Monday, May 6, 2024

Texas Twinkies

Ingredients:

  • 15 large jalapeños 

  • 1 lb. chopped beef brisket or roast

  • 1 cup grated pepper jack cheese

  • 8 oz. block of cream cheese

  • 2 packages of bacon

  • Bbq sauce

  • 2 tsp. salt

  • 2 tsp. pepper

  • 2 tsp. garlic powder

  • Toothpicks


Directions:

  • Prepare beef brisket/roast in smoker/oven

  • Cut from the stem to the bottom of the pepper, being careful not to slice through the other side

  • Scrape all the seeds out with a spoon

  • Combine cream cheese, pepper jack, chopped brisket, and spices together until fully combined

  • Preheat oven with 27 briquettes (18 on top, 9 on bottom)

  • Stuff each pepper with the filling until almost overflowing

  • Tightly wrap each pepper with 1-1½ slices bacon. Secure with a toothpick

  • Bake until bacon is crispy

  • Take jalapeños out of oven & slather generously with bbq sauce. Return to oven for about 10 more minutes



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