Baked Jalapeno Pepper Poppers make a great snack for almost any occasion.
Mammoth jalapeño peppers; ground beef and pork; cream cheese, thinly sliced hickory-smoked bacon and a 350° F oven are what's required to produce these wonderfully tasting cheese-filled hot pepper poppers.
I am always on the look-out for the large jalapeño peppers at my the local market but this year I decided to grow some myself in my herb garden so I can have plenty at hand at a moment's notice.
That is what it takes to make up a batch of these baked peppers. If hot tasting food is part of your dietary indulgences, then you will certainly be pleased when you bite into one of these spicy-hot appetizers--guaranteed to open up the sinuses.
Note: In the prep stage, cut the bacon slices into 3 equal lengths. Gently stretch the cut bacon in all directions before draping it over the peppers. This means you should have enough with 8 slices of bacon to cover all of the appetizers.
When the peppers are done you may serve immediately, or you may freeze them to use at a later date.
When you are ready for a few appetizers just pop them in the microwave oven for a minute or two until they become piping hot.
You may want to serve ice cream as a desert. (smiling).
Bon Appetit!
KT
Mammoth jalapeño peppers; ground beef and pork; cream cheese, thinly sliced hickory-smoked bacon and a 350° F oven are what's required to produce these wonderfully tasting cheese-filled hot pepper poppers.
I am always on the look-out for the large jalapeño peppers at my the local market but this year I decided to grow some myself in my herb garden so I can have plenty at hand at a moment's notice.
That is what it takes to make up a batch of these baked peppers. If hot tasting food is part of your dietary indulgences, then you will certainly be pleased when you bite into one of these spicy-hot appetizers--guaranteed to open up the sinuses.
Ingredients
- 12 large jalapeño peppers, cut in half lengthwise
- 1 lb. breakfast pork sausage
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
- hickory-smoked bacon, thinly sliced
Instructions
- cut the peppers in half and remove seeds and inside ribs
- brown the two types of meat together and remove any oil
- mix meats and cream cheese together until well blended
- stuff each pepper half, slightly bulging
- stretch and drape bacon slices over peppers
- arrange the pepper halves (face up) in rows on a cookie sheet
- bake at 350° F for about 30 minutes (until bacon turns crispy)
Note: In the prep stage, cut the bacon slices into 3 equal lengths. Gently stretch the cut bacon in all directions before draping it over the peppers. This means you should have enough with 8 slices of bacon to cover all of the appetizers.
When the peppers are done you may serve immediately, or you may freeze them to use at a later date.
When you are ready for a few appetizers just pop them in the microwave oven for a minute or two until they become piping hot.
You may want to serve ice cream as a desert. (smiling).
Bon Appetit!
KT
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