Bacon-Wrapped Adobo Chicken and Potatoes

Do you live with a snorer?  I live with two.

This is Maggie.  She's the worst offender.  I can smack Mike on the arm and he'll turn over.  Maggie is relentless.  She sleeps on her bed at the the foot of our bed.  So not only do I have to try and get her to re-position enough to stop snoring, but I have to leave the warmth and comfort of the blankets.  I hate it.

The snoring only bugs me when I'm trying to fall asleep.  Once I pass out, I'm good to go.  But when it's 3am and I just put Thing 2 back down for the night, getting Maggie to comply is not on the top of my priority list.  She's lucky she's cute enough to stay in our room even if she is a little Howitzer. 

And now for food.

Bacon-Wrapped Adobo Chicken & Potatoes

Adapted from AllRecipes.com

Ingredients:

6 chicken drumsticks, skin removed

6 slices thick-cut bacon

salt and pepper to taste

1 onion, cut into large wedges

1 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, quartered

Seasoning Mix:

1 tablespoon dried chives

1 tablespoon dried basil

1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 1/2 teaspoons adobo seasoning  {I looked at 3 different stores looking for this spice - Safeway has it}

1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Cut each piece of bacon  in half and lay over the top of each drumstick.  Overlap pieces so that the bacon covers the meat of the chicken; press down to help adhere bacon to chicken.  
3. Place wrapped chicken in a 9" x 13" baking pan, season with salt and pepper.  Place onion into baking dish, be sure not to cover the bacon.  Push potatoes down into the spaces between the chicken pieces and around the edge of the dish.
4. Combine the seasoning mix ingredients and sprinkle the seasoning over the chicken and potatoes.
5. Bake in the preheated over for 1 hour, until the bacon is cooked and the potatoes are tender.  Half way through cooking, toss onions and potatoes to coat with bacon fat from pan.  Before removing pan from oven, turn on the broiler and cook for 3 to 5 minutes to crisp up bacon.

Before:

I know this looks like a lot of spices.  It's okay.

After: