Cheesy Jalapeno Bites

Jalapenos are the most popular chile peppers in the US. This is probably due to the availability and versatility of the chile. Jalapenos have a balanced combination of flavor and heat.

The demand for these have caused breeders to develop a broad range of varieties. You can now get jalapenos with various heat level and sizes. These can be used in salsas, stuffed, or eaten straight with cheeseburgers (my personal favorite).

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Ingredients:

20–24 jalapeños
8 oz. cream cheese–softened
4 oz. (1 cup) shred­ded colby-jack cheese
1/3 cup finely diced apple (like an 1/8 inch dice or smaller)
3 green onions–minced
1/3 cup cooked and diced small bacon
2 pinches kosher salt
1 pinch ground black pep­per, plus more for the tops

Instructions:

Cut each jalapeño in half, length­wise. Remove seeds and mem­branes and dis­card. Set aside.

Mix together the soft­ened cream cheese, colby-jack cheese, apple, green onion, and bacon. Sea­son with cou­ple of pinches of kosher salt, and a pinch of pepper.

Using your fin­gers (trust me, it’s the eas­i­est), stuff each half of jalapeño with the cream cheese mix­ture. Don’t pack it in, but fill them up good.

Place them on a stain­less rack fit­ted into a bak­ing sheet and bake at 350 degrees F. for 20–25 min­utes. Smaller pep­pers require a shorter cook­ing time. If you pre­fer some crunch to your jalapeño, choose the lesser cook­ing time.

Let pep­pers sit for 5 min­utes and then serve imme­di­ately. They are best eaten right away.

From secretlifeofachefswife.com