RECIPE: Bacon Wrapped Lime-Chipotle Chicken Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers

I cannot emphasize how AMAZING these are...   I was searching the web for some new recipes one day and happened across this one.... it's from The Wicked Noodle ...  all credit goes there :)  I'm just sharing ...

When starting out the recipe, you put oil, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, lime juice, honey and garlic in a blender and and it is originally all separated like this ... lol..

Then you marinate the chicken in it.

 You roast the jalapeno peppers in the oven

 This is the cream cheese & cilantro mix  (Chef Dennis added a little honey to this mix and a couple habanero peppers chopped finely... he said the honey made it a little slicker to deal with then usual though.)

 Here are the jalapeno's cut in half... 

 being stuffed....

 then we wrapped the marinated chicken around the pepper and then the bacon around the chicken...

 Here is the finished product...

I can eat a ton of these and it doesn't raise my blood sugar much!!  YAY!

Here is the recipe:

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Stuffed with Jalapeno Poppers Recipe

• 1 – 1 1/2 pound package of boneless, skinless chicken breast
• 1 cup Saucy Mama’s Lime-Chipotle Marinade – or see marinade recipe below
• 6 – 8 jalapenos
• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 6 – 8 slices bacon, sliced in half crosswise

Marinade:

• 3-4 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• the juice of two limes
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3 tbsp Honey
• 3/4 cup Vegetable oil

Puree all ingredients – that’s it :-)


Preheat oven to 375 F.

Place a chicken breast between two heavy-duty sheets of plastic wrap and pound to 1/8 inch thick. Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag with Saucy Mama’s Lime Chipotle Marinade; marinate for thirty minutes.

Meanwhile, roast jalapenos for ten minutes. Remove from oven, and when cool enough to handle, slice in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Combine cream cheese and cilantro; fill jalapeno halves with cream cheese mixture.

Slice chicken crosswise into pieces the same size as your jalapenos (or slightly smaller, as in photo above). Wrap jalapenos with chicken, seam side down. Wrap bacon around chicken, seam side on top, then spear with a toothpick to hold it all together. Place on a baking sheet.

Bake for 15 – 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Turn on the broiler the last few minutes to crisp the bacon, if desired. Remove from oven and remove toothpicks. Serve and enjoy! :-)

I HOPE YOU ALL TRY IT AND ENJOY IT!!!