Pig Shots

R2Egg2Q

We served up over 90 of these "Pig Shots" at the Eggs By The Bay Eggfest last month and I didn't get a single one of them. So when a birthday potluck celebration came up yesterday, I cooked up a small batch (1/2 of the recipe below) of 26 shots in the Small.  I normally get about 30-34 of these per pack of bacon but the 16 oz pack I bought had slices a little on the thick side (only 13 slices).

Here's how I make them.

Wrap a 3/8-1/2" disc of sausage (I like kielbasa) with a 1/2 piece of bacon, secure with a skewer or toothpicks & lightly dust with rub:

Fill the "shot glass" with a cream cheese, cheese, & green chilies mix:

Top with a mix of brown sugar, cayenne powder, chili powder, & BBQ rub:

Cook indirect (suppose raised direct would work) in Egg until bacon is crisped to your liking:

These 25 shots (I had one!) went into Pyrex over a hot pack and taken to work where they promptly disappeared!  They pack a lot of flavor into a bite!

Recipe

Ingredients:

Nathan’s Beef Kielbasa – qty 2
Bacon 16 oz packages – qty 2
Cream Cheese – 8 oz
Mexican 4-cheese blend – 1/2 cup
Green Chiles Diced – 3 oz
Brown Sugar – ½ cup
Chili Powder – ½ tsp
Cayenne Pepper – ½ tsp
BBQ Rub - ½ tsp + a light dusting

Preparation:

Cut sausage down to discs about 3/8” thick.
Wrap ½ slice of bacon around the disc and fix in place with a toothpick or skewer several “shots” (10” skewer can hold 4-5 shots).
Soften cream cheese and mix in cheese blend and chiles
Pipe or spoon the cream cheese blend into the shot
Mix the brown sugar, chili powder, and cayenne pepper together and sprinkle on top of cream cheese filling
Lightly sprinkle with BBQ rub

Cook indirect around 280-320 degrees until bacon has crisped up (approx 70-90 minutes). Smoke wood is optional.

MrCookingNurse

I am going to do this for sure. Thanks for sharing

R2Egg2Q

These look really good! Thanks for sharing the info & pics...

Bookmarking this one...

 

H

Thanks!

I am going to do this for sure. Thanks for sharing

Great! Would like hear how you like them.

AleBrewer

Yep....gonna try this too.

piney

I can't wait to try this, abt's are a huge hit and I can just imagine this with them.

michigan_jason

Wow, this looks great! Thanks for sharing, I will be trying this soon.

Griffin

Oh me oh my!! I want some of those right now. Just went on the to-do list.

Aviator

Note to self. Get thick sliced bacon from Costco.

killborn

Great recipe, will be trying it very soon!

Eggbertsdad

Thanks for sharing. That's got tailgating written all over it. 

dtun1

They look really good & I will be giving them a try. Thank you for sharing!

R2Egg2Q

Yep....gonna try this too.

Wow, this looks great! Thanks for sharing, I will be trying this soon.

Oh me oh my!! I want some of those right now. Just went on the to-do list.

Great recipe, will be trying it very soon!

They look really good & I will be giving them a try. Thank you for sharing!

Awesome. Trying this on Monday.

I'm looking forward to hearing how all of you like them and what kind of creative variations come up from these!

I can't wait to try this, abt's are a huge hit and I can just imagine this with them./blockquote>




They should complement ABTs well.

Thanks for sharing. That's got tailgating written all over it. 

They'd be great at tailgates. Just need to make a lot of them!

TUTTLE871

After I fainted and awoke with drool all over my face.

I now know whats happening at my house on Sunday.

LizzieSamps

Yummy! On the list!

R2Egg2Q

After I fainted and awoke with drool all over my face.

I now know whats happening at my house on Sunday.

Perhaps I should add a disclaimer stating I'm not responsible for any harm caused by looking at these pics!

Yummy! On the list!

Hope you like them as much as we do!

friscoag

I cooked them last night, I had to try!!! They were great.

I used a venison sausage and some with a chicken sausage.  I had 2 packs of bacon and one pack was thicker bacon and the other was thin and falling apart.  Make sure and get thicker bacon as its easier to wrap and makes them look a whole lot better.

Also my wife had some homemeade bbq sauce that we put on about half of them, and I thought they were better with BBQ glazed on the last 15 min of cook time.  Also be generous with the cream cheese mix on top.  The bites that had lots of that mix on there were the best!

All in all they were PRETTY DAMN GOOD!!!! Thanks for the idea!

ccpoulin1

Wow, the list keeps getting longer!  Just when you thought you saw or did it all.......

Thanks for posting this

Have a good day!

R2Egg2Q

I cooked them last night, I had to try!!! They were great.

I used a venison sausage and some with a chicken sausage.  I had 2 packs of bacon and one pack was thicker bacon and the other was thin and falling apart.  Make sure and get thicker bacon as its easier to wrap and makes them look a whole lot better.

Also my wife had some homemeade bbq sauce that we put on about half of them, and I thought they were better with BBQ glazed on the last 15 min of cook time.  Also be generous with the cream cheese mix on top.  The bites that had lots of that mix on there were the best!

All in all they were PRETTY DAMN GOOD!!!! Thanks for the idea!

Glad it worked out for you! Got any pics?

Trying out different ingredient options is part of the fun with the shots. I tried various versions before getting to the one I posted here. I even put parts of burnt ends into one experiment but the flavor didn't really come through enough for the amount of work involved.

bigphil

R2Egg2Q made these today for a party huge hit thanks for sharing 

R2Egg2Q

R2Egg2Q made these today for a party huge hit thanks for sharing 

Glad to hear that! . Thanks for the report!

smokesniffer

Thanks for sharing this, I did them for supper and it was a hit. It is one the regular appy list now

paqman

OMG that looks so good!  Thanks for posting this, I was looking for some apetizers idea and this is just what I was looking for!

bariccardi

Thanks for sharing, they look amazing!

brianwdmn

I made these last night for the neighbors. Huge hit!

R2Egg2Q

Thanks for sharing this, I did them for supper and it was a hit. It is one the regular appy list now

Great!

OMG that looks so good!  Thanks for posting this, I was looking for some apetizers idea and this is just what I was looking for!

You're welcome! Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing, they look amazing!

Thx!

I made these last night for the neighbors. Huge hit!

Thanks for sharing a pic! One thing I forgot to mention is to try to leave a little space between shots if you skewer them so they cook evenly all around and you don't get any pale spots from them being in contact with one another. Not sure if you encountered that. Sounds like all went well!

dweebs0r

I love this!  Gonna make these asap for when we are tired of ABT''s.

Aviator

This place is awesome! Very heart healthy.

I know, and I'm lovin it.

hopkinsusmc87

It's on my list for next weekend along with some ABTs. Thanks well done. =D>

brianwdmn

Thanks R2egg2Q, next time I'll space them. The picture was at half way done, 45 minutes. I mixed the cream cheese and 4 cheese blend with one Jalepeno in the food processer and spooned into a gallon sized zip top bag, cut off a small part of a bottom corner and piped the mixture in. Next time I'll use less per shot because it expands while cooking. Also I'll season the cream cheese mixture with a bit of salt and pepper. Instead of your spices I used Dizzy Pig, Raging River. I may also leave more of the seeds and membrane on the pepper for a little more kick.
Thanks again for the great idea!

ccpoulin1

I made these last evening to bring to a friends house.  I stuffed it with brie,brown sugar and slivered almonds and topped off with bacon crumbles!  Wow, they were good

R2Egg2Q

I made these last evening to bring to a friends house.  I stuffed it with brie,brown sugar and slivered almonds and topped off with bacon crumbles!  Wow, they were good

Sounds good! Nice ingredients.