Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots
Last weekend I made this recipe for Green Chile Pig Shots and they were so spectacular that I decided to make these Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots this weekend on my Traeger pellet grill.
A pig shot is basically a slice of smoked sausage with a half piece of thick cut bacon wrapped around it and secured with a toothpick.
It looks like a little shot glass and the fillings for that “glass” are endless.
I will say the ones I made last weekend used deli cut thick bacon and this time around I used the packaged thick cut bacon.
The deli sliced was thicker and MUCH easier to work with, it cooked more evenly, and overall I was more pleased with the thicker bacon.
Just a helpful hint for when you made these 🙂
How to Make Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots
Assembling the actual pig shots are easy, but take a little time.
Wrap a half slice of bacon around sliced smoked sausage slices. Then insert a toothpick where the bacon slightly overlaps and into the sausage slice.
For these, I cut a block of cream cheese into little pieces and put the cream cheese into each “shot glass”.
Leave a little room at the top for pepper jelly.
Then put a spoonful of red pepper jelly to top each one off.
You can put these on a smoker set to 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour.
Or put them on a wire baking rack over a lined baking sheet in the oven, same time and temp at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour.
Cook time will depend on the bacon thickness.
These took exactly 45 minutes, but the ones I did last week with the thicker bacon took closer to an hour.
It also depends on how you prefer the bacon to be cooked.
I made these when it was close to dark, so the pictures did not turn out the best.
But hey, I am living real life here and life isn’t always perfect either, am I right ?!
Plus I was hungry and really didn’t feel like setting up any other type of lighting 😉
Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots were creamy, sweet, and salty…the perfect combo of flavors!
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If you like Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots, you might also like these recipes…
Smoked Buffalo Shrimp
Traeger Smoked Buffalo Chicken Dip
Traeger Bourbon Candied Bacon
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Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots
Red Pepper Jelly Pig Shots are bacon wrapped sausage sliced filled with cream cheese and red pepper jelly and smoked for a great appetizer!
Ingredients
- 1 pound smoked sausage
- 1 pound thick cut bacon
- 20 toothpicks
- 6 to 8 oz cream cheese
- 4 to 5 oz red pepper jelly
Instructions
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Slice the smoked sausage (about half inch thick) and cut the bacon in half.
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Wrap each piece of bacon around each sausage slice, attempting to make each look like a shot glass with the sausage as the bottom. Put a toothpick through where the bacon overlaps, through the bacon and into the sausage.
Note: If a piece of bacon is too short to make it overlap around the sausage, stretch it or roll it slightly thinner.
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Cut the cream cheese and place the pieces in the pig shots, leaving a little room at the top for the jelly. Then use a spoon to top each with the red pepper jelly.
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Set your smoker to 350 degrees and place the pig shots on the grate for 45 minutes to 1 hour (keep an eye on them and remove when the bacon is done to your liking).
Note: These can also be baked in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour on a wire baking rack over a baking sheet.
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