Ork's Bacon Bites

These may sound gross, but they are AWESOME. Our friend Ork made them for us at a cookout at his house last summer and I was hesitant to try them...dates, no thank you. My mind was changed immediately. I've made them for a few parties and friends are always hesitant until they taste them. They are one of those appetizers that you just keep eating more of!

-Bacon
-Package of pitted dates (you can usually find them by the nuts in the shell in your grocery store)
-Soy Sauce
-Hot sauce - we use Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce but any hot sauce would (Sriracha can be found in the Asian food aisle)
-Toothpicks

Cut bacon slices in half. Take a piece of bacon and wrap it around a date and secure with a toothpick. Continue until you have as many wrapped dates as you want. Layer in a tupperware container. Sprinkle with soy sauce until the dates are all sitting in a layer of soy sauce. Add hot sauce to taste (we do a couple tablespoons). Seal the tupperware. Shake the container occassionaly to make sure the dates get throughly coated. Let marinate for 30-60 minutes. Grill or broil until bacon is cooked through. I usually broil them since I usually need to keep an eye on the kids while prepping. Ork always grills them on his smoker and they taste even better that way.

These will blow your mind, I promise!

From the kitchen of Joerg Podschun.