it at every occasion. It can be a side dish for a nice sit down dinner, just as easily as it can be an appetizer when you’re sitting around watching football. If you’re looking for more awesome keto appetizers, be sure to check out our flax seed crackers or our sausage stuffed mushrooms. Be sure to leave a comment below if you end up making this bacon wrapped asparagus!
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Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Instructions:
- Cut all six slices of bacon in half lengthwise. Set aside.
- Bunch off your small spears into fours (if they are big use two spears).
- Using one piece of bacon (2 when cut in half) wrap it around your asparagus bunch in an even layer (you don’t want overlap of the bacon).
- Place on a baking sheet or baking rack (recommended).
- Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, flip and bake for an additional ten minutes.
- Broil for three minutes (if there is a lot of bacon grease on the bottom of the pan you may want to pour some out as it can be a hazard).
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
I always wanted to try this but was worried it would not be good or good for me. Welllll, I totally loved it and it turned out not to have been bad health-wise!! Yah yah I love it!
Just an FYI when cooking asparagus… especially the thick asparagus.
Use a peeler and shave off the bottom 1/3 or 1/2 depending on how long the make the spears. If you break the spears in half, then shave the bottom 1/4. Basically, you’re removing the tough fiberous part of the stalk and leaving the tender part. Be gentle when peeling it or the spear will snap in off.
Correction to the last sentence,
The spear will snap in half… (darn auto correct).
WOW!! I’m new to Keto and I’ve been looking for easy snacks and I found this! -Amazing! I dipped mine in cheese dip ?
I love your Bacon Wrapped Asparagus recipe! I wanted to know where you purchased the pan you are cooking them on? Can’t seem to find one I like.
I am not sure of the particular pan, but if you search for “baking sheet with rack” it should come up with similar products.
are the nutrition facts per asparagus/bacon, or for 3 servings?
Per serving. We made 3 servings 🙂
Could these be frozen? Before or after cooking?
We haven’t tried freezing them, we think they would be best fresh!
Freezing would lead to mushy asparagus.
THIS. IS. DA. BOMB!! I kept it down to 1/2 strip per bunch of three because my asparagus was pretty thin & I wanted to keep them small. I also upped ythe temp to 450, thinking maybe to avoid the broiler. IT WORKED. I turned them once & only went about 10 minutes after flipping; the bacon was great and the crispy, bacon-grease-fried tips of the asparagus were PURE HEAVEN. They were gone in a blink, along with the sausage stuffed mushrooms and bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers. How did we have room for turkey after that?? I didn’t! I ate about 1/2 my dinner & gave up. LOL
I made this recipe with halved thick bacon and four slender asparagus and it was delicious! However, I have one huge concern: Placing raw bacon wrapped asparagus on a “recommended” rack can cause a fire from dripping bacon fat especially if using an electric oven, which is what I have, so I speak from experience. You could place a rack on top of a cookie sheet to catch the fat. Also, I didn’t need the extra step of using the broiler. I think you should change your recommendation for using a rack, on behalf of inexperienced cooks. Thanks!
delicious! I am new to the keto way and this was so easy and everyone loved it!
This is definitely a simple pleasing appetizer for all guests – glad everyone loved it!
This came out perfectly.
Making this today with steak pinwheels, shrimp skewers, and veggie melange. I’ll let you know how it is.
What’s in the metal container (sauce, roasted garlic), on the serving plate, foe this video?
It’s chipotle mayo. Some siracha/mayo would be good also though!