Smoked Poblano Peppers – Stuffed with Flavor

If you love bell peppers and jalapeno poppers, this smoked poblano peppers recipe is a must. Smoked Poblano peppers are smokey, with a kick of garlic, and flavor.

Poblano peppers are not spicy, which makes it a great side dish with Mexican dishes like Pollo Cancun, and other chicken dinner recipes.

I am a big fan of jalapeno peppers, so I had to try this recipe. With jalapenos, you have to be really careful as they are spicy. Prepping them takes a lot of time, as you need to be wearing gloves to pit them, and wear a mask as well.

With poblano peppers, you don’t have to worry about these things because they’re sweet. They’re also bigger than other peppers, so you can make yummy stuffed peppers in no time.

You can either serve simple stuffed smoked poblano peppers with rice or the main course. Or, you can turn them into a full meal using meat and cheese to make stuffed peppers.

When it comes to smoking peppers, the choice of wood can make a huge difference. Everyone has their own preference, but I like to use cherry wood. It gives the pepper a moderate smoky flavor, that is slightly sweet, and not too intense.

Key Ingredients

• 4 poblano peppers
• 2 fresh sausage
• 2 cups shredded cheese of choice
• 8 strips bacon
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp ground sumac
• half cup of Chipotle corn (cooked)
• salt and pepper to taste

Chef Notes

• You can use any sausage you have at home like Italian sweet sausage, mild or hot sausages.
• Instead of sausage, you can also stuff poblano peppers with ground beef with a fat content of no more than 25%.
• After you have smoked poblano peppers, you can air fry the stuffed peppers, but make sure to reduce the cooking time, as poblano peppers cook faster than bell peppers.
• In case you opt for air frying, top with cheese after frying the peppers.
• You can also bake stuffed peppers in the oven and remove them when fork tender.

Stuffed Smoked Poblano Peppers Recipe

Try these taco styled stuffed smoked poblano peppers smoked on a grill and topped off with cheese with meat stuffing.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 4 poblano peppers
• 2 fresh sausage
• 2 cups shredded cheese of choice
• 8 strips bacon
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp ground sumac
• half cup of Chipotle corn cooked
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

Smoke Poblano Peppers

• Prepare smoker with charcoal.
• Cut the peppers in half length-wise and remove the seeds. Insert 1 garlic clove crushed with a little sumac.
• Smoke each side for 15 minutes each.

Stuffed Poblano Peppers

• Take the sausages out of their castings and divide them into eight parts for each pepper.
• Add the sausage, and make it even. Add a little corn and salt and pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
• Wrap the bacon strip around the pepper.
• Smoke the peppers for about 1 hour at 225F and serve hot.

Notes

• You can use any sausage you have at home like Italian sweet sausage, mild or hot sausages.
• Instead of sausage, you can also stuff poblano peppers with ground beef with a fat content of no more than 25%.
• After you have smoked poblano peppers, you can air fry the stuffed peppers, but make sure to reduce the cooking time, as poblano peppers cook faster than bell peppers.
• In case you opt for air frying, top with cheese after frying the peppers.
• You can also bake stuffed peppers in the oven and remove them when fork tender.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2 stuffed peppers