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Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken is easy, bursting with bold flavor and the best way to spice up chicken dinner night. Made with jalapeno peppers, bacon and lots of cheese, this Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken is the perfect weeknight meal.
Can you ever have too many delicious chicken recipes? The answer to that question is a resounding no! So get ready for your new favorite go-to dinner, Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken.
Chicken is something that gets made in one form or another at least 4 times a week in my house hold. Whether I am doing a casserole like Tuscan Chicken Pasta , Perfect Chicken Parmesan or Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup, one way or another yard bird is being served up when it comes to dinner most nights of the week. All that being said, who doesn’t sometimes get bored of eating chicken? How much chicken can you eat before you just don’t want to chicken anymore? Trust me, add this Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken into your weekly rotation and you will have a new love for chicken dinner again!
So, my husband teases me about my projects. I like projects. I may not like to finish them but I certainly love the excitement of starting them. The most recent project added to the list is a vegetable garden in our backyard. Now this is the part where I tell you that we live in the hottest area of the universe in summertime so there have been things that have literally incinerated within 10 minutes of being planted … but one thing that I seem to be doing very well with are peppers. Currently still alive under my supervision are jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers and even Tabasco peppers.
PS… I don’t like peppers.
Well, I shouldn’t say that. I do not like green peppers, red peppers, yellow peppers but the spicy varieties I can handle in moderation. Now one thing that I have learned is that when you grow your own jalapeno peppers at home there is the possibility that they will grow with a heat index of hotter than the sun. Wow! The peppers that I buy from my grocery store have nothing on these little peppers growing next to the deck in our backyard. Talk about hot and spicy and absolutely delicious!
So I needed to use up these Atomic jalapeno peppers and my first inclination was to write this recipe for Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken and can I tell you that this was the best idea I’ve ever had when it comes to spicing up plain ol’ boring chicken night. If you are a chicken lover and like to walk on the wild side with a little bit of spice, this recipe for Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken is perfect for you.
HOW DO YOU STUFF A CHICKEN BREAST?
Stuffing a chicken breast is easy. Rinse and clean your chicken breasts. Using a sharp knife, slice horizontally through the middle of the chicken breast, cutting to but not through the other side.
Fold the chicken breast open and spread a generous ounce of filling on the crease of the butterflied chicken breast. Fold the breast over until both sides meet again and toothpick the breast together to hold in the stuffing ingredients.
HOW DO YOU SECURE A STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST?
Do yourself a favor and find yourself some of these 4 inch skewers. They work so much better than toothpicks!!! Simply use the skewer and thread it through where the folded over sides meet, bringing both sides together to secure the filling.
HOW DO YOU MAKE CHEESY JALAPENO POPPER STUFFED CHICKEN?
Easy! To make your Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken , start by preheating oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray a baking pan with non-stick spray and set aside. Rinse and clean your chicken breasts. Using a sharp knife, slice horizontally through the middle of the chicken breast, cutting to but not through the other side. Fold the chicken breast open and spread a generous ounce of goat cheese on the crease of the butterflied chicken breast, spreading out. Season the breast generously with salt, onion powder and garlic powder
Sprinkle on diced bacon, jalapeno and shredded cheese, saving some of each for garnishing. Fold the Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken breast over until both sides meet again and toothpick (or skewer!) the breast together to hold in the stuffing ingredients. Repeat with all three chicken breasts and then move chicken to baking pan. Sprinkle top of chicken breasts with remaining shredded cheese and cook for 30 minutes. Remove Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken from oven, sprinkle remaining bacon and jalapeno and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from oven and let set for 5-10 minutes. Serve Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken immediately.
So the next time you are looking to spice up your dinner routine, give this recipe for Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken a try. I just know that you will love this Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken recipe as much as I do!
Now what to do with 20 foot wide baby watermelon plant taking over my backyard???
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Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts butterflied
- 4 oz goat cheese
- 8 oz cheddar jack cheese shredded
- 6 pieces crispy cooked bacon diced
- 6 jalapeno seeded and diced
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Start by preheating oven to 375 degrees
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray a baking pan with non-stick spray and set aside
- Rinse and clean your chicken breasts. Using a sharp knife, slice horizontally through the middle of the chicken breast, cutting to but not through the other side.
- Fold the chicken breast open and spread a generous ounce of goat cheese on the crease of the butterflied chicken breast, spreading out.
- Season the breast generously with salt, onion powder and garlic powder
- Sprinkle on diced bacon, jalapeno and shredded cheese, saving some of each for garnishing. Fold the breast over until both sides meet again and toothpick the breast together to hold in the stuffing ingredients
- Repeat with all three chicken breasts and then move chicken to baking pan
- Sprinkle top of chicken breasts with remaining shredded cheese and cook for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle remaining bacon and jalapeno and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let set for 5-10 minutes. Serve immediately
Good luck with your veggie garden – peppers thrive really well in hot climates. Stuffed chicken with cheese and jalapeno sounds like the perfect recipe to use those home grown jalapenos. Good share.
My mom used to make something like this! I love stuffed chicken!
This chicken sounds like such an incredible meal! I need to try making it for dinner this week, it would be such a hit at my house!
What a delicious looking and sounding dish!! We do love spice — the spicier the better and we would stuff the chicken with some heat. Love how it turns out. No dry chicken breast here. Will be making this very soon.
What a delicious stuffed chicken. I know our family love chicken with broccoli and cheese this is a perfect one to try on them it has another favorite BACON! thanks
Love all the fabulous tops and that chicken looks super delicious!
The answer would be no, I definitely cannot have enough chicken recipes either! This combines two of faves, chicken and jalapeno poppers! Loving the cheese, spice, and bacon!
you had me at jalapeno – we love things spicy around here, and always looking to make chicken less boring. you nailed it!
Oh my goodness does this look SO delicious! So easy to make too. I’m pinning this for a summer full of delicious recipes.
mmm, mmmm …. these look like the perfect supper dish for Saturday nights! Just special enough to feel like a celebration (hey it’s the weekend!) but easy enough to fix “just because”
love love … t