Barbecue bacon-wrapped walleye

The combination of walleye chunks, bacon, and barbecue sauce is a win­ner. You might have had this recipe with water chestnuts or scallops before, but try it with walleye for an even tastier combination. Ingredients 5 lbs walleye fillets, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 lb bacon strips, cut in half Barbecue sauce 1 cup Jack Daniel’s or apple juice 1 cup ketchup ½ cup dark brown sugar ¼ cup vinegar 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 3 cloves garlic, minced ½ teaspoon dry mustard salt and pepper to taste Directions 1. Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan and mix well. Simmer for 20 minutes, then allow to cool. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If you make it a few days in advance, the flavours will have more time to blend together. If you don’t want to make your own barbecue sauce, try your favourite store-bought sauce with this recipe. 2. Wrap bacon strips around walleye cubes. 3. Thread onto shish kebab skew­ers so bacon doesn’t unravel. Repeat until skewers are snug and full. 4. Cook on shish kebab rack on medium heat in barbecue; turn continually. 5. When bacon begins to crisp, pour barbe­cue sauce on wraps. 6. Continue turn­ing periodically until fish is white and bacon is crisp. Originally published in the Ontario Out of Doors Walleye digital exclusive For more walleye, click here Click here for more outdoors news Watch on-demand videos anytime on OFAH Stream