Armadillo Eggs - Recipe
Honestly, a perceptive reader would be well on his/her way to recreating our recipe with all the snippets we've dropped beforehand, but for those that were too eager to read through all of ourrambling, here is the recipe in straight words.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of pork sausage 1040 kcal
- 12 slices of bacon 516
- 6 jalapenos without their seeds, core, and stems – depends on the weight of the pepper (about0.07/g)
- 4 ounces of cream cheese 388 kcal
- 4 ounces of cheddar cheese 456 kcal
- 2 tablespoons of your BBQ rub
- 1 cup of your BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the smoker to 250°
- Add the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and a tablespoon of the BBQ rub to a bowl and mix
- Fill the jalapenos with the mixture from (2), and be sure to press the filling into the jalapenos well
- Wrap each jalapeno in the pork sausage and ensure that the entire jalapeno is covered while rolling the covered jalapeno into an egg shape
- Cover the sausage-wrapped jalapenos with bacon, using two slices per jalapeno
- Place the bacon in the smoker or oven and smoke at 165° for about two hours before checking
- Once ready, serve the armadillo eggs hot and dive in
Notes
Calories: without accounting for the calories in the rub, sauce, and jalapeno, one armadillo egg made with this recipe should contain not less than 400 kcal.
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal