My first ABT's...Step by Step Qview

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oneshot

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May 30, 2009
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My first ABT's...

Ingredients:
24 Jalapeno peppers
8 ozs. Cream cheese
8 ozs. Cheddar cheese
8 ozs. Chorizo (Mexican style sausage)
Bacon
Cajun Injectors, Cajun Shake seasoning
Wood used: Maple
(These portions are enough for about 30 large peppers.)

Begin by cutting off the tops of the peppers then core them out.
I used the Jalapeno corer from Chile Grill over my garbage disposal and then rinsed out the pepper to make sure all the seeds were out. Then I put the peppers upside down on a paper towel to drain while I continued.
Then using a toothpick, poke a hole in the bottom of the pepper to allow any fluids/grease to drain out of the pepper and avoid a boil over.
(The Jalapeno corer makes it real easy, I recommend it's use).


Next I mixed the above ingredients (except the bacon and peppers) into my food processor and mixed to a texture comparative to icing on a cake.
Then filed my cookie cutter with the filling and injected it into the peppers.
Next I cut the bacon into thirds for covering the top of the peppers.


Peppers stuffed and ready to cover with bacon.


Peppers covered with bacon and bacon secured with tooth picks to help avoid filling from cooking out. Then loaded onto the Chile Grill and put Cajun Shake seasoning on the bacon.


Into the smoker set at 250 degrees for approx. 2 hours. I put aluminum foil under the Chile Grill to avoid any peppers from touching the smoker rack and burning the bottom of the peppers.


Peppers coming along nicely in the smoke. Notice the grease that has dripped out of the hole I made in the bottom of the pepper with the toothpick and onto the aluminum foil.


And the finished product.


They turned out fantastic. When I bit into the first pepper the juices squirted all over the place. lol
If anyone noticed, I had put a couple of pieces of bacon on the rack and seasoned with the Cajun Shake, the flavor was no less then great....

I hope this helps someone who isn't sure how these are made and thanks to everyone here who helped me directly or indirectly. You folks here made it possible for me to do this. Thank you!!!

I hope you enjoyed my q view and thanks for looking.
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Those look great. I had to give you points.
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very nice looking ABT's steve. Making me hungry this a.m..
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Some excellent looking ABTs! Points for sharing them with us.

You say "Then filed my cookie cutter with the filling and injected it into the peppers." I've been trying different cookie and other stuffers trying to find one that works well and doesn't just blow out around the back of the plunger. Is that the kind you used and did it blow out, or was the mixture blended enough to be more liquidy, or?
 
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looking at pics of other ABT's this a.m. on various sites, and I have to agree with another poster, yours are some of the best looking ones I have seen, I am going to try cutting the tops off like you did instead of the "jalapeno boats" I usually do.
 
Hi Tucson, No. I mixed the cream cheese, cheddar cheese and chorizo together uncooked in a food processor to a pasty consistency. Then I poked a hole into the bottom of each pepper with a toothpick to allow any grease to leak out as it cooked. The cheese stays in while the grease comes out and avoids a possible boil over. When the bacon caps are cooked so is the pepper and it's contents. Hope this answered your question.
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great looking jajpenos and love the filling.
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ONESHOT- these are definitely picture-perfect ABT's and Mrs Rivet said "Now that's beautiful food!"
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CHISOX- you gotta try the filled ones. I used to make the boats, but then got a rack and have been a fan of the filled ones ever since. Sometimes all that bacon wrap took away the flavor of the rest of the boat. With a filled one, you get a lot more cheesy-jalapeno goodness! Purely opinion of course....
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