Experimenting with Jalapeno Poppers

Taylorcw · March 2015

I wanted to share my first attempt at Jalapeno poppers on the egg.
We were at a crafts show and I saw these custom made popper holders, so being from SC I got the most fitting one, and knew that I had to try out some poppers the following weekend.

I emptied out the jalapenos and a couple habanero for those feeling brave.

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Made up the main mixture (cream cheese, sharp cheddar, and bacon).

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Experimented with a couple other concoctions; Pimento cheese, Cajun crab dip, and cocktail weenies in some.

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Pulled them from the egg and voila...

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logchief · March 2015

Great looking poppers there, bet those habs will get someones attention.

jcaspary · March 2015

Looking good!!! I would have to pass on the habanero though.

Cookbook_Chip · March 2015

Great selection! How were the habaneros? Go 'cocks!

Dobie · March 2015

Ive got a couple of pepper racks but give up on them. They get used to separate my drip pans from the plate setter now. I just do the boat method on the peppers now and put right on the grid. The problem with racks are the hole sizes, pepper sizes vary greatly.

YEMTrey · March 2015

You can use the rack to make s'mores.

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Legume · March 2015

nice cook - I have a texas-shaped rack and have done this as well, although I don't think the bacon works out as well as cooking them horizontally. I also use the boat method for abt's as it's just easier and you don't have as much molten cream cheese to deal with.

I use these when I stuff peppers with a variety of other things like you did here - all great ideas, kind of like the options you have with mushrooms. that's another use for the rack - the holes work well to keep mushrooms in one place.

nice job.

Taylorcw · March 2015

Thanks everyone!!

They were a hit. I saw the S'mores idea, and will defiantly have to try that out.

I'll have to try it out with mushrooms, I didn't think about using it for that.

Well I put on a rack of ribs for dinner tonight. I'll try and remember to take pictures of it before I tear into them.

YEMTrey · March 2015

Nice. That's what happens to most of my cooks. The family and I dig into them before any pics can be taken.

Tinyfish · March 2015

Sometimes a need a stick with my camera. The camera is for the picture and the stick is to keep the hungry family away long enough to snap a picture.

Cm23 · March 2015

I have two of the jalapeño holders but hate coring them, lately just cut them in half and direct on the grill. I did make the s'more cones they are a hit

Dmax007 · March 2015

That looks good!!

4Runner · March 2015

Sure look good.

EGGjlmh · March 2015

Looks good

Taylorcw · March 2015

Thanks for everything.

I managed to get some pictures of the rack of ribs before devouring them. I'll post those up in a couple minutes.

Botch · March 2015

Fantastic experiment, and great photos! Some questions:
1. How many people sampled that mess of poppers?
2. How many did they eat, on average (I can't manage more than two)
3. Crowd favorites? Your favorite?
4. No Nutella filling??

Taylorcw · March 2015

Botch said:

Fantastic experiment, and great photos! Some questions:
1. How many people sampled that mess of poppers?
2. How many did they eat, on average (I can't manage more than two)
3. Crowd favorites? Your favorite?
4. No Nutella filling??

1. There was a group of about 6-7 people (we had another batch of sweet peppers that we did following the jalapenos)
2. Some people just had 1-2 while others kept getting more and more
3. The cream cheese mixture and the Pimento cheese were the favorites. I liked the cream cheese mixture, going to tweak it slightly next time.
4. Didn't even think of Nutella filling, I'll have to add it to the list haha

Hawg Fan · March 2015

Nice looking poppers!

Dmax007 · March 2015

That looks good!!

anton · March 2015

Great job, nice selection of flavors, I would eat all but the Habs, no bueno, mi too gringo!

jones2289 · March 2015

Those poppers look great!

Through experimenting, I found that seasoning the cream cheese makes a big difference. I typically mix equal parts shredded and cream cheese, add some cumin, chile powder, cayenne, garlic, and onion powder. I'm not a huge fan of plain cream cheese, so this way gives a bit of extra flavor.

Experimenting with Jalapeno Poppers

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