Texas Armadillo Balls Food

BACON-WRAPPED SMOKED ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• Pre-heat your grill or smoker to 250°F.
• Start by chopping the tops off your jalapeños. Then, using a butter knife, remove the core.
• In a small bowl, mix the cream cheese, shredded cheese, and 2 tablespoons of BBQ rub.
• Transfer the cream cheese mixture to a piping bag and pipe the mixture into the center of each hollowed-out jalapeño.
• Cut the pound of breakfast sausage into 4 equal sections.
• Wrap each jalapeño in breakfast sausage to create an egg-shaped ball.
• Wrap each one in 2-3 slices of bacon (depending on the size of your jalapeños).
• Sprinkle the remaining 4 tablespoons of BBQ rub over the top of the bacon.
• Place the Armadillo Eggs directly on the grates of your grill and let them cook for 2 hours.
• Coat each Armadillo Egg in a light layer of BBQ sauce.
• Place back on the grill for another 30 minutes.
• Let cool for 15-20 minutes, then slice in and enjoy!

TEXAS ARMADILLO BALLS

Steps:

• Follow Directions on the 2 Package of Corn bread mix to make yellow corn bread. Once the corn bread is done let cool and crumble corn bread into small pieces.
• Sauté' vegetables in butter.
• Add crumbled cornbread and add broth and stir until smooth and thin.
• Add sage and cream of chicken soup. Stir and mix well.
• Add diced Habanera Pepper, diced Jalapeño Pepper, Fresh Ground Black Pepper, Crushed Red Pepper, and Cayenne Pepper to taste. (I like a lot but I'm a Texan).
• Bake on 350 until slightly thick and brown. (I like to stir mine every 15 min and taste to see if I nee to spice it up).
• Once brown take out of oven and allow to cool.
• Place 4 to 5 beat eggs, flour and bread crumbs in 3 separate bowls.
• Once the dressing is cool, scope up some dressing with a spoon and form a ball.
• Dip the ball in the flour, then the beat egg, then the bread crumbs.
• Deep fry on 350 degrees for 2 to 3 minutes. (Not too long, remember the inside is already cooked. You just want a nice hard crunchy exterior).

TEXAS ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• 2. Trim off the stems of each pepper. Cut a slit down one side of each pepper. Remove the seeds and as much of the white membrane as possible. Set aside.
• 3. In a medium bowl, combine the sausage, Bisquick and garlic salt. Mix well (by hand is easiest).
• 4. Gently insert one or two cubes of the cheese into each jalapeno.
• 5. Pinch off a portion of the sausage mixture and shape it around each jalapeno, covering it completely but don't make too thick. Make into egg shape.
• 6. Roll each "egg" in bread crumbs to coat.
• 7. Arrange the "eggs" evenly on a prepared (sprayed with cookng spray)cookie sheet. Spray "eggs" lightly with cooking spray and bake for 25 minutes until lightly browned.

EASY ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, bacon bits, chives, and hot sauce. In a separate bowl, mix the uncooked sausage and Cheddar cheese. On a flat surface, mix the seasoned coating mix, cumin, and chili powder.
• Cut a slit lengthwise into each jalapeno pepper, and remove the seeds. Stuff the peppers with the cream cheese mixture. Press the sausage mixture around the stuffed jalapenos, and roll in the seasoned coating mix to coat.
• Arrange the coated jalapenos on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until the sausage is evenly brown.