After a bit of experimenting, we have improved our already-delicious Crab Salad Jalapeño Poppers and want to share the easy-to-make result with you. Enjoy.
Crab Salad Jalapeño Poppers – Improved
A while back I published a recipe for Crab Salad Jalapeño Poppers (Click HERE Now to get the recipe for Crab Salad Jalapeño Poppers)
Here is what I said about them on that page –
There is just something almost magical about the way the crab and the cream cheese blend with the roasted jalapeño peppers that you’ll just have to taste for yourself to believe.
That is still 100% true. They are delicious.
But… Crab salad has a rather mild taste and cooking the jalapenos leaves them with a mild taste, also. Even with the addition of some sharp ginger pickles to the salad, the poppers still seemed to lack an acid component. While still delicious, I wanted a bit more “bite”.
So my friends and I experimented with some different ideas – until we hit upon the perfect one – Blue Cheese. It adds just the right sharpness we were looking for and, as a bonus, extra creaminess, too.
We know it as soon as we took a bite. And you will too.
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.
- How and When to Do a Boat Cut Jalapeño Popper
- How and When to Do a Canoe Cut Jalapeño Popper
- How and When to Do a Cone Cut Jalapeño Popper
- How to Spread Cream Cheese in a Jalapeño for a Jalapeño Popper
Remember to wear disposable gloves when cutting and cleaning jalapeño peppers – and don’t touch your face.
Crab Salad Jalapeño Poppers Recipe - Improved Recipe
After a bit of experimenting, we have improved our already-delicious Crab Salad Jalapeño Poppers and want to share the easy-to-make result with you. Enjoy.
Ingredients (See Box Above, "IMPORTANT - About Our Recipes" for Information about Quantities)
- Jalapeños
- Cream Cheese
- Crab Salad store bought or homemade (See below for links to some good recipes to make at home - Coming soon)
- Block or wedge of Sharp Blue Cheese Slices from a block or wedge are easy to use than crumbles. They are usually made of a higher quality cheese and taste better, too
- Bacon
- Brown Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut and seed your jalapeños. All cuts work well with these. I used the classic Boat Cut for the ones in the picture above. But the Cone Cut actually may be better. That is the cut I just for those epic tailgating champions. The crab and mayo cook off a lot of juice and oil and the cones help hold it all in to enjoy. Make them in an upright Jalapeño Cooker to make sure you preserve all the goodness. (Click the links above to see how to do a Boat Cut and a Cone Cut.)
- 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.
- Add cream cheese to each jalapeño to cover the bottom, leaving a concave "well" to place other ingredients. (Click the link above to see pictures of this step, if the instructions are unclear to you.)
- Place a generous portion of crab salad into each each jalapeño. Press down and fill a bit more.
- Place a generous slice of blue cheese on top.
- Wrap a long strip of bacon tightly around the jalapeño, if using the boat cut. Or drape bacon across the top and secure with a toothpick, if using the cone cut.
- Sprinkle brown sugar on the 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 when done and enjoy hot.
Homemade Crab Salad Recipes:
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- Recipes Coming Soon
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- Crab Fettuccini Alfredo – Everything delicious about Fettuccini Alfredo … with even more “deliciousness!”
- Crab Dip Recipe – Perfect for parties. Alongside the Crab Salad Poppers, maybe?
- Crabmeat-Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe – (Link Coming Soon)
- Fish Tacos with Avocado-Mango Salsa Recipe – Make this Food Truck Favorite at Home.
- …More Delicious Recipes Coming Soon
Here are a Few More Recipes You Will Love:
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Recipe is original. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission
