Sausage Stuffed jalapeno poppers

A Sausage and Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers Recipe that brings jalapeño poppers to a whole new level . These cream cheese stuffed jalapeño peppers are wrapped in thick cut bacon and baked

Course Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine American, Mexican, Tex Mex

Keyword Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeno Appetizers, Jalapeno Poppers, Sausage and Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers, sausage cream cheese stuffed peppers, sausage stuffed jalapeno peppers, sausage stuffed jalapeno poppers

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 50

Servings

Calories 224kcal

Author Evelyn

Equipment

Ingredients

8 ounces mild or hot ground Italian sausage
1 8 oz package cream cheese
½ pound thick sliced bacon slices cut in half
15-18 fresh jalapeños depending on the size

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large skillet add sausage and cook over medium-high heat. Use a meat chopper or spatula to break the sausage up as it cooks.
Continue to cook and break up the sausage until it’s completely cooked and no longer pink. Remove skillet from heat and drain off the excess fat.
Cut the cream cheese into squares and add to the cooked sausage while the skillet and sausage are still hot.
As the cream cheese melts stir until the sausage and cream cheese is completely combined, remove from heat and set aside.
Slice stem off each jalapeño and cut in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and membrane using a small spoon. The jalapeño peppers will be similar to little boats.
NOTE: you may need to wear nitrile disposable gloves to protect your hands while handing the peppers.
Fill each half jalapeño with the sausage/cheese mixture
Precook bacon until almost but not crisp in the microwave or in a large skillet, drain. Bacon needs to be precooked but still limber enough to wrap around the stuffed jalapeño peppers
Wrap a half-cooked bacon slice around each jalapeño pepper and secure with it toothpicks
Place the sausage and cream cheese stuffed peppers in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. Serve.

Notes

Tip for the best bacon-wrapped poppers: The bacon is precooked to just the point of becoming crisp but not so crisp they will not wrap around the stuffed pepper. We used the microwave and stopped it at the right time. That way you will not have the cheese completely melt out of the pepper trying to get the bacon cooked properly in the oven.

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