Smoked Pig Shots

Get ready to impress your guests with the ultimate BBQ appetizer - Smoked Pig Shots! These savory bites are as bold in flavor as they are in name. Imagine thick-cut bacon wrapped around smoky sausage slices to form little "shot glasses," then filled to the brim with a rich, creamy mixture of cream cheese, shredded cheese, and a touch of your favorite pork rub.

Here's more of my favorite Appetizer Recipes:

• Bacon Wrapped Smoked Chicken Thighs
• Burnt Ends
• Griddle Nachos
• Scotch Eggs
• Jalapeño Popper Wontons

Ingredients

• Pork Rub - I used Notorious PIG Rub
• Bacon
• Sausage Links - Conecuh is our favorite!
• Jalapeno
• Cream Cheese

See Smoked Pig Shots recipe card for quantities.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Step 1: Preheat Smoker to 275°F. Cut cheddar cheese into 12 cubes (½ inch x ½ inch).

2. Step 2: Cut Sausage Links into 1 inch thick slices. Cut Bacon in ½. You should have 12 small links and 12 slices of bacon.

3. Step 3: Wrap slices of bacon around each sausage, allowing space on one side for cream cheese filling. Hold together with toothpick.

4. Step 4: Mix together cream cheese filling: cream cheese, diced jalapeño and pork rub.

Hint: Using room temperature cream cheese makes it easier to work with.

5. Step 5: Place a cube of cheese into the "pig shot" and fill the rest with cream cheese filling.

6. Step 6: Cook Pig Shots on the smoker for 1 hr and 15 minutes.

Substitutions and additions

• Cheese Substitutions:
  • Use Pepper Jack for an extra bite
  • Blue Cheese Crumbles
• Toppings:
  • Chives
  • Hot Sauce
  • Jalapeno Slices
  • Fresh Crema

Storage

Refrigerate for up to 3 days in an airtight container (best if reheated in oven or air fryer).

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Recipe

Smoked Pig Shots

CookitwithTim

Smoked Pig Shots are the ultimate BBQ bite-sausage wrapped in bacon, filled with a seasoned cheese mixture, and slow-smoked to perfection.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 831 kcal

Equipment

• Pellet Smoker
• Toothpicks

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 lb Conecuh Sausage Links or your choice of links
• ▢ 6 Slices Bacon
• ▢ 8 Oz Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese cubed
• ▢ 4 Oz Cream Cheese room temperature, softened
• ▢ 1 Jalapeno diced
• ▢ 1½ tablespoon Pork Rub

Instructions

 

• Preheat Smoker to 275°F. Cut cheddar cheese into 12 cubes (½ inch x ½ inch).
• Cut Sausage Links into 1 inch thick slices. Cut Bacon in ½. You should have 12 small links and 12 slices of bacon.
• Wrap slices of bacon around each sausage, allowing space on one side for cream cheese filling. Hold together with toothpick.
• Mix together cream cheese filling: cream cheese, diced jalapeño and pork rub.
• Place a cube of cheese into the "pig shot" and fill the rest with cream cheese filling.
• Cook Pig Shots on the smoker for 1 hr and 15 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 831kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 37gFat: 73gSaturated Fat: 31gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 26gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 189mgSodium: 1464mgPotassium: 473mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1256IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 496mgIron: 4mg

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