Devilish Dove

Total Time: 1 hr 4 mins Preparation Time: 24 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 24 dove breasts
• 2 tablespoons canola oil or 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 1/2 cup lone star dry rub seasonings (see recipes)
• 24 large fresh jalapenos
• 1 medium onion, cut in slivers
• 12 slices thick slab bacon, sliced in half cross-wise

Recipe

• 1 coat the dove breasts with lone star dry rub.
• 2 (save rest of the bird for stock, if desired) cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 3 heat grill to a cooking temperature of 200ºf to 220ºf.
• 4 slit the jalapeño on one side and remove seeds.
• 5 stuff a dove breast and a sliver or two of onion in each pepper.
• 6 wrap with a half piece of bacon, and secure with a toothpick.
• 7 smoke about 30 to 40 minutes, until the bacon is crisp.
• 8 tendermouths should eat cautiously because these are firey hot.
• 9 variation: substitue slices of chicken breast for the dove breast.