Easy to make, easy to eat, and just 3-ingredients! Bacon wrapped buffalo chicken bites are always a favorite appetizer. This great recipe is low carb, gluten-free & keto.
My kids started school yesterday. I can hardly believe it – I have a kiddo in 3rd grade and one in 6th. I’m not sure you’re aware because I don’t usually talk about this stuff on the blog, but my kids were born in China. We adopted my daughter 11 years ago and my son 6 years ago.
After many years of trying to have a baby, we looked into domestic adoption. As we met people in the adoption community and listened to several stories about failed adoptions, we turned our focus towards Chinese Adoption after learning a cousin had started the process. I am so thankful to have my children in my life – even though being a parent is hard and it’s not all sunshine and roses. I learn something new about myself and my children every week and wouldn’t change a minute of it. Now, you know something new about me.
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This recipe is in honor of my eight year old son who’s just starting his first season of flag football. I look forward to watching him learn about the game and develop some important skills like playing with a team, taking direction, building interpersonal relationships, and personal fortitude. And… maybe have a little fun! That’s the most important thing, right? To have fun.
Since the NFL football season begins next month I thought I should share a great tasting appetizer with you. These Bacon Wrapped Buffalo Chicken Bites are awesome! They hit all of those great tastes in just one bite – smokey, salty, tangy, spicy – YUM! And with just 3-ingredients, they are so easy to make!
Are you ready for the recipe? Go grab a pen… Chicken breast. Bacon. Buffalo sauce. That’s all! But I like to serve it with the traditional carrot sticks and celery as well as blue cheese dressing. Yum!
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy serving a few low carb appetizers and crunchy snacks while we watch the games together. They don’t have to be fancy. I usually serve one cooked appetizer like these buffalo chicken bites, for example, and then fill-in with veggies and a low carb great dip or even a small meat/cheese platter. That’s all this little family needs. However, if we’re having guests, I might make some low carb brownies and have some fresh fruit for the kiddos, too.
If you’re new to the blog, I have a sweet and spicy version of this fun bacon wrapped appetizer with chipotle pepper and Sukrin Gold brown sugar substitute. It’s really amazing!
These Bacon Wrapped Buffalo Chicken Bites are around 1 net carb per serving!
Low Carb Bacon Wrapped Buffalo Chicken Bites (Gluten-Free & Keto)
Ingredients
- Buffalo Chicken Bites (makes about 50 pieces)
- 1 pound boneless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 pound regular cut bacon thin, I used Oscar Meyer
- 1/2 cup Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce
- 1/4 cup Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce for basting
Instructions
- Prep: Cut the chicken into 1 inch pieces. Pour 1/2 cup Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce (or your favorite) over the chicken and mix to distribute. Let marinate in the refrigerator over night.
- Preheat the oven to 375. Place the rack in the middle position. Place a cooling rack into the middle of a large sheet pan.
- Procedure: Cut all of the bacon into thirds. Place 1/3 of the bacon onto a cutting board into rows. Place a piece of chicken on a piece of bacon and roll, continuing for all of the bacon on the cutting board. Transfer the bacon wrapped buffalo chicken to the sheet pan and place seam side down on the cooling rack. Place the next third of bacon on the cutting board into rows, and repeat the procedure. Continue until you run out of bacon or chicken. Using a pastry brush, baste each chicken bite with 1/4 cup buffalo sauce. If you do not have a pastry brush, then add a few drops to each with a spoon.
- Bake: Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes, then place under the broiler for 5-7 minutes, turn the bacon chicken bites over and broil for another 5-8 minutes.
- Serve with Buffalo Sauce and Blue Cheese dressing. Makes about 50 pieces.
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Chipotle Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites
These were so good thanks for the idea
I just found your web site and I’m thrilled. I was looking for low carb game day food that is easy to make. My husband has to do a lot of the cooking side I have been confined to a wheelchair for the past several years. I love to cook, he doesn’t. So your recipes are great! Also loved hearing about you children. I’ve traveled a similar path with a son and daughter from Korea. Mine are in their 20s now, but my son played football all through middle school, high school & college (playing 1st string defense in college – coach said he was the 1st Asian boy he ever coached on the defensive line). Our daughter was a fantastic volleyball player in middle & high school. So bless you for your great recipes and great family!
Hello Lesa. I’m so glad to meet another adoptive mother. We started our journey 15 years ago and I can’t believe that in a few years our daughter will be graduating HS while our son begins his HS days. What fun to hear about your daughter’s success in volleyball and son’s success in football! I’m sure you enjoyed cheering them on in the stands and were/are very proud of them. I’m glad you and your husband have enjoyed some of the recipes I have shared. I love developing recipes and sharing those that my family enjoys with other link-minded people. Thank you for taking the time to say HELLO. Have a very nice week! -Kim
This recipe was great!!! Thanks so so much!
How many pieces per serving? My math, not always on the mark, tells me 5
Hi Ken, the serving size is about 5 pieces per person as an appetizer. However, they have almost zero carbs, so you may eat more if you were having them for lunch or dinner. -Kim
Hi Kim! Would these be freezable to heat up later? 50 pieces is a lot for just me and my hubby!
Absolutely, Blair. They would be great. The video shows thick cut bacon (that’s what the videographer likes to use), but regular cut bacon stretches better around the chicken. -Kim
How much sodium and carbs?
Hi Pam. It depends on what kind of bacon and hot sauce you use as well as whether or not you are using ranch or blue cheese dressing to dunk the chicken into. They are 1 carb per serving. I always put the net carbs above the recipe, too. -Kim
Baco, and Buffalo Chicken? Five starts just for that.
These look so yummy! I love simple recipes like this with just a few ingredients. I’ve made bacon-wrapped chicken before, and I love this idea for a twist on it. Making the chicken bite-sized and adding the red hot sauce to it sounds perfect for an appetizer. Yum!
Thanks! I hadn’t made bacon wrapped chicken until last January. What took me so long? It was so easy and sooo good. Yes, my husband liked these with the hot sauce very much! -Kim
I could pop these little bites all day long! I’m obsessed with anything buffalo!
Thanks, Lauren! It’s nice hearing from you. I hope you have a great weekend! -Kim