These little treats will
satisfy almost anyone and bring most back begging for more. The prep
time is where the real work is but worth every minute. I like to use
left over brisket and Boston butt but you can substitute cocktail
weenies, cooked shrimp, left over rib meat, smoked chicken or just about
anything you can think of.
- 6 medium to large
jalepenos (straighter the better)
- 1 8 oz. block cream
cheese softened
- 1 pack uncooked thin
sliced bacon
- 1/4 lb. cooked meat
- 1 Tbsp. of you
favorite rub
- toothpicks
Preheat Bradley Smoker to
high. Remove stem from peppers and slice each pepper lengthways. Clean
out all seeds and white membrane. I highly recommend wearing some type
of gloves during this process. The pepper juice can cause adverse side
effects. Set peppers aside. Take the cooked meat product and place it in
a food processor along with 1/2 of the rub. Chop until meat is ground
and mixed but not by any means a paste.
Fill each pepper half with
meat. Set aside. Take softened cream cheese and pinch off a piece about
the size of the pepper. Mold the cream cheese to form the opposite side
of the pepper on top of the meat. Repeat for all peppers. Due to the
complete mess this will make you may use a pastry bag with a open tip or
a plastic bag with a corner cut out to squeeze out the cream cheese onto
the peppers.
When all peppers are
complete sprinkle the remaining rub over the top of the cream cheese.
Take one piece of raw bacon and completely wrap the pepper with the
bacon. Using thin bacon is important because it will stretch to cover
the pepper best. Use a toothpick to secure the bacon.
Once all peppers are ready
move them to a Bradley rack and place them in the preheated smoker on
the second rack down. Apply your favorite Bradley Smoker Bisquette smoke until the bacon is fully
cooked and the peppers are soft. This usually takes 1 1/2-2 1/2 hrs
depending if you are cooking other food items. I like to cook them on
high if possible so the bacon will be crisper. Remove when done and
serve hot.
Enjoy!
Recipe by
Bradley Smoker Forum member - Olds |
Jimmy Kimmel’s Smoked Buffalo Wings
Broadcast February 3, 2005; ABC Network
Revised for the Bradley Smoker
This is considerably different from Jimmy Kimmel’s recipe, but I did use
his cooking method.
INGREDIENTS:
1 Bag (5 Pounds) Chicken Wings (Fills 2 racks)
Marinade:
2 cups Italian Style Salad Dressing
1/4 - 1/2 cups Hot Sauce
Wing Sauce: (reserve some for dipping, or increase amounts)
2 cups BBQ sauce, use your favorite
1/4 - 1/2 cups Hot Sauce
Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce:
16 oz. Bottle of Ranch Dressing; your favorite (Jimmy prefers Bob's Big
Boy Blue Cheese Dressing)
2-5 oz. blue cheese
DIRECTIONS:
Mix the hot sauce and salad dressing in a non-reactive bowl. Adjust the
hot sauce to your particular taste.
Make sure wings are completely thawed, and pat dry with paper towels.
Place wings in plastic bag(s), and pour in enough marinade to coat all
wings evenly. Important, just add enough marinade to coat the wings, do
not “drown” the wings in the marinade. Add marinade in small amounts,
and shake bag until all wings are lightly coated. Place in refrigerator
and marinate for 1 to 2 hours.
Remove wings from the
refrigerator, and place wings on racks that have been oiled. Allow to
sit at room temperature for one hour. In the mean time preheat your
Bradley to 220° F. Load the wings when your Bradley Smoker has reached the
proper temperature. Smoke wings, applying smoke for the first 1 hour and
40 minutes to 2 hours using your favorite Bradley Smoker Bisquettes. When the wings are
fully smoked (takes about 2 1/2 hours – juices will run clear when
pierced), transfer them to a hot grill, and grill for an additional 4-6
minutes, turning once. This makes them crispy and the grill marks always
look appetizing.
While the wings are smoking mix the hot sauce and your favorite BBQ
sauce in a non-reactive bowl. Adjust the hot sauce to your particular
taste. After grilling wings, place wings in a large nonreactive bowl.
Add as much or as little sauce as you like, and stir wings until all are
evenly coated.
For the Blue Cheese dipping
sauce, mix the ranch style dressing with the crumbled blue cheese.
Adjust the amount of blue cheese to your particular taste.
Eat - Repeat every weekend
TIPS:
- Do not do more then five pound of wings and a time. I did ten pounds,
the Bradley barely got up to 175°F. during the whole time, and it took 6
hours for the wings to fully cook. Also a lot of liquid flowed out of
the door, even though I had the vent 3/4 opened.
- Avoid smoke flavored barbeque sauces.
- Serve with traditional celery and carrot sticks.
- Use Louisiana or Franks Red Hot sauce.
- When coating the cooked wings, I let them cool for 5-10 minutes. Put
the wings, and sauce in the top part of a cake keeper. Place the bottom
on, using it as a lid. Hold both the bottom and top firmly, vigorously
shake. This coats the wings evenly. I use a Rubbermaid Servin' Saver
Cake Keeper. It is made of thick sturdy plastic.
- Wings taste better the next day.
Recipe by
Bradley Smoker Forum member - Habanero Smoker |
This is my favorite Pistachios.
Use whatever variety of Pistachio you can fine. The better grade and
size, the better. Try to get unsalted and unflavored. Dry Roasted is
best.
Ingredients are:
- Pistachios
- Lime Juice
- Fresh Crushed Sea
Salt, Coarse
Type of Wood:
- Maple
Smoke time:
- 2 hours @ 150 to 200 degrees
Load a paper plate of the pistachios, enough that you can hand mix.
Then drizzle a liberal amount of lime juice over the nuts on the plate,
and hand mix to coat all the nuts.
Load another paper plate with the fresh coarse sea salt.
using your hands, move the nuts from the juice plate to the salt place
and mix with your hands.
Once your happy with the salt distribution, move the nuts to a Jerky
Rack (Jerky Racks work best due to the smaller grid size) if not use an
screen on the regular racks to reduce fall out.
Then put the nuts in the smoker and start smoke and temp build up (Try
this with a un-warmed smoker first ramping up to temp so you don't
over-roast the nuts) to your target temp.
Let them sit for 2 days, then enjoy.
BTW, this works great with almonds as well.
Recipe by
Bradley Smoker Forum member - IKnowWood |