Baked Stuffed Jalapeños

Name: Baked Stuffed Jalapeños
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 jalapeño peppers (see Recipe Note); 59 milliliters minced onion; 59 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro; 177 milliliters cream cheese; 2 teaspoons cumin; 1 teaspoon salt (more or less to taste); 57 grams jack cheese, cut into 2 1/2-inch long batons; 59 milliliters chopped cooked bacon; 118 milliliters shredded jack cheese, plus another 2 ounces of jack cheese cut into 2 1/2-inch long batons; 1 teaspoon dried oregano

Baked Stuffed Jalapeños takes roughly 40 minutes from beginning to end. This side dish has 54 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. 4920 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up onion, jack cheese, cilantro, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Prepare the jalapeños for stuffing: You can either slice the jalapeños in half lengthwise or you can slice off the top one-third (lengthwise) of each jalapeño to make a boat shape out of each pepper.

Ingredients you will need

Stuffing

Pepper

The halved jalapeños will go further (twice as many stuffed peppers), but you can put more filling into the boat-shaped peppers. Your choice.

Ingredients you will need

Peppers

If you choose to make the boats, you can mince the tops and add them to the filling if you want some extra heat, or save them for another recipe.

Ingredients you will need

Ground Meat

In either case, scrape out all the seeds and ribs from each jalapeño with a spoon (a grapefruit spoon works great).

Ingredients you will need

Grapefruit

Seeds

Ribs

Mix together all the filling ingredients except the jack cheese batons.

Ingredients you will need

Monterey Jack Cheese

Stuff the jalapeños: Pack the filling into the peppers and nestle a baton of jack cheese onto the filling of each one.

Ingredients you will need

Monterey Jack Cheese

Peppers

Bake: Arrange the peppers on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake at 375°F for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and lightly browned, and the peppers are cooked.

Ingredients you will need

Peppers

Cheese