Bacon-wrapped, Jalapeño-stuffed Thighs

Botch

This needed its own thread, cuz
1)  I learned something about cheese (that I guess I should've known already),
2)  They were very tasty, and good-looking to boot, and
3)  I got to buy a new accessory!  
 
Got this recipe off Ewetube from a "Killer Hogs" company (who make the recommended rub, and sauce, and the pan I bought).  
Roll boneless, skinless cheekun thighs out, sprinkle with rub, then roll them up with a half-jalapeño (cut lengthwise and seeded) filled with cream cheese, then wrap with a slice of bacon.  I didn't know cream cheese does NOT melt in the heat, something I should've known as that's how it works in ABTs; in fact, these things are basically ABTs with a layer of cheekun in them, nothing wrong with that!  
The thighs are then placed in a thigh roasting pan:
 

 
I had some pretty big thighs, two of them didn't fit in the pan so well.  Finally, a pat of butter is put on the top (Bacon and butter and cheese, Oh My!).  
Cream cheese may not melt in the heat, but thighs shrink a bit, and they pooped cream cheese out the end, a bit.  I'll use bleu cheese next time, since blue poop is a thing around here....  After 45 minutes, I was supposed to cover them with foil and keep cooking until they reached 165, but mine were already there so I pulled them out of the pan and onto a rack (the recipe does this to "set" yet another sprinkling of rub, which I didn't add).  I was hoping to crisp up the bacon that was submerged in the fat/butter, but they needed more time to do that.  
  

 

 
Once they hit about 175º, I brushed them with warmed barbeque sauce, and returned them to the Egg for ten more minutes.  They came out purty!  
 

 
These were pretty tasty, although I'll experiment with different sauces for the final glaze.  Will also pull them out of the thigh pan sooner, so the bacon on the bottom can crisp up more.  
 
Wish I'd bought two of those "thigh pans"; they'd make perfect, individual cornbread loaves with brown crust on all four edges, yum!  Thanks for looking.  
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZvhpkaAcqs
 

lkapigian

Beauty!!

Mattman3969

I could get all up on those thighs! Nice job @Botch

Mickey

nice! Where do you get the pan?

Botch

Mickey said:

nice! Where do you get the pan?

Click on the bottom video, and the links are right below it.
 
When I pulled my Egg back into my patio, I noticed that pan sitting on the cement floor, finally cooled.  The compartments had a golden mixture of cheekun schmaltz, bacon grease, butter, hints of jalapeño and globs of cream cheese; I covered the pan with foil and stuck it in the frig.  Tomorrow I'll drain it, strain it, boil it, and need to think of a cool way to cook with it.
Any ideas?  

pgprescott

Cheecken bombs! Nice. Gotta love Malcolm and his channel for learning and inspiration. Enjoy!

JethroBodeen

I bought my large muffin type pans like that at Publix. They were inexpensive too. Doesnt much matter if you aint got Publix but thought I would share just in case.

thetrim

Yes!  That looks killer. 

dbCooper

Nice, thanks for sharing. 

StillH2OEgger

That looks tremendous. Bravo! And thanks for the detailed description.

Neil Gunn

Botch said:

Mickey said:

nice! Where do you get the pan?

Click on the bottom video, and the links are right below it.
 
When I pulled my Egg back into my patio, I noticed that pan sitting on the cement floor, finally cooled.  The compartments had a golden mixture of cheekun schmaltz, bacon grease, butter, hints of jalapeño and globs of cream cheese; I covered the pan with foil and stuck it in the frig.  Tomorrow I'll drain it, strain it, boil it, and need to think of a cool way to cook with it.
Any ideas?  

Neil Gunn

Don't see the link on the bottom video. Can you just post the link if it's not too much trouble?

shtgunal3

Tomorrow I'll drain it, strain it, boil it, and need to think of a cool way to cook with it.

Any ideas?  

Mini meatloafs?

JethroBodeen

@Neil Gunn  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=OZvhpkaAcqs&feature=emb_title

lousubcap

Thanks for the great cook and documentation.  They do look extremely tasty!
@Botch- use your pan collection as the great base for nachos.  

rekameohs

This is the link to the pan, as shown in the video

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FL62D1C

Neil Gunn

rekameohs said:

This is the link to the pan, as shown in the video

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FL62D1C

Got it. Thanks so much.

Neil Gunn

JethroBodeen said:

@Neil Gunn  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=OZvhpkaAcqs&feature=emb_title

I see it now. Thanks

Canugghead

Love the chick bombs, you could have pre greased the pan with duck fat, just saying 😅

In commercial/institutional kitchens these are nicknamed coffin pans


Sorry can't help thinking your pan looks like mass graves, I know it's nasty and insensitive to imagine that, just can't unsee the real ones in recent days.