With football playoffs underway, I wanted to try something different to share with friends while watching the NFC playoffs on Saturday.  I’d seen this appetizer a couple of different times recently, so I decided to give it a shot.

Basically, pig shots are formed with a slice of sausage wrapped in a piece of bacon on it’s edge.  This forms a “shot glass” that you then fill with whatever you choose.  I used a mixture of cream cheese and green chillies.  I applied a spicy BBQ rub and also topped them with brown sugar.

Here are a few pictures of the process:

Kielbasa & Bacon

“Shot Glasses”

Filled with cream cheese, green chillies, and topped with brown sugar 

The finished product

Here is the stey by step process:

• cut sausage (I used Kielbasa) into 3/8″ discs
• wrap 1/2 piece of bacon (on edge) around each disc and secure with a toothpick
• combine 8 oz. block of cream cheese (softened) with 1/2 can of green chillies
• apply bbq rub
• pipe or spoon cream cheese mixture into “shot glasses”
• top with brown sugar
• cook indirect at ~300* for 45-60 minutes or until the bacon is finished to your liking

*Note:  I cooked indirect on the Big Green Egg with platesetter in place (wrapped in foil of course)

If I do these again, I think I’d add some grated cheese to the cream cheese mixture and experiment with a different type of sausage, Boudin maybe?

What’s on your menu for football playoff season?  We all need a killer dish for the big game in a few weeks.  

Cheers,
Braddog 

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