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Onion Bombs are a fun dinner idea you will love. The flavorful meat inside the onion wrapped in bacon is delicious! #OnionBombs #StuffedOnions #GrillingRecipes #BeefRecipes

Onion Bombs

A fun grilled stuffed onion recipe covered in bacon and barbecue sauce.

Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword bacon, Grilling Recipes, Stuffed Onions
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4
Author Sweeter With Sugar

Ingredients

  • 2 medium onions Peeled and cut in half vertically
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/4 cup onion diced finely
  • 1-2 small jalapeno peppers diced finely
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 2 tsp dried parsley
  • 3 tbsp Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce plus more for brushing over bacon
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp seasoned bread crumbs
  • 3-4 1 inch cubes pepper jack cheese
  • 12-16 slices bacon

Instructions

  1. Peel and cut onions into two pieces-vertically. Remove the outer two layers and keep the sides together. Finely dice some of the middle of the onion for the 1/4 cup needed for the meat mixture..

  2. Cut cheese cubes and set aside.

  3. In a mixing bowl, combine ground beef, diced onion, diced jalapeños, garlic powder, salt, pepper, dried parsley, brown sugar, bread crumbs, barbecue sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Mix well.

  4. Form meat mixture into 3 or 4 meat balls-depending on onion size.

  5. Press cheese cubes into the center of each meatball and reform as necessary.

  6. Place each meatballs inside two sides of onion layers.

  7. Wrap each filled onion with four strips of raw bacon. Secure with toothpicks as needed.

  8. Brush each onion bomb with extra barbecue sauce.

  9. Grill at 350° for 45 minutes or more. The internal temperature needs to be 160° Use a meat thermometer to check internal temperature.

  10. Coat with extra barbecue sauce as needed or desired as the onion bombs cook.

  11. When cooked through, enjoy!!