Stuffed & Deliciously Smoked Jalapeños

lakestatefishing · July 08, 2008, 10:51:26 AM

I had a batch of smoked jalapeños that came out awesome last night. Should have taken some pics! Yesterday I picked up some cherry wood pucks for my OBS, and a jalapeño rack at a local outdoor recreation store. Stopped at the grocery store and picked up 24 jalapeños, 1 lb of ground turkey, 1 packet of taco seasoning, cream cheese, and turkey bacon. Obviously I was intending on making this delicacy low-fat.

* Brown 1 lb of turkey, added packet of taco seasoning, and cook as directed then cool to room temperature.
* Cut tops off jalapeños and remove seeds.
* Cut vertical slit in very bottom of the jalapeño so excess juice can drip out while cooking/smoking.
* Mix taco meat and cream cheese
* Stuff the jalapeños with the taco seasoning/cream cheese
* Cut a 2-3 inch piece of bacon and attach to the top of each of the jalapeños and affix with a tooth pick

I smoked these at 200 degrees for 3 hours. They were amazing and disappeared fast. I hope you enjoy my recipe.

FLBentRider · July 08, 2008, 11:12:19 AM

Sounds good!

tssgery · July 08, 2008, 11:53:54 AM

Hmmm... sounds good.

Stupid question, how much cream cheese did you use?

Habanero Smoker · July 08, 2008, 02:01:29 PM

Hi lakestatefishing & tssgery

Welcome to the forum.

The recipe looks good. Would you like to have that posted on our recipe site.
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=180

KyNola · July 08, 2008, 06:14:18 PM

Dang, where did this guy come from? ??? :D Really nice recipe. Welcome to the forum family! What else you got for us? Thanks for posting and keep it up.

KyNola

lakestatefishing · July 09, 2008, 11:47:59 AM

Quote from: tssgery on July 08, 2008, 11:53:54 AM
Hmmm... sounds good.

Stupid question, how much cream cheese did you use?

I used the standard size Philadelphia brand.

HCT · July 10, 2008, 05:31:04 AM

Looks like a great recipe lakestate , thanks and welcome to the forum.
tssgery, welcome to the forum too. Enjoy.

stillsmoking · July 10, 2008, 06:49:28 AM

Sounds great, haven't tried these yet although the wife and I have been talking about them. Thanks for the recipe!

iceman · July 11, 2008, 02:58:19 PM

Welcome to the site folks. Thanks for the recipe lakes. Definite must do item.

chrispy · September 27, 2008, 03:18:42 AM

It does sound great. What is a jalapeno rack?? I guess I have never seen one.

Chrispy

pensrock · September 27, 2008, 12:39:33 PM

I'm going to make a couple peno racks myself. Can you tell me what size holes are in your racks? I thought 3/4 would work but am now leaning to 1-inch.

Here are a couple designs for those who never seen one.

sherlock · October 21, 2008, 06:51:16 AM

I wonder if they would fall through the grids of the standard bradley racks.

schneep · October 21, 2008, 10:00:24 AM

They can be ordered from.

4thegrill.com

I just ordered the one that holds 24 peppers.

Cabelas also has them in 3 sizes.

westexasmoker · October 21, 2008, 10:09:41 AM

Of course I've got to be the stupid one (probably all that mesquite smoke ;D) What is the benefit of using these racks?

C

schneep · October 21, 2008, 10:13:19 AM

Not sure yet, until I try one, but I would hope it would help keep the fillings from oozing out. Makes for more latitude in what I put in them for a filling. I did some ABT's and they were great, but want to play with some other ideas.