Bacon Wrapped Mushrooms.....

bigguy136 · February 6

These sounded good. Original idea was to cook for 15 minutes, remove and coat with a hot wing sauce. Problem is I live in the frigid north and nobody knows what BBQ is (couldn't find any store to have a bottle of hot wing sauce).

I put on a batch of tater pigs (right side of grill). For the mushrooms, I took a piece of bacon, cut in half, wrapped 1 piece around the 1 direction, then the other piece of bacon around the other way (90°). I wanted to protect the mushroom from being over cooked. The mushroom survived very good.

I gotta say, these are better than the taters. Not a good thing that the mushroom is marinating in the bacon oil but dang were they good.

Here they are. Now what to name these???

chill243 · February 6

OH YUM

Fred19Flintstone · February 6

Those look tastey. Since you used mushroom buttons, how about Mushroom Bacon Buttons? Or perhaps Shroom & Squeal?

Griffin · February 6

Oh my. Those look good. Have you tried bacon wrapped tater tots yet?

Chubbs · February 6

Look great Griffin. Do you just wrap frozen tots?

500 · February 6

How about Fungoink Balls?

Griffin · February 6

yeah, just frozen tater tots. Allow to thaw a bit (not totally, can't member if it was 10 minutes or so), otherwise you will break toothpicks or stab the bah-jeezus out of yourself when it finally does go through the tot and into your finger/hand. Don't ask me how I know. :((

NecessaryIndulg · February 6

@Griffin -- I learned the same way! ~X( Ouch!
But they sure are good!

Great idea, @bigguy136 ... I need to try these!

johnkitchens · February 6

Those are the best looking Baconshrooms I have ever seen!

Griffin · February 6

And don't forget to sprinkle on some of your favorite rub to the tots after you wrap them.

bigguy136 · February 6

... you will break toothpicks or stab the bah-jeezus out of yourself when it finally does go through the tot and into your finger/hand. Don't ask me how I know. :((

Why not use a set of stainless steel tooth picks? I'm using some in the photos above.

johnkitchens · February 6

How long and at what temp did you cook the baconshrooms?

bigguy136 · February 7

I cooked at 325° for 35 minutes (till the bacon was as I like).

I might try another batch with a cream cheese mix around the stem before wrapping.

Dnl · February 7

bigguy, these are definately going on the menu the next time I do appetizers.

duck_hunter · February 7

@bigguy136 where did you find the SS toothpicks, the shortest I can find is 8", unless those are some monster shrooms, I'm guessing yours are shorter, the SS toothpick is a great idea!

bigguy136 · February 7

I used stainless TIG welding rod. You should be able to find locally or somewhere on-line like mcmaster-carr. I cut, deburred the end and a quick roll with the pliers. I got 9 from a 36" piece of wire (4" pieces).

td66snrf · February 8

MAGIC PIGROOMS

GK59 · February 8

Any body ever wrap some small red skins in bacon? If so how did they turn out?

bdub60 · February 8

Those look great! I've been doing those for a while but I always do cream cheese. Pull the stems out and you'll have a nice little bowl to stuff with cream cheese. I did some for the Super Bowl and took a couple of packages of cream cheese and mixed in the food processor with three LARGE jalapenos and a few cloves of garlic and some salt and fresh cracked pepper. They were the best I'd done. If you do it this way I recommend letting the mixture sit in the fridge overnight or in the freezer for a little while to firm up. I also like basting them with BBQ sauce as they finish.

These are a nice alternative for folks that like ABTs but don't like as much heat or are cooking for folks that don't. They're also a little less work since pulling the stem out of a shroom is much easier than cleaning japs IMO.

Lowflyer · February 8

Giving these a try as we speak, I just threw jalapeño in the center, wrapped and dusted....

bigguy136 · February 8

Lowflyer said:
Giving these a try as we speak, I just threw jalapeño in the center, wrapped and dusted....

OMG. That looks good. Were they hot with the seeds?

Lowflyer · February 8

@bigguy136 they are still on the Egg. I hope they are hot. Publix japs aren't the best I've had, plan on growin my own this year. I'll keep u posted.

AlbertaEgger · February 8

I will be trying these out tomorrow with the meal, good stuff, everything looks great!

Kempy · February 8

Lowflyer said:

@bigguy136 they are still on the Egg. I hope they are hot. Publix japs aren't the best I've had, plan on growin my own this year. I'll keep u posted.

Last year SWMBO and I had 2 japs in our garden. Ended up canning about a dozen pints of japs, but I didn't have the BGE then. I have a feeling that next year, I won't have nearly as many japs for canning. I did use some of the japs last year for ABTs for a fantasy football draft. (Grilled on a friends BGE). I don't know what I did right last year with my japs, but they were the hottest japs I've ever had. I wonder if it had something to do with planting them right next to my tobasco pepper plant.

Good luck with growing yours.

Lowflyer · February 9

@bigguy136 they were dusted w Swamp Venom, then finished w Stubbs Sweet Heat... Delicious!! After about 3 the wife and I looked at each other and grabbed coldies. They were warm, but flavorful. I wouldn't change a thing. The possibilities are endless w these things. Thanks for a great idea!!

Lowflyer · February 9

Here you go.... Tasty n Hot.

Eggcelsior · February 9

Looks fantastic!

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