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Bacon-wrapped, Jalapeño-stuffed Thighs

Botch
Botch Posts: 17,393
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!  :triumph:
 
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
 

"Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

Ogden, UT, USA


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