These experimental Jalapeño Poppers with Cherry BBQ London Broil and Blue Cheese are super-delicious with just the right combination of sweet, savory and heat.
Jalapeño Poppers with Cherry BBQ London Broil and Blue Cheese
This is an Experimental, Jalapeño Poppers-Lover Recipe. I develop these recipes to have fun, taste new tastes and push the boundaries of what a Jalapeño Popper can be. I welcome comments, innovations and improvements on ALL recipes – but especially these.
As we stated above – These experimental Jalapeño Poppers with Cherry BBQ London Broil and Blue Cheese are super-delicious with just the right combination of sweet, savory and heat.
But…
They are hard to handle and eat without losing much of the filling and making a mess.
Even with the difficulty and mess, these jalapeño poppers are so good that you really should give them a try. When you do, let us know what you think and how you would work to improve them. We are going to keep working on these until we perfect the recipe – they are too good not to! – and would love to hear any suggestions or tips that you have.
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.
Jalapeño Poppers with Cherry BBQ London Broil and Blue Cheese Recipe
Jalapeño Poppers with Cherry BBQ London Broil and Blue Cheese are super-delicious with just the right combination of sweet, savory and heat.
Ingredients (See Box Above, "IMPORTANT - About Our Recipes" for Information about Quantities)
- Jalapeño Peppers
- Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
- Cream Cheese
- London Broil cooked and diced
- Blue Cheese cut or crumbled into large chunks
- Black Cherry BBQ Sauce store bought or homemade (See recipe below)
- 1/2 cup Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries or other premium Maraschino or Cocktail Cherries + Cherry Juice from Jar
Instructions
- 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.
- 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.)
- Add several pieces of London broil to each jalapeño.
- Squeeze in pieces of blue cheese between the pieces of London broil (See photo above.)
- Add a cherry or two to each jalapeño, if you like.
- Place jalapeños back on cookie sheet and place back in oven.
- Cook, watching closely, until cream cheese is hot and bubbling, about 15 - 20 minutes. Check to make sure jalapeños are done to your liking. If not, place back in oven for more time.
- While cooking jalapeños, prepare serving dishes (1 dish for every 2 or 3 jalapeños, your choice). Pour a small amount of black cherry BBQ sauce onto each dish.
- Remove jalapeños from oven when done.
- Place 2 or 3 jalapeños, your choice, on each serving dish.
- Place 2 - 3 cherries on each dish, for garnish (See photo above.)
- Drizzle jalapeños with juice from the cherry jar.
- Serve immediately.
Cherry BBQ Sauce Recipe
Ingredients (See Box Above, "IMPORTANT - About Our Recipes" for Information about Quantities)
- 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
- 1/4 pounds Sour Cherries pitted
- 6 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
- 6 tablespoons Water
- 2 teaspoons Cracked Black Pepper
- 4 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
- 3/4 cup Ketchup or 1 cup Tomato Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Chipotle Hot Sauce or more to taste
Instructions
- Mix sugar, sour cherries, vinegar, water and black pepper in a medium saucepan.
- Place over medium heat and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium high or lower and continue to cook, at a slow boil, for about 45 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat.
- Add ketchup or tomato sauce, mustard and hot sauce. Mix well.
- Add Maraschino cherries and stir gently. Set aside.
Store remaining Cherry BBQ Wing Sauce in the freezer or refrigerator.
Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries
Each jar contains ridiculously delicious, all-natural whole pitted cherries, candied with Marasca syrup.
Luxardo is a premium name in mixology, known for their excellence in creating infused liqueurs.
They’ve perfected the cocktail cherry, transforming it from a garnish to an essential ingredient. It’s amazing how one little piece of fruit can kick ordinary recipes and drinks into overdrive. An exclusive Italian import, they’ve been used by top pastry chefs around the globe for years.
If you really care about your recipes and cocktails, you’ve gotta try these incredible cherries.
- Each jar is 50% candied cherries – 50% syrup. Approximately 70 cherries per jar.
- All natural deep red color.
- No thickening agents or preservatives used.
- Shelf life of 3 years.
- 2 Jars each with Net Weight: 14.11 ounces
There is no going back to ordinary cherries once you’ve tasted these!
Cherry BBQ Sauce Recipe by Kathleen M. Hooker and courtesy of Recipes Wikia, is used by permission and adapted for this page. Jalapeño Poppers with Cherry BBQ London Broil and Blue Cheese Recipe is original. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission
