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Joneser, you can stuff them with just plain cream cheese and they are awesome. Or you can also dress up the cream cheese with pre-cooked seafood like chopped canned clams with garlic or chopped shrimp with a little chili sauce (just enough to make the cheese turn pink). I also do a crab lump mixture with cheddar & monteray jack cheeses instead of cream cheese. Whatever the version, mix together the dressed up cream cheese the night before and chill to let the flavors blend before stuffing the peppers.
Thanks, I've been wanting to try these. Last weekend I did a 8-1/2 lb. butt and there was enough lag time to make salmon and a couple of fatties. I think these would be a nice fill-in while waiting for the butt as well.
During the last butt I smoked, I put a fattie on in the morning, then a slab of ribs on in time for lunch, then some abts for an afternoon snack and the butt was done in time for dinner. I am not sure I ate anything that day that wasn't smoked.
I used Hickory Chips last night to add some flavor to these ABT's. I couldn't finish them all last night. They will be just as good when I warm them up tonight.