Which came first, the Armadillo or the Egg?

I like Duck Dynasty. I like the family and the life they seem to lead in Monroe, LA. I love their American story. To me, making something out of nothing is the American dream, the success of  Duck Commander is what so many of us in this great country strive for. To create something that we are passionate about and become successful doing and making what we love. I think it's phenomenal and I think we all have the potential to do the same thing and that there is one of the many reasons I am oh so proud to live in our amazing nation. God bless the U.S.A. Just so you know in the back of my head I am hearing the chant "USA, USA, USA!", that's right I am fully capable of creating my own imaginary audience and I love that about me!
Anyway, when I found that Duck Commander had released a cooking video a few years ago, of course I had to buy it. I am really glad I did. The recipes are simple and really quite tasty. One recipe that caught my attention was the Armadillo Eggs. Everything savory dish I make ends up on the spicy side and when I saw the jalapeno wrapped in sausage, wrapped in bacon I knew immediately this recipe was for me. This is a fantastic appetizer, lunch, side dish or tailgate treat. This time I stuck to the Duck Commander recipe, but next time I will use Andouille sausage because, honestly, that just sounds super rad!

 

Duck Commander's Armadillo Eggs

Ingredients:
6 to 8 large jalapeno peppers, cut in half lengthwise and seeded
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 pounds breakfast sausage
1 pound bacon, the thinner the better
1 stick butter, melted

Fill your cored jalapenos halves with cream cheese.

 

 

Wrap the filled jalapenos with the bacon

 

Directions:

• Fill each jalapeno half with cream cheese.
• Take a small handful of your breakfast sausage and form into a small, flat patty.
• Mold sausage around each jalapeno half, making sure to cover the entire pepper.
•  Wrap each sausage wrapped pepper with a slice of the thin bacon.
• Cook the eggs on an open grill until the sausage is cooked through and the bacon is crispy.
•  If you don't have an outdoor grill, bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes in a 400 degree oven and then broil until the bacon is crispy.
• Once the bacon is crispy, remove the armadillo eggs from the grill or oven and cover with melted butter.
• Enjoy!

 

Here we go!

 

 

 

 

Yum!