Jalapeno Popper Chicken
Cream Cheese and Jalapeño Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients:
- 4 mid-size to large chicken breasts
- 1 12oz container of cream cheese, whipped or not (likely only need like ¾ of container)
- 4 large jalapenos
- 5 strips of bacon
Instructions:
Step 1:
Cut the bacon into small pieces, not lengthwise but the other way. Size depends on your preference.
Step 2:
Dice the jalapenos, you can deseed all of the jalapenos or not. This is based on your preference for how hot you want the cream to be. Personally I deseed about half of them and was punished greatly. Put them in the same bowl as the bacon.
Step 3:
Add about ¾ of the 12oz container of cream cheese to the bowl and mix. This is now your yummy cream to use later.
Step 4:
Butterfly and beat the heck out of your chicken. You do not need a real tenderizer; I use a lemon squeezer and I pretend that it is okay.
- What does butterfly mean? Watch this video: Butterflying Chicken Video
Step 5:
Spread the cream on one side of the chicken breast and roll the chicken so that it is long-way (from the side of the breast in). If you roll it the other way, it will be too thick and take fucking forever to cook.
Step 6:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and season your breasts. I recommend having them held together with a toothpick because this can be messy.
- Cook the chicken in the oven until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit. I don’t know how long this takes.
Enjoy your Cream Cheese and Jalapeño Stuffed Chicken!