This is a great appetizer and so easy to modify the stuffing to your own liking. I used ground breakfast sausage but next batch it's gonna be a meatloaf style mixture.
Here's the video.. the recipe and instructions are down below:
Ingredients
Instructions
Note: No need to steam or use oven-ready shells.
Here's the video.. the recipe and instructions are down below:
Ingredients
- 11 manicotti shells
- 1 lb ground sausage, hot or mild
- 8 ounce block of cheddar cheese
- 1 lb bacon, thin sliced
- Jeff's barbecue sauce
- Jeff's original rub
Instructions
Note: No need to steam or use oven-ready shells.
- Stuff meat into manicotti shells. I pressed the shells into the meat but you can also pipe it in with a piping bag or a filled zip top bag with the corner cut off. I also included a chunk of cheddar in the center in mine.
- Wrap shells in thin stretched slices of bacon.. I used 1 slice per shell.
- Paint with sauce to make them sticky then apply rub.
- Place onto rack or pan and into fridge overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- Smoke at 225°F for about 2 hours. Then crank up the heat to 275°F if possible and give it another 30 minutes or so to help crisp the bacon.
- Paint with sauce if desired about 10 minutes before they are finished.
- Enjoy!
