Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken
This Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Stuffed Chicken is filled with jalapeños, cream cheese, and sharp cheddar, wrapped in smoky bacon, and slow-smoked over hickory.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Boneless chicken breast
- 1 lb Original hickory bacon
- All-purpose seasoning Salt, pepper, garlic powder
- Enough jalapeños per chicken roll cored and seeded
Cream Cheese Stuffing
- 2 blocks Cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cups Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 tsp Cumin
- 1 tbsp All-purpose rub
- 2 tsp Chili powder
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
Hot Maple Honey Sauce
- 3 tbsp Unsalted butter
- ¼ cup Maple syrup
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 1 tsp Garlic paste
- 1 tbsp Hot sauce
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Start off by adding cream cheese to a mixing bowl with sharp shredded cheese, cumin, all-purpose rub, chili powder, and garlic powder (cream cheese is softened). Mix with a fork until it is all nicely combined and placed to the side.
- Butterfly all of your chicken breast and then use a meat mallet to bash them down until they are all thinner and even. Apply oil as a binder and season generously with your all-purpose rub.
- Core your jalapeños and remove the seeds, now stuff them with the cream cheese mixture the best that you can.
- Apply a thick layer of the cream cheese mixture on one side of the chicken (extra bonus, you can add fried onions on top) and place the jalapeño on the chicken and roll it up. Once rolled, wrap it with bacon.
- Have your smoker fired up at 275 degrees F. Add some hickory wood chunks and place the bacon-wrapped jalapeños stuffed chicken on the smoker.
- Smoke for 45 minutes and then make your sauce. In a saucepan (place it on the smoker) add the butter, syrup, honey, garlic paste, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Whisk and simmer for 6-8 minutes.
- At the 1 hour 20 minute mark, or 145 degrees internal, apply the glaze and let it set.
- Remove the bacon-wrapped jalapeño stuffed chicken at 165-170 degrees F (internally).
- Let rest for 8-10 minutes and serve!
- Enjoy with family and friends!
Nutrition
Calories: 955kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 49gFat: 72gSaturated Fat: 29gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 26gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 213mgSodium: 1308mgPotassium: 818mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 1113IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 365mgIron: 2mg
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