Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken Breast: Serves 4
2 Large Chicken Breasts (Approx 1lbs) - Boneless / Skinless
4 Jalapenos
6TB Cream Cheese (I use the 1/3 less fat)
2oz Cheddar Cheese - Shredded
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Salt & Pepper
Place the chicken breasts between two pieces of wax paper and smash with a meat mallet or a heavy bottomed pan to make the chicken into an even thickness of approximately 1/4" all over. Sprinkle the onion powder, garlic powder, salt & pepper evenly over both sides of the chicken. Slice each breast into 2 equal size pieces.
Now for this step you may want to wear some gloves, if you don't that is okay just spray your hands with some Pam or olive oil first so the jalapeno juices do not get in your skin. Slice the jalapenos in half from tip to stem and carefully scoop and discard the seeds and ribs out of the jalapeno.
Now mix together the cream cheese & cheddar cheese and form it into a little torpedo and put between two jalapeno halves and set each stuffed jalapeno onto the center of a chicken breast. Now carefully pull the sides of the chicken up and roll and secure the chicken around the jalapenos and cheese with tooth picks. Place the chicken in a greased baking pan and bake at 375° oven for approximately 25-30 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
Remove from the oven and let it sit for 5 minutes then serve and enjoy!
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WW: 6 Points Plus / serving
I modified the recipe a bit because I don't like peppers all that much (any kind)
ReplyDeleteHere's what I did and it came out to half the points yours did (for 1 piece--we ate two each):
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, 3 oz each, pounded to 1/4 in thick
2 Jalapeno peppers, cut in half, seeded and ribs removed
2 T 1/3 less fat cream cheese, cut into 4 equal pieces
4 slices Sargento Ultra thin sliced colby jack cheese
Onion powder
Garlic powder (I used garlic pepper)
I didn't add any extra salt or pepper because cheese is salty.
Cut the pounded chicken breasts to make 4 pieces. Sprinkle with spices. Place 1/2 pepper on each breast. Form cream cheese into 4 bullet shaped pieces. Fold colby cheese in half and wrap around cream cheese bullet. Places cheeses in pepper and wrap pepper with chicken, securing with toothpick. Bake 30 minutes at 350.
I think these would also be good on the grill and served with a little salsa/guac on the side. DH loved them and we were both surprised at how filling they were!
So glad you enjoyed them and modified them more to your tastes!!! I need to make them again soon as I love jalapeno poppers and this was more filling and healthier than the fried poppers!
ReplyDeleteI ran across this recipe while looking on google for dinner ideas with chicken breast, being the visual person I am I went over to images as google offered its results. I clicked on yours which had an appetizing look to it, made the recipe exactly as you wrote, and it came out great. It was a hit with my 3 year old and with my significant other. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed it!!
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