Best Bbq Bacon Stuffed Onions Recipes

BBQ'ed Beef and Bacon Stuffed Onions image

Provided by Wildflour

Categories < 4 Hours

Time 1h20m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 large onions
2 lbs lean ground beef
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
4 slices bacon, cooked, crumbled
1 1/4 cups sweet baby ray's barbecue sauce, divided (or your favorite sweet bbq sauce)

Steps:

Cut onions in half crosswise, peel and remove centers leaving 2 or 3 layers of onion. Set aside.
Finely chop enough onion centers to make 1 cup.
Combine chopped onion, ground beef, egg, salt, 1/4 cup bbq sauce and bacon.
Mix well and make 6 large meatballs.
Fit meat mixture into 6 onion halves, mounding it up so that the second half of onion fits over it.
Place stuffed onions in a shallow baking pan.
Bake in a 350° oven for 45 to 60 minutes. Baste with remaining bbq sauce during the last 25 minutes of cooking time.
Onions may be cooked on grill. Wrap in foil and cook over hot coals for 30 minutes. Carefully open foil packets and baste onions with bbq sauce. Grill for another 25 minutes or until onions are tender and meat is done. Makes 6 servings.
*You can also bake the halves and not put them together. Top them with a slice of cheddar at the end if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 449.6, Fat 23.8, SaturatedFat 8.8, Cholesterol 143.8, Sodium 1053.9, Carbohydrate 22, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 8.5, Protein 35.4

Grilled Blue Cheese & Bacon Stuffed Onions Recipe - (4/5) image

Provided by christoph

Number Of Ingredients 6

4 large-sized sweet onions (Vidalia, Maui sweets, sweet yellows)
1 stick butter, room temperature
2/3 cup blue cheese, crumbled
4 strips bacon, crumbled
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

Hollow out onions using a melon baller. Mix all other ingredients and fill onions with mixture. Heat grill to medium heat. Place in foil pouch over direct heat on grill for 30 - 40 minutes.

Bacon wrapped Grilled Stuffed Onions image

Provided by Deneece Gursky

Number Of Ingredients 9

4 medium sized vidalia onions
italian style bread crumbs
4 slices bacon,uncooked, chopped small
4 cloves garlic chopped
parmesan cheese
green pepper, chopped fine
salt and pepper
olive oil
4 slices hickory uncooked bacon

Steps:

1. Peel onions carefully and cut bottom slightly just enough so they can sit flat. Core onion leaving a thick shell capable of holding filling in. (about a 1/3 inch)
2. Chop the removed onion finely.
3. In a non stick fry pan add a bit of olive oil. cook chopped onion,green peppers, bacon and garlic until bacon is cooked through and onions and peppers are tender. Add bread crumbs salt and pepper and parmesan cheese to your preference.
4. Stuff the onions with this mixture. Wrap a piece of bacon around each onion and secure it with a toothpick.
5. Place onions on their own piece of foil and drizzle with olive oil. Tent each onion in its foil.
6. Place on prepared grill and grill for about 20 to 30 minutes or until onions are tender yet firm.
7. add hickory chips or apple wood chips to grill for an even more unique flavor.