BBQ Bacon Wrapped Onion Bombs
Have you seen these floating around the internet? Ken attached onto them and was dying to make them. Well, I see why? These BBQ Bacon Wrapped Onion Bombs look fabulous and trust me are even better to eat!!
What is not to love, a big huge meatball stuffed with cheese encased in onion and then wrapped in bacon and slathered with BBQ sauce. I think that is any man’s dream meal, hey wait, mine too!! They are perfect for game day!!
The idea is in an area between cray cray and genius. You know that teetering, exciting threshold that gives you all the wonderfully crazy yet divine dishes!!
Well this is one of them!! These are easy to make, really they are!! Come let me tell you how!!
Although these are said to be BBQ they are made in the oven. They are brushed though with lots of BBQ sauce.
This is a perfect fall and winter meal when you are still craving the flavors of the BBQ but don’t want to venture outside in the nasty weather.
The outside gets lovely and crispy while the inside meatballs stays juicy from the onion, bacon and BBQ sauce.
I am sorry I didn’t cut one of these open for you but I was rushing to get one in “my belly”!!
Man, are these delectable. Ken made a tray of them so we popped some into the freezer and they froze like a dream.
A tip for making these is don’t do your meatballs all ahead of time but custom make them to the size of your onion.
You want to use the larger layers of the onion and make meatballs accordingly, as the onion sizes get smaller so will your meatball.
Then use another large onion to keep making more. The inner part of the onion can be used for another recipe, just pop it into the fridge wrapped.
How to See if These are Done?
How to see if these are done is easy with this wonderful instant read thermometer from Thermoworks. You don’t want to be cutting one of these open to see if they are done, that ruins them.
With this thermometer you will have a temperature in seconds.
To go with this all you need is a great fresh salad like this one!
BBQ Bacon Wrapped Onion Bombs Recipe
- 2 lbs. lean ground beef
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg, beaten
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup BBQ sauce
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. onion powder
- ½ tsp. thyme
- ½ tsp. freshly ground pepper
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ½ " cube of cheddar cheese per meatball
- 5-6 large yellow onions
- 1 lb. bacon
- Additional BBQ sauce
- Mix the the meatball ingredients together, omitting the cheese, in a large bowl with your hands until well combined. Preheat the oven to 425F. Line a sided cookie sheet with foil and set aside.
- Slice the top and bottom off of an onion and peel off the skin. Cut the onion in half and now peel back the layers. Use the two sides of the onion and see how large you need to make your meatball. Stuff the meatball with the ½" cheese cube and roll into a ball. Insert your meatball in the onion halves and make sure it fits nicely, not too small or too large.
- Wrap each of the onion bombs with 2-3 slices of bacon depending on the size of the bomb and secure with toothpicks. Bake on the prepared cookie sheet for 40 min. or until a thermometer reads 165F. Brush liberally with BBQ sauce and bake another 5-10 min.
Recipe adapted from Stuffed Onion Bombs by My Fridge Food.
Sara says
Oh my gosh! I’m totally making these for my husband for his birthday next week. He’s going to think I’m a genius!! HA! Thanks for a great recipe!
Tara Noland says
They kind of rock as a guy’s recipe, hope he enjoys them!!
Brett Beyer says
As a guy who long gave up on controlling his health, this would make a great breakfast, lunch and dinner idea. I’m not kidding. I would literally eat these at any time, all the time.
MrsHound says
That’s a great response!!! Funny yet truthful! My husband and I went vegan for one month; I lost 10 lbs. (I’m 5’7”, 120lbs) and we felt like zombies. No energy, didn’t feel healthy… so we quit that lifestyle and went all out at McDonalds that day! It was wonderful. It’s like the Big Mac was whispering to me, “Welcome Home Amy” :))
Tara Noland says
I can do vegetarian/vegan a couple of times a week but need my meat fix, could never take it away completely!
Jeanette says
All you had to say was bacon and I would say “Yum”!! Can I have an order to go?
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
Beef stuffed onions wrapped in bacon? Yes, please! I think these are going to make an appearance at our next cook out.
Kathy says
Those look so amazing! I have to give them a try soon. I could really go for some of these right about now too! Yum!
Audrey McClelland says
Those look absolutely amazing! I think these would be perfect on the grill cooked over some wood chips. Yum!
Sarah says
Hhhmmmmm it’d be an interesting try, but my hubby loves onions…and bacon… so I don’t think it could go wrong! Thnx
Toni | BoulderLocavore.com says
Anything wrapped in bacon makes me swoon! This looks perfect!
Kimberly Grabinski says
Holy cow these could be life changing. I can’t imagine not needing to make like 4 billion of them for holiday appetizers. Definitely trying these!
gingermommyrants says
I have been looking for something different to make for our BBQ this weekend. These look so delicious and easy to make. I am excited to give them a try.
Brandy says
Those sound so good! I would love to try these one night, I bet my husband would love them!
Autumn @Mamachallenge says
Those look amazing! My husband would love these.
Amy says
Onions and bacon are two of my favorite foods! I think these would be awesome paired together.
Reesa Lewandowski says
That looks like a little ball of heaven! Oh my goodness! Something to try at our next BBQ for sure!
Dawn says
I just made this and I want everyone to know that this is the greatest!!!! Omg they are full of favor and look cool also. 🥓🍺go together
Tara Noland says
Awesome Dawn, so glad you liked them. It is a pretty cool recipe for sure!! Thank you for taking the time to tell me!!
Michele Werth says
Made them tonight. I think I would prefer to bake them on a broiling pan next time so they don’t have to sit in the grease. They were oh so delicious!
Tara Noland says
So glad you liked them. That is a good idea to bake them on a broiling pan!
Jess says
how many calories are in these bad boys?
Tara Noland says
I am not sure Jess, they are not dietetic that is for sure!
Linda says
I initially thought these were an appetizer, however, if a pound of bacon usually has about 16 slices, and . . . you wrap each bomb with 2-3 slices, that means you can only get 6-8 bombs at the most, and each of the bombs will have 1/4 to 1/3 lb. meat (along with all the rest of the ingredients). This is sounding more like a main course than an appetizer.
Tara Noland says
Yes Linda, they are an entree as they are too big for an appetizer in my opinion too!
MrsHound says
This recipe looks amazing! My mom is making these for a dinner party tomorrow night…I’m so sad I wasn’t invited! But I’ll make them on my own 🙂 THANK you for not only giving me a new recipe for my husband and I, but for giving us a recipe that includes bacon:)))
Tara Noland says
Enjoy!!
Pdxeater says
Might be being dense. Can someone help me – when you cut the onion in half. Do you just keep the outside peel? I’m not sure how the meat goes into the onion.
Tara Noland says
Sorry, I was out of the country for a few days. Don’t cut the onion completely in half, you want the section of the onion but not the outside peel. Watch the video and that should clear things up for you.
Lorj says
I want to try and make these for the Daytona 500 tomarrow. I am a bit set back about the size of them. Onions are usually pretty big in size and these look smaller. What size onion should I use? .
Tara Noland says
Just use the smaller yellow onions and if the first one is too big then use the smaller ones as you go deeper into the onion.