Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers with Kentucky Beer Cheese Recipe

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Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers with Kentucky Beer Cheese

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About the Recipes

One thing you will notice immediately is that most of our recipes do not have quantities listed for the ingredients. This is by design.

Jalapeños come in many different sizes and shapes (often depending upon the time of year). Their size, the cut you choose (see below) and your own personal tastes will determine how much cream cheese, bacon or other ingredients you put into each pepper. Use your tastes and be sure to experiment a bit.

You will also notice that most directions call for cooking the poppers in an oven. This is because that is the easiest and quickest way for most of us to cook and enjoy jalapeño poppers year round. But if you want to grill, smoke or cook your poppers any other way – Almost every recipe we have will work. We will let you know if it won’t.

How to Cut and Clean Jalapeños for Poppers (With Pictures)

Click the links below to how to make any style Jalapeño Popper cut.

Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers with Kentucky Beer Cheese Recipe

Ingredients

Jalapeño Peppers
Kentucky Beer Cheese, store bought or homemade (See below for links to some good recipes to make at home – COMING SOON)
Green Onions, both green and white parts, chopped, (Reserve a small amount of the green pieces to garnish.)
Cracker Crumbs (Finely crush some Ritz or Saltines), divided
Worcestershire Sauce
Bacon, thinly sliced, to wrap
Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper, to taste
Limes, cut in 1/2, to serve

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Cut the jalapeños into a boat cut. (Click the link above to see how to do a Boat Cut.)
Sprinkle insides of cut jalapeños lightly with salt and pepper, to taste.
Place the jalapeños on a cookie sheet. Place sheet in preheated oven. Cook for about 10 minutes. (Skip this step if you prefer your finished jalapeños to be more raw and crunchy.)
Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly so you can handle them.
In a small bowl, combine about 1/2 cup Kentucky beer cheese, 1/4 cup chopped green onions and 1/4 cup cracker crumbs. Add in 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce. Mix well.
Taste mixture, keeping in mind that the onions will caramelize and sweeten during cooking.
Add salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste, and adjust other ingredients to your taste preference.
Fill each jalapeño with a generous helping of the Kentucky beer cheese mixture.
Generously sprinkle cracker crumbs over the top of each jalapeño. Press down very lightly to set into cheese mixture slightly.
Wrap each jalapeño with bacon.
Place jalapeños back on cookie sheet and place back in oven.
Cook, watching closely, until cream cheese is hot and bubbling, or bacon is done, about 15 – 20 minutes. Check to make sure jalapeños and bacon are done to your liking. If not, place back in oven for more time.
Remove from oven and place on plates or serving platter.
Sprinkle with reserved green onion slices, to garnish.
Serve with lime halves or wedges.

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