Smoked Armadillo Eggs

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These Texas Smoked Armadillo Eggs are jalapeno poppers wrapped in sausage. Savory and spicy, it's great for tailgating or summer hang outs.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: American

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Servings: People

Author: Maciek Zurawski

Ingredients

1 Breakfast sausage roll
4 Jalapenos
8 strips Bacon
8 oz Cream cheese
1/4 cup Shredded sharp cheddar
4 tbsp Dad's All Purpose rub

Instructions

Slice off the tip of the jalapeno with the stem and scoop out all the seeds.
In a bowl, add cream cheese, shredded cheddar cheese and 1/2 tsp Dad's All Purpose rub. Mix ingredients together.
Scoop the filling into a ziplock bag, cut off the tip and squeeze out enough to fill the entire pepper.
Take some breakfast sausage and cover each stuffed jalapeno pepper into the shape of a very large egg and season the outside with more Dad'sAll Purpose rub
Wrap strips of thin bacon around the sausage egg.
Preheat the grill to 350 degrees and set for indirect heat.
Place the Armadillo eggs on a wire rack and place them on the grill until the internal temp reached 150 degrees. Take some BBQ sauce and brush the sausage eggs all around. Close the grill and let it cook for another 10-15 minutes
Remove it off the grill and let it rest for 5 minutes

Notes

If you like spice, dice a few jalapeno’s and mix them into the stuffing.

Instead of breakfast sausage, use mix of ground beef 2/3, and ground pork (1/3),

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