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Baked Jalapeno Poppers Recipe

Recipe by: SANDYBREIT

"After a number of unsatisfactory attempts at making deep-fried poppers, I modified a recipe by Emeril that is much easier than frying and everyone in our family agrees that these are at least as good as -- if not better than -- any fried poppers they have had! We love hot peppers and always make a lot of these from the ones we grow in our garden every year."

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Directions

Prep15 m
Cook20 m
Ready In35 m

1Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
2Blend cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, and taco seasoning together in a bowl; spread into jalapeno halves and arrange onto prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle bread crumbs over the cheese filling.
3Bake until the peppers are just tender, 20 to 30 minutes.

Footnotes

Cook's Note:
If you aren't a fan of taco seasoning, try stuffing the peppers with a mixture of cream cheese, mozzarella, and chopped pepperoni. Or try cream cheese, bleu cheese, and a bit of dry ranch dressing mix, or whatever sounds good to you!
They also keep quite well if baked for about 15 minutes and cooled before freezing on a baking sheet and then stored in resealable freezer bags. Bake frozen poppers for about 20 minutes.

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