Slice ends off onions. Remove onion paper skins and discard. Slice onions into about 4 segment “rounds” (see Sip Bite Go photos) of about 2” thick. Separate onions in circles, 2-3 layers in each ring (again see photos this is hard to describe!).
Brush BBQ sauce on the onion rings.
Take the raw bacon, and wrap it around each onion ring. I find it easy to stretch the bacon to fit the entire ring, but you can also double up with 2 pieces of bacon for each smoked bacon onion ring.
Sprinkle with your favorite BBQ rub / seasoning. Store in the fridge up to overnight or smoke immediately.
To smoke bacon onion rings, preheat the Traeger pellet grill to 250 degrees F. Once preheated, place bacon wrapped onion rings on grill grates for 90 minutes, flipping halfway through at the 45 minute mark. When there are 10-15 minutes left of the smoking time, you can brush extra BBQ sauce on top of rings. Once done, remove from smoker and serve with a sprinkle of cilantro if desired and your favorite dipping sauce. Try the Sip Bite Go jalapeño ranch dressing for a cool, delicious, spicy bite.
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Notes
You’ll have leftover onions because the small insides are too tiny to wrap bacon (unless you wrap bacon around the entire thing).