Place them in the smoker after filling the pineapple halves with this mixture! In general, homegrown pineapples are sweeter than store-bought pineapples.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 large whole fresh pineapple
- 1 pound cooked pulled pork
- ½ (12 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce
- ½ cup bacon bits
- 1 (3.5 ounce) bag glazed walnuts and cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat a smoker to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Place cherry wood chips into the smoker to add sweetness.
- Wash pineapple well but make sure to keep the leaves intact. Cut pineapple in half lengthwise, cutting through the middle of the leaf stalk. Cut out a V-shape down the middle of each half to remove the dense core. Hollow out each pineapple half by making cross and side cuts, but leave some meat on the skin. If pineapple gets completely hollowed out, the skin gets very flexible so leaving a little meat will keep it sturdier.
- Chop pineapple meat into 1/2-inch pieces. Pour out any remaining pineapple juice from the husks and reserve for a different use.
- Combine pineapple chunks, pulled chicken, barbeque sauce, and bacon bits in a large bowl; mix to combine. Fill pineapple halves with the mixture and top with glazed walnuts and cranberries.
- Place pineapple halves into the smoker and smoke until outsides look darker and leaves start to shrivel, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove pineapple halves from the smoker very carefully as they will be very soft and flexible.
- If the leaves bend to one side, cut through the middle of the bend to leave equal halves. If one section of the leaf stalk breaks free, you can reattach it with toothpicks later to retain the presentation.
- You can use pulled pork instead of pulled chicken or other meat of your choice.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 1276 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 187 g |
| Cholesterol | 155 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 15 g |
| Protein | 64 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 3480 mg |
| Sugars | 111 g |
| Fat | 36 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |