Alpha Nuggets (aka smoked bacon wrapped stuffed meatballs)

Sometimes you just need to do some man shit. Some grade A alpha male stuff – embrace your manliness and do something foolish that’s bad for your heart. I present – Alpha Nuggets. That’s just the name I’m using tonight – they’re actually Smoked Bacon Wrapped Stuffed MeatBalls, but that’s a mouthfull – so Alpha Nuggets. They’re nuggets, because they’re small and dippable, and can be easily held in a hand – like this:

Dunk that bad-boy in some BBQ sauce, and you’re talking deliciousness.

First thing I did was throw about a pound and a half of meat in a bowl, drop 3 yolks into it, then add a proprietary blend of seasonings into it along with some bread crumbs. you can do what ever seasoning you want, but mine was heavy on the pepper and taco seasoning, a little chili blend, and whatever else I was feeling at the time. Then I chopped up some cheese, cut some mini-hotdogs in half, and julienned some red jalapeños…

Then I weighed out .150 to .160 lbs of the meat mixture, and strategically molded it around 1 block of cheese, a half a mini weenie, and some strands of jalapeno. Then of course, like Christmas day – I wrapped it up with a half slice of bacon. Look at these bastards…

Weighing the meat really helped unify the size and shape of these, and I’m glad I did that – you can eyeball meat all day, but you don’t know..  unless that’s all you do all day… for life, then I suppose you get pretty good at it – like some of those bros you see on Diners Drive-ins and Dives.

Anyways, to the new smoker these things went – It was super cold out there though! jeepers!

Froze my tits off getting that fire lit -! but the results? well, they speak for themselves!

Gotta taste one!

Yep – a tasty little treat for the superbowl.. going to leave these in the fridge to think about their lives until then.

Super easy! don’t be afraid to try it!

ALPHA NUGZ!

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