Smoked Stuffed Pork Loin
Description
This smoked stuffed pork loin recipe stuffs and rolls pork loin with a creamy swirl of spicy breakfast sausage and jalapeño peppers then gets smoked to perfection.
Ingredients
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1/2 pound spicy bulk breakfast sausage
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1 (2 pound) boneless pork loin roast
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pork rub
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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2 medium jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
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2 tablespoons finely chopped pimientos
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cooking twine
Directions
1
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
2
Meanwhile, preheat a smoker, according to manufacturer's instructions, until temperature is a steady 220 degrees F (104 degrees F).
3
Remove silver skin and fat from pork loin. Cut pork loin, lengthwise, in center, not cutting all the way through to the other side. Open the 2 sides and spread them out like an open book; season both sides with pork rub.
4
Spread one side pork with cream cheese, then layer jalapeños, pimentos, and browned sausage evenly over top. Carefully roll up pork loin into a fairly tight log; secure with cooking twine.
5
Smoke in the preheated smoker until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center reads 140 to 145 degrees F (60 to 63 degrees C), about 2 hours. Transfer pork loin to a platter; wrap tightly in aluminum foil. Rest before serving, for at least 20 minutes.