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For some reason I have been for several months wanting to do a smoked carrot. Yes I may need some mental help. LOL
Well last weekend I decided to take some carrots and smoke them. Well I can't do them alone. In walks their friend bacon. Well what does bacon love? Thats right brownsugar and rub.
I mixed brown sugar and my rub then coated the bacon in it. Then I wrapped the carrots.
I smoked them at 250-275 for 1.5 hours until probe tender in the large part.
I feel like the time and temp were great for about 80% of the carrot. The larger ends were tender but not as much as I wanted.
What would I do different next time.
Well I would make sure they are uniformed in size. Thinking of going with the mini carrot and use similar size ones. If they are larger I will par cook them like you did with glazed carrots on the stove to get them a tad soft then wrap with bacon and smoke. I feel like if I smoked any longer the sugars would caramelize more and bacon will burn. Im not 100% sure on that as I could lower the temp some.
Needless to say I have more work to do.
Over all if you love carrots as I do this had a great glazed carrot flavor with the added joy of bacon.
Hope everyone enjoys.
Thanks
Well last weekend I decided to take some carrots and smoke them. Well I can't do them alone. In walks their friend bacon. Well what does bacon love? Thats right brownsugar and rub.
I mixed brown sugar and my rub then coated the bacon in it. Then I wrapped the carrots.
I smoked them at 250-275 for 1.5 hours until probe tender in the large part.
I feel like the time and temp were great for about 80% of the carrot. The larger ends were tender but not as much as I wanted.
What would I do different next time.
Well I would make sure they are uniformed in size. Thinking of going with the mini carrot and use similar size ones. If they are larger I will par cook them like you did with glazed carrots on the stove to get them a tad soft then wrap with bacon and smoke. I feel like if I smoked any longer the sugars would caramelize more and bacon will burn. Im not 100% sure on that as I could lower the temp some.
Needless to say I have more work to do.
Over all if you love carrots as I do this had a great glazed carrot flavor with the added joy of bacon.
Hope everyone enjoys.
Thanks