Jalapeno Poppers with Hillshire Farm® Smoked Sausage

Start off your summer grilling season with a platter of these jalapeno poppers, a fun appetizer of bacon-wrapped smoked sausage pockets stuffed with cream cheese and jalapenos.

Step: 1

Cut cream cheese lengthwise into 4 pieces. Place on a plate and freeze 30 minutes.

Step: 2

Meanwhile, cut sausage crosswise into 4 portions. To create a pocket, cut each portion, lengthwise, three-fourths of the way through.

Step: 3

Place cream cheese pieces in the opening of each sausage portion. Then stuff each opening with half of a jalapeno.

Step: 4

Wrap a slice of uncooked bacon around each stuffed sausage and secure bacon with toothpicks as needed.

Step: 5

In a charcoal grill, arrange medium coals around the edge of the grill. Place a drip pan in the center of the grill. Place sausage, slit-side down, on a grill rack over the drip pan. Cover and grill 25 minutes or until sausage is browned and bacon is cooked through, turning (to slit-side up) halfway through grilling.

Step: 6

Let stand 10 minutes. Cut each sausage into 4 portions and serve with toothpicks as appetizers.

Per Serving: 121 calories; protein 4.5g; carbohydrates 1.7g; fat 10.5g; cholesterol 25.7mg; sodium 285.3mg.

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