Jalepeno Poppers

[nvanprooyen]

I got myself involved in a friendly competition to make the best jalepeno poppers. I've been trying to think of something unique, but still taste awesome.

Here is my current plan:

Filling - whipped cream cheese, shredded cheddar, chopped crab, minced scallions, bacon bits.

Wrap the jalapenos with bacon. Glaze with Thai sweet chili sauce. Smoke.

I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds good in my head. Any suggestions or completely different ideas?

 

[HeHateMe]

No. U pretty much nailed it. Well done.

 

[HeHateMe]

Dipping sauce?

 

[Nail Polish]

I got myself involved in a friendly competition to make the best jalepeno poppers. I've been trying to think of something unique, but still taste awesome.

Here is my current plan:

Filling - whipped cream cheese, shredded cheddar, chopped crab, minced scallions, bacon bits.

Wrap the jalapenos with bacon. Glaze with Thai sweet chili sauce. Smoke.

I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds good in my head. Any suggestions or completely different ideas?

Try all that with Habanero peppers

 

[X]

I got myself involved in a friendly competition to make the best jalepeno poppers. I've been trying to think of something unique, but still taste awesome.

Here is my current plan:

Filling - whipped cream cheese, shredded cheddar, chopped crab, minced scallions, bacon bits.

Wrap the jalapenos with bacon. Glaze with Thai sweet chili sauce. Smoke.

I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds good in my head. Any suggestions or completely different ideas?

I'd add a very limited amt of liquid smoke and brown sugar...but that's just me.

Any sort of dip would be a welcomed accessory. I would caution to go easy on the heat and heavy on the dairy on it, though...several would appreciate being able to take some of the heat out with extra dip.

idk why, but I'm thinking something like cream chz, cheddar, minced grn onions...maybe a touch of lemon zest and/or honey.

mmmmm.

 

[nvanprooyen]

Dipping sauce?

I hadn't thought that far ahead. I'd kind of like them to stand on their own though, if possible.

 

[nvanprooyen]

Try all that with Habanero peppers

Trying to keep the heat manageable for general appeal. If it was just me, totally with you...I like food that burns my face off though. I routinely tell old Thai ladies to make my Pad Thai as hot as they want to. Living on the edge.

 

[AuCN]

Trying to keep the heat manageable for general appeal. If it was just me, totally with you...I like food that burns my face off though. I routinely tell old Thai ladies to make my Pad Thai as hot as they want to. Living on the edge.

Fer sure. I was gonna say use pepper jack or order some jalapeño cheese curds from Paoli, WI for the stuffing. But if you are catering to a soft crowd...

 

[nvanprooyen]

Not to the weak crowd, maybe middle of the road. I like the idea about pepper jack or jalapeno curds though (although not sure where I could get my hands on that around here).

 

[AuCN]

Not to the weak crowd, maybe middle of the road. I like the idea about pepper jack or jalapeno curds though (although not sure where I could get my hands on that around here).

Order it online! I do it all the time! http://www.paolicheese.com

 

[HeHateMe]

your recipe is the jam. i'd just dip em in some buttermilk ranch. maybe ranchero sauce? gotta have a dip for them doe, they bound to be spicy.

 

[nvanprooyen]

I might take a test run at it this weekend and see how they turn out.

 

[KittiesKorner]

I thought this thread was going to be about Julius "Jalapeño" Poppers

 

[Tjodalv]

Never been a creme cheese fan (flavor) so :shrug:.

The rest sounds excellent though. I'd only caution that unless you get the bacon to be super crispy as a wrap you may want to just use it in the filling and do some type of drudge and bread crumb or a batter then fry for textural purposes after smoking. I have a thing about bacon texture if it's undercooked, so maybe that's just me.

 

[R_Mac_1]

Heat can be hard to judge. I made some ABTs with regular jalapenos, jack cheese inside and wrapped in bacon and smoked them alongside some ribs.

They were delicious, and insanely hot. Like the hottest jalapenos I've ever had. Another time they were barely warm.

You can tame them with sprite if you're worried about heat at all.

And don't use thick bacon. Thinner is better.

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[nvanprooyen]

I've heard that you can tell how hot a jalepeno is by how pointed they are at the end. The more pointy, the hotter....kind of rounded, more mild. Also by the skin...smoother = more mild. Skin cracking a little? Hot. I don't know if that's bullshit or not, but based on casual observation it seems to be fairly accurate.

 

[HeHateMe]

I've heard that you can tell how hot a jalepeno is by how pointed they are at the end. The more pointy, the hotter....kind of rounded, more mild. Also by the skin...smoother = more mild. Skin cracking a little? Hot. I don't know if that's bullshit or not, but based on casual observation it seems to be fairly accurate.

Just cut off the stem end and lick it, that will tell.

 

[botfly10]

I got myself involved in a friendly competition to make the best jalepeno poppers. I've been trying to think of something unique, but still taste awesome.

Here is my current plan:

Filling - whipped cream cheese, shredded cheddar, chopped crab, minced scallions, bacon bits.

Wrap the jalapenos with bacon. Glaze with Thai sweet chili sauce. Smoke.

I haven't tried this yet, but it sounds good in my head. Any suggestions or completely different ideas?

Sounds amazing, minus the bacon. Too many subtle flavors that bacon will trample imo. And maybe no cheddar...

I have had poppers with goat cheese before and they were great. Way more flavor than cream chz

Crab, goat chz and scallions in a jalapeno sounds fucking amazing

 

[HeHateMe]

Sounds amazing, minus the bacon. Too many subtle flavors that bacon will trample imo. And maybe no cheddar...

I have had poppers with goat cheese before and they were great. Way more flavor than cream chz

Crab, goat chz and scallions in a jalapeno sounds fucking amazing

put that shit in a poblano ftw.

 

[botfly10]

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