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Smoked Bologna
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About This Recipe
| Yield: | serves 10 to 12 |
| Active time: | 15 minutes |
| Total time: | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Special equipment: | Smoker or Grill |
| This recipe appears in: | Grilling: Smoked Bologna |
Ingredients
- 1 piece of bologna, 3 to 5 pounds
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 2 tablespoons of your favorite barbecue rub
- 1 to 2 small chunks of smoking wood
- 10-12 potato rolls (optional, for sandwiches)
- Mustard barbecue sauce (optional, for sandwiches)
- Type of fire: Indirect
- Grill heat: Low
Procedures
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Score entire bologna with a paring knife 1/2 an inch deep about every inch horizontally and vertically.
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Brush bologna all over with mustard, and sprinkle with barbecue rub.
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To make crispy smoked bologna sandwiches: Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and spread the coals evenly over entire surface of coal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate. Place bologna slices on grill and cook until browned and crisp on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a roll and top with mustard barbecue sauce.
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