Bacon & Apple Stuffed Pork Chops

[Cack]

We took 2 Myron Mixon recipes and mixed them together, and it was AMAZING.

I'll just copy my post from my blog ... you can see the larger pictures there.


Monday, October 22, 2012

Pregnant Pork Chops With Bacon And Apple Babies (http://onenine3bbq.blogspot.com/2012/10/pregnant-pork-chops-with-bacon-and.html)



It's been a while since I've done a cook (things have been busy with football season and wedding planning).

We picked up 2 pork chops from Publix, and decided to mix up 2 recipes to see how it'd turn out. I've done apple and bacon stuffed chicken, and I've done sausage stuffed pork chops.

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I cut the pocket by making about a 3in opening on the side opposite of the bone, and then cutting straight in as deep as I was wanting to go with the filling.

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I used the Honey BBQ bacon that Dawn got me for our Anniversary, and some Simply Marvelous Pecan Rub.

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Cooked the bacon and mixed it with a green and red apple for the filling.

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Stuffed the chops and then threw the rest of the mix in around the chops just for the heck of it (I couldn't waste the bacon).

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I threw them in the smoker and wanted it around 300 for an hour. Jessica didn't want to get up that hot, so I went for an hour and 15 minutes or so around 270.

They're done and we just did some simple shells and cheese to go along with it.

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I thought the skin looked a little dry when I pulled them out, but that was NOT the case. These things were AMAZING. The Pecan Rub helped balance out the saltiness of the bacon, and it was like heaven in my mouth. We will definitely be doing these again.

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[PatAttack]

You and Dawn ate good, that's for sure! I've been impressed with the meat selection at Publix.

Why were you having trouble getting the Lang up to 300?? Short on time?

[code3rrt]

Lookin' very tasty!

[Cack]

You and Dawn ate good, that's for sure! I've been impressed with the meat selection at Publix.

Why were you having trouble getting the Lang up to 300?? Short on time?

Yes and no, I didn't want to throw in too much fuel for the short cook and have it blazing. I thought/hoped I could just throw in another log here and there and get it to walk on up for me, but I couldn't.

Sometimes I forget that this is a LOT bigger than my old smoker that I could throw in a hand full of coal and get 10degrees from it. All user error.

[Phubar]

Looks good!

[Cack]

I'm just ready for the wedding and everything to settle down so I can get back to cooking ... well either that or her inviting her friends in stead of me :-)