These Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers with Goat Cheese and Fire Roasted Tomatoes are super-easy to make. They have only 5 easy ingredients – but those 5 ingredients work perfectly together.
Jalapeño Poppers with Goat Cheese and Fire Roasted Tomatoes
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.
Jalapeño Poppers with Goat Cheese and Fire Roasted Tomatoes Recipe
These Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers with Goat Cheese and Fire Roasted Tomatoes are super-easy to make. They have only 5 easy ingredients - but those 5 ingredients work perfectly together.
Ingredients (See Box Above, "IMPORTANT - About Our Recipes" for Information about Quantities)
- Jalapeño Peppers
- Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
- Creamy Goat Cheese
- Fresh Oregano or other Fresh Herbs of choice, chopped
- Fire Roasted Tomatoes I got these from the Olive Bar at my local Kroger Supermarket. They are also available in jars and cans.
- Bacon to wrap
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 set aside to allow to cool slightly so you can handle them.
- In a small bowl, mix goat cheese and chopped oregano, to taste.
- Add goat 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.) Set jalapeños aside.
- Add several fire roasted tomatoes to each jalapeño.
- Wrap each jalapeño with bacon. Secure with a toothpick, if you like.
- Place jalapeños back on cookie sheet and place back in oven.
- Cook, watching closely, until cream cheese is hot and bubbling and 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.
Recipe is original. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
