BBQ Sausage-Stuffed Grilled Jalapenos
BBQ Sausage-Stuffed Grilled Jalapenos. Sweet and tangy barbecue sauce and sausage stuffing, stuffed in spicy delicious jalapenos, then wrapped in bacon and grilled. Kick up your next tailgate, your next summer party, your next gathering with this fun and tasty nibble.
Ummm …yeah. So these. Man food. Football food. BBQ Sausage-Stuffed Grilled Jalapenos. These would be directly from the splurgy side of my brain. …See, I live in constant conflict – I loooove food. I obsess about food. But at the same time I really do want to be fit and healthy. This is why I can’t do all healthy all the time and I can’t let myself go all unchecked either. Because I would eat bacon every day if I could.
Bacon. Jalapenos. Holy perfect combo, right? I love stuffed jalapenos – there’s always that air of danger when you eat stuffed jalapenos. You pick one up …is it going to mildly spicy? or inferno? …without knowing, you risk it all and pop it in. Either way, you’re happy.
I have stuffed jalapenos with sausage, with cheese, even shrimp, but this is the first time I’ve grilled them. This was clearly an oversight on my part that I have now rectified. And the result – charred smoky bacon, yummy sausage, sweet barbecue sauce – oh my, oh my, oh my! And just look at them – perfect for a summer gathering, pool party, football party, tailgating, you name it. Awesome yummy smoky grub for the win.
BBQ Sausage-Stuffed Grilled Jalapenos
Ingredients
- 18 large jalapenos halved with seeds and ribs removed
- 1 lb bulk sausage
- ½ c panko bread crumbs
- ½ c bbq sauce
- 18 strips center-cut bacon halved
- fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl, stir together the sausage, panko crumbs, and bbq sauce. Spoon roughly a tablespoon of the sausage mixture into each jalapeno half. Wrap each in half a strip of bacon. Place on a ventilated grill or broiling pan. Sprinkle fresh cracked pepper over top of the wrapped peppers.
- Heat grill to high heat. Put in the grill pan on indirect heat (meaning, turn off the burners directly under the peppers). Cook 20 minutes until and stuffing is cooked through and bacon is starting to crisp. During this time, watch the grill temperature to keep it ~375-400F, turning on the direct burners under the peppers occasionally if necessary to maintain temperature.
- Using thongs, gently turn each pepper over onto the grill grate over direct heat, top side down - this will drain off the fat from the sausage and crisp the tops of the bacon and peppers. Grill another minute or two until they are a little charred and awesome. Yield: 36 appetizers.