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Smoked Onion Bombs Traeger

Charlie
These smoked onion bombs are onions stuffed with sausage and cheese and wrapped in bacon, given a delicious glaze and smoked to perfection
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 8 serves
Calories 422 kcal

Equipment

  • Traeger pellet grill
  • Wood Pellets
  • Meat probe

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large yellow onions look for perfectly round ones
  • 8 ounces medium cheddar cheese cut into 2-ounce cubes
  • 1 pound pork sausage
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 whole egg lightly beaten
  • ¼ cup milk
  • ¼ cup breadcrumbs
  • 2 Tablespoons Rub
  • 4 Tablespoons BBQ Sauce
  • 1 pound thinly sliced bacon

Instructions
 

Step 1: Prepare The Onions For Stuffing

  • Slice both ends of your onions off with a sharp knife and remove the paper skin.
  • Slice the onions in half to create thick rings.
  • Remove the inside of your onions and mince them with a fine dice, put aside.
  • Place the large rings aside, ready to be stuffed, as they will be the exterior shell for our bombs. 

Step 2: Make The Onion Bomb Stuffing 

  • Combine the sausage meat (after removing the casing) with the minced onion, beaten egg, milk, minced garlic, breadcrumbs, BBQ rub & BBQ sauce in a mixing bowl.
  • Season with salt, ground pepper, brown sugar & the Worcestershire sauce.
  • Mix until combined.

Step 3: Assemble The Onion Bombs

  • Scoop a portion of the stuffing into the bottom round of the onion rings.
  • Press gently into the center stuffing and add a cheese cube.
  • Top with another onion ring stuffed sausage.
  • Seal up the edges to make sure your cheese doesn't fall out.

Step 4: Wrap The Stuffed Onion Bombs With Bacon

  • Wrap the seam of each onion bomb with a piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
  • Wrap a second piece of bacon from the top to bottom and then back up. Make sure you are sealing any holes on the ends.
  • Secure with another toothpick.
  • Cover with the rest of the BBQ rub.

Step 5: Start Smoking The Onion Bombs On Your Traeger 

  • Load the hickory pellets, prime, and set the Traeger Pellet Smoker to a temperature of 250°F.
  • Place directly on the smoker grates and cook until the internal temperature reaches 155°F (roughly 3 hours)

Step 6: Basting The Onion Bombs & Finish Smoking

  • While smoking the onion bombs with the lid down, baste them with BBQ sauce.
  • Continue smoking until the bombs reach a further internal temperature of 175°F
  • Let them cool slightly before serving!
Keyword smoked onion bombs