I have a green pea salad recipe I make that is completely unhealthy and fattening but incredibly delicious. I take it to potluck dinners and such. A friend of mine calls it “man bait.” He says that if I ever want to remarry, all I have to do is make a batch of that salad.
Well, I think I’ve found another “man bait” recipe and it’s healthier. I fixed this over the weekend for my boys and some of their friends, and they were salivating the entire time I was preparing it. (And in case you’re wondering, I’ve made the salad for my sweetheart. And I’ll make this for him, too. And man bait seems to work. We’ve been talking about tying the knot.)
Don’t be afraid of the bacon in this recipe. Ignore the myths you’ve heard about dietary saturated fats and cholesterol. As for fat, it is a great source of fuel for the body–and bacon is on the list of paleo diet meats, as my colleague Margaret Cantwell can attest. So why not make this man bait for your favorite caveman?
Honey-Sriracha bacon-wrapped onion rings
Total time
- 3-4 large Vidalia onions (or other sweet onion)
- 20 slices raw bacon
- ¼ cup honey
- 4 tablespoons Sriracha
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and put a rack on the sheet. The aluminum foil facilitates clean-up. The rack will keep the onion rings from getting soggy.
- Prepare the onions. Trim the ends and peel. Slice each onion crosswise into ½-inch slices. Pop the centers out of each slice, saving the two outermost layers. You will use the large, double-layer rings for this recipe. You can set aside the smaller pieces for another use.
- Wrap each double-layered onion ring with bacon, slightly overlapping the strip, until it is covered completely. For each onion ring, you will need 1½ to 2 pieces of bacon, depending on how large the onion ring is.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the honey in the microwave for about 15 seconds. Remove from the microwave and stir in Sriracha and soy sauce.
- Dunk each bacon-wrapped onion ring in the mixture and then place on the rack on the lined baking sheet.
- Bake onion rings for 30 minutes. Then flip and cook for another 20 minutes or until the bacon is crispy.
- Remove from the oven and let sit for about 5 minutes, then serve as a snack, appetizer or side dish.
Serving size: 4 Calories: 353.5 Fat: 17.7g Saturated fat: 6.3g Unsaturated fat: 0.1g Carbohydrates: 31.7g Sugar: 18.5g Sodium: 965.8mg Fiber: 2.8g Protein: 14.6g Cholesterol: 37.5mg
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