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BBQ Bacon Wrapped Onion Bombs

Meatball stuffed onions are wrapped in bacon and smothered in bbq sauce. BBQ Bacon Wrapped Onion Bombs are "The Bomb!"
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines

Ingredients

  • MEATBALLS
  • 2 lbs. lean ground beef
  • 2 cups panko bread crumbs
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/4 cup minced onion
  • 1/3 cup minced sweet peppers
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
  • ONION BOMBS
  • 5-6 large sweet onions
  • 1/2 " cube of cheddar cheese per meatball
  • 1 lb. bacon
  • Additional BBQ sauce

Instructions

  • Mix the meatball ingredients together in a large bowl with your hands until well combined. Preheat the oven to 425 Line a 11 x 7-inch baking dish with foil and set aside.
  • Slice the top and bottom off of each onion and peel off the papery skin. Slice the onion half through and now peel back the layers and remove the inside of the onion. Form a handful of the meat mixture into a ball, insert a 1/2" cheese cube into the middle and form into a meatball. Insert your meatball in the onion halves and make sure it fits nicely, not too small or too large. It's fine if the onion doesn't wrap perfectly around the meatball.
  • Wrap each of the onion bombs with 2-3 slices of bacon depending on the size of the bomb. Secure with toothpicks if necessary. Place bombs in lined baking dish and bake for 40 mins. Remove dish from oven and carefully drain excess grease with a spoon. Discard grease. Return bombs back to the oven. Add about 1/2 cup warm water to the bottom of dish. Cover with foil and bake for an additional 40 mins. Brush liberally with BBQ sauce, cover and bake another 10 min. Brush the bombs again with bbq sauce, cover and bake 10 mins longer.