As most of you have probably heard, Jenna Bush – President Bush’s daughter – got hitched at the family ranch in Crawford, Texas this past weekend. Very few details of the weekend’s festivities have been made public, but the Washington Post managed to track down a few tidbits from the rehearsal dinner that took place the night before the wedding ceremony. The information comes to us courtesy of the owners of the businesses that hosted and catered the rehearsal dinner (they were in the dark themselves until 3 hours prior to the event). You can read the full article here.
Catering was done by The Range Restaurant in Salado, Texas. One of the items on the menu was a Texas delicacy called “white wings.” On the restaurant’s catering menu, this dish is described as “bacon wrapped chicken and cheese bites.” I ran a Google search to find a more specific recipe, and thankfully was able to find one on The Bacon Show.
Basically how white wings are made is you place a Monterey jack cheese cube and one slice of jalapeno pepper on a chicken strip and roll it up. Then you wrap a slice of bacon around each rolled up chicken slice, forming a ball. But you don’t just stop with one strip of bacon – next you wrap another slice of bacon around the ball in the opposite direction. Using toothpicks to hold the bacon and chicken in place, you grill the meat balls over medium heat for 20-30 minutes, rotating constantly.
White wings sound like the perfect way to kick off a weekend of merriment, whether you’re getting married to the President’s daughter or just hanging out in your backyard in the ‘burbs.