Kamado Grill Bacon Brussels Sprouts
Kamado Grill Bacon Brussels Sprouts
These were AMAZING! I never used to like brussels sprouts but a year ago started trying new ways to fix them because I have a friend that loves them. This is my favorite way I have tried so far and so easy to make too. I cooked these with some Pork Country Style Ribs during their last half of the cooking time over direct heat. If I hadn't been serving them with the ribs which were smothered in BBQ sauce I might have put sauce on these during the last 5 minutes of the cooking time. It's always good to have other options.
You are going to start by cleaning up the brussels sprouts of any excess leaves and cutting off the base of them. Then I put a small x across the base. I always do that when I cook them on the stove and am not sure it really makes a difference here but it can't hurt. You can see in the pic above how I score the x in them. It doesn't need to be deep as you can see.
When I picked out brussels sprouts to make these, I tried to find enough that they were all about the same size. These were about medium sized from what I had to choose from. I also tried to pick the round ones. I know, a little OCD! I wanted them all to have the same cooking time was the reason behind my madness. You are going to wrap each brussels sprouts with a half piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick. It doesn't need to go all the way thru. My bacon is a little on the thick side, you don't want thin bacon for this.
I cooked them over direct heat because my fire had been going for a couple of hours. I also put on a spaghetti squash wrapped in foil when I started cooking the ribs. I wasn't sure if it would work or not and after checking it at about a hour decided the microwave was the way to go for the squash (I wasn't surprised). When I make spaghetti squash again I will do it with something I am smoking with a long cook time. When I can I love cooking my entire meal at the same time so I don't have to be in the kitchen. My grill was at about 225 degrees. This was the only flare up I had from the grease hitting the fire and I'm sure it was because I 'd opened the grill to take this picture. They had been cooking about 45 minutes at this time. Total time was about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Kamado Grill Bacon Brussels Sprouts
Author:Mary Ellen @ Recipes Food and Cooking
Recipe type:Kamado, Grilling, Vegetable
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Serves:Serves 4
Brussels Sprouts wrapped in bacon and cooked on a Kamado grill over direct low heat. These could also be made on a gas grill over indirect heat and finished over the flame to crisp up the bacon.
Ingredients
26 - 30 brussels sprouts
1 lb. thick cut bacon
Instructions
Remove the excess leaves from the brussels sprouts. Wash in cool water. Put on paper towel to remove excess water.
Cut bacon in half.
Wrap the bacon around the brussels sprouts and secure with a toothpick. It doesn't need to go all the way through.
Have your Kamado grill at a steady 225 degrees. Place over direct heat. Cook for 30 minutes and check them. Rotate them several times during the cooking time. Mine took 1 hour 30 minutes to cook thru and crisp the bacon. If your fire is to hot them move them over off of the heat to cook until they are tender and then move them over the direct heat to crisp the bacon. I opened my lid the last 15 minutes of cooking time and watched them while turning them to crisp the bacon.
Notes
I didn't salt the brussels sprouts, there is enough salt in the bacon to season them.
You could also add BBQ sauce to these the last 5 minutes of cooking.
