Tonight's the SuperBowl, and even though I don't give two hoots about NFL football, AND I ended up with food posioning, I'm not eating anything tonight, but last week we had a fun party and made these poppers. Perfect for the Super Bowl or really anytime you need an easy, delicious, (did I mention easy?) appetizer! You only need a few ingredients a little prep time and you can make it happen!
Easy Jalepeno Poppers
Serves 6-8
What you need:
8 strips of bacon
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
16 Fresh whole jalenpenos (or frozen ones that have been thawed)
2/3rds Block of Cream cheese (preferably NOT light cream cheese.. I'm pretty sure it's too melty)
1 bunch of diced green onions
What to Do:
Start by mixing the cheddar cheese, green onions, and cream cheese together and set it aside.
Cut the jalenpenos in half and de-seed them to get rid of most of the hotter than hades spiciness. If you have smaller peppers, you'll also want to cut your bacon in half so that you don't have the peppers double or triple rolled.
Fill the jalenpenos with the cheese mixture and then wrap with the raw bacon. Hold them together with solid wooden toothpicks (the kind with plastic tips won't do because they may melt) it turns out that we forgot toothpicks (pretty essential to this recipe) so we used skewers. It worked fine, but toothpicks are probably better!
Put them on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 25 or so minutes. Or until the bacon is cooked through but tender.
I promise... They. Are. So. Good.
Some bites may make your mouth fiery (so fiery you'll wish you had a glass of milk) but truly, so, so, delicious!
I forgot to take a photo of the plated, pulled apart poppers... but i promise, even though this doesn't look like much, it was SO delicious. (also, avoid over-filling the jalepenos with the cheese mixture... Or maybe avoid using fat free cream cheese...
Labels: bacon, cheese, hors d'oeuvres
