Jalapeño Poppers

Your next football viewing party or tailgate needs to include these delicious jalapeño poppers! Baked instead of battered and fried, these poppers are lighter on the calories but still heavy on the flavor.

Jalapeno Poppers

Your next football viewing party or tailgate needs to include these delicious jalapeño poppers! Baked instead of battered and fried, these poppers are lighter on the calories but still heavy on the flavor.

Yield: 14 poppers

Ingredients

  • 7 jalapeño peppers, such as Bonnie Plants Jalapeño Hot Peppers
  • 6 ounces Mexican crumbling cheese (such as Queso Fresco or Cotija), crumbled into large pieces
  • 7 slices of bacon, cut in half(optional, if not cutting in half 14 pieces of bacon).

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F (or 375°F for convection).
  • Cut jalapeño peppers lengthwise in half. 
  • Remove seeds and white membrane. Stuff each pepper with cheese. Wrap in bacon if desired (secure with toothpick if necessary). Place the chiles on a rack over a foil-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake for 20–25 or until the bacon is crips, the cheese bubbles, and the pepper skins begin to brown. Serve immediately.

Featured Ingredient: Jalapeño Peppers

Named for the town of Jalapa, Mexico, jalapeños are most popular chile pepper in the United States. Typically used as a spice in Mexican cuisine, jalapeños are also commonly used to add heat to salsa or pickled for an American nacho topping favorite. Often, the heat of the individual peppers will vary, so some may be spicier than others. Jalapeño plants are rather compact, so they grow well in containers. Let us teach you how to grow your own jalapeños.

Coolapeño Heatless Jalapeño Pepper
Coolapeño Heatless Jalapeño Pepper