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Supreme Baked Jalapeno Poppers
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Baked Jalapeno Poppers Supreme

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories
Author Victor

Ingredients

  • 12 jalapeno peppers, large (or 16 medium size)
  • 5 cups turkey stuffing (heaping)
  • 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, diced (about 1/2 lb)
  • 1 1/4 cups green onions, chopped (about 8 medium onions)
  • 18 strips of bacon, fried and chopped (about 2 cups)
  • 3 oz cream cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • Wearing food gloves, rinse the peppers, slice in half, remove the membranes and the seeds. Place in a bowl with cold water and set aside.
  • Prepare the turkey stuffing and set aside to cool. 
  • Fry up 18 strips of bacon and place on a platter lined with paper towels to drain the fat. Once the bacon has cooled down, break into about 1/2" pieces.
  • Finally, chop the green onions, dice the cheddar and fetch some cream cheese. 
    Supreme Baked Jalapeno Poppers - Ingredients
  • In a large bowl, mix together the turkey stuffing, bacon bits, cheddar and green onions. We are now ready stuff the peppers.
  • First smear about a teaspoon of cream cheese into each pepper half. If you like, you can add more. There is nothing wrong with that.
    Supreme Baked Jalapeno Poppers - Adding cream cheese
  • Take a small handful of the stuffing and shape it into a small sausage, about the length of the peppers. Press into a pepper half. Repeat until you done. 
    Supreme Baked Jalapeno Poppers - Stuffing Peppers
  • You will likely run out, or have to much stuffing. No worries, you can always scoop up a little bit of stuffing from bigger and fatter pieces to cover the shortage. Leftovers can be added evenly to the peppers or you can just eat them, they taste awesome.
    Supreme Baked Jalapeno Poppers - Finished jalapeno popper ready to go into oven
  • Bake on the middle rack for 40 minutes or until the tops a nicely brown and the cheese has melted.
  • Enjoy the popper fresh hot out of the oven but be careful, they will be very hot initially.