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Weekend Cooking -- Pig Shots
boatbum
Posts: 1,273
Canvassed the forum last week for recipe input - took the plunge this week and prepared Pig Shots for an appetizer. Nothing real complex - just followed the steps outlined here. These things are over-the-top very good - if you like sausage, bacon, and Cream cheese. I put some fresh Jalepeno chunks in the cream cheese, topped with Brown Sugar and some homemade rub a friend gave to me.
One other note about prep. My standard "go-to" with larger groups for an appetizer has in the past been some variant of bacon wrapped jalepeno (insert filling here). This is so much less work assembling. Don't let the bacon strips get warmed up much. I used a piping bag for the filling. If I wanted 50+ appetizer servings - this would be the route I would go.
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Big Lake, Minnesota
2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig
I looked for bacon that was at least medium thickness, as much lean as I could. Easier to wrap if the bacon is chilled. Noticed that once it started to warm, was much more difficult. Also - height of sausage is a factor, make sure it is at least halfway up the bacon.
Big Lake, Minnesota
2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig
I did some kielbasa shots yesterday. Boy those are great.
Will make a slew of them next time around.
Smitty's Kid's BBQ
Bay City,MI
Bay Area, CA
I looked for bacon that was at least medium thickness, as much lean as I could. Easier to wrap if the bacon is chilled. Noticed that once it started to warm, was much more difficult. Also - height of sausage is a factor, make sure it is at least halfway up the bacon.
Good deal. Thanks.
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MOINK balls are bacon wrapped beef meatballs (usually the store bought frozen kind 1/2 oz ea size) dusted with rub, cooked in a similar fashion as the pig shots except they get dipped or brushed with BBQ sauce in the last few minutes. MOINK = "Moo" (beef meatball) + "Oink" (bacon).
They're definitely easier to prep than pig shots or ABTs. I prefer the range of flavors in pig shots better but these go very well as an appetizer. I haven't met a kid that didn't love them.
Bay Area, CA
Thinking these will go good with football on Saturday.....
OR as a Arkansas Razorback would yell ------
Mooooooooooooooo Pig Sooooieee ---- the SEC fans in the audience will get the joke -- hahahahah
I'm ashamed what I did for a Klondike Bar!!
Omaha, NE
Great looking pig shots. Something I still have not got around to. So many good recipes here, so little time....
Rowlett, Texas
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