Have you ever seen a bacon wrapped shrimp in a shrimp cocktail? Me neither. But I did it.
Oh…And then I put it all into a Jalapeño, of course.
Shrimp Cocktail Jalapeño Poppers
Full disclosure – the bacon is wrapped around the outside. 😉
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.
Shrimp Cocktail Jalapeño Poppers Recipe
Have you ever seen a bacon wrapped shrimp in a shrimp cocktail? Me neither. But I did it. Oh...And then I put it all into a Jalapeño, of course.
Ingredients (See Box Above, "IMPORTANT - About Our Recipes" for Information about Quantities)
- Jalapeño Peppers
- Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
- Cream Cheese at room temperature
- Miso at room temperature
- Shrimp fully cooked, peeled and deveined
- Cocktail Sauce store bought or homemade (See below for links to some good recipes to make at home)
- Bacon slices cut in 1/2
- Brown Sugar to sprinkle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut the jalapeños into a boat cut. (Click HERE 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, mix 2 parts cream cheese with 1 part miso (example 2 tablespoons cream cheese and 1 tablespoon miso).
- Add cream cheese/miso mixture to each jalapeño to cover the bottom, leaving a concave "well" to place other ingredients. (Click HERE to see pictures of this step, if the instructions are unclear to you.)
- Place the shrimp on on to of the cream cheese/miso mixture, pressing down slightly to secure. Chopping the shrimp into smaller pieces (as I did) makes it easier to fill the jalapeños, but leaving them whole will work also.
- Spoon or pour a generous amount of cocktail sauce over the shrimp.
- Carefully wrap 1/2 slice of bacon around each jalapeño. (Yes, it's gonna be messy.) 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, or bacon is done, about 20 - 30 minutes.
- If you like, switch the oven to broil for the last 5 minutes or so, to crisp up the bacon on top.
- 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.
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Recipe is original. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
