Wrap This Savory Meat Around Water Chestnuts For A Christmas Appetizer Packed With Flavor

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Wrap This Savory Meat Around Water Chestnuts For A Christmas Appetizer Packed With Flavor By Erica Martinez Dec. 5, 2025 3:00 pm EST

When many of us think of Christmas foods, our minds go to the decadent dishes we might make once or twice a year for the most special of holidays or events. Those might include prime rib or rib roast , or even beef Wellington, roast leg of lamb, shrimp cocktail, or blinis with caviar. But special doesn't necessarily need to mean extravagant. For example, you can create a retro appetizer that will fit on any Christmas spread with as little as two ingredients: water chestnuts and bacon.

You might recognize this hors d'oeuvre as rumaki, a bite-sized nibble that was totally en vogue in the 1950s and '60s. The traditional dish was made