Quick and easy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken breast is spicy, cheesy, hearty, and made with simple ingredients.
Jalapeno Popper foods have really taken off in popularity. From stuffed peppers to Jalapeno Popper pasta, dip, burgers, deviled eggs, potato skins, and quesadillas these spicy flavors and cheesy texture is well-loved by many.
Here’s a little Jalapeno popper inspiration. Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken is, basically, a Jalapeno Popper stuffed inside a chicken breast. It’s then covered in panko, a Japanese breadcrumb, and baked to perfection. It’s delish!
Creamy cheese, spicy jalapenos, crunchy crust!
Quick and easy Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken breast is spicy, cheesy, hearty, and made with simple ingredients.
- 2 slices bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
- 1/4 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 2 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 2 Tablespoon finely diced jalapeno seeds removed
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- salt and pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, cheddar cheese, jalapeno, and bacon together. It will be thick.
- Cut a pocket in the chicken and fill with the cream cheese mixture. Close and secure with toothpick or skewer.
- Salt and Pepper chicken.
- Beat egg in small bowl with a fork.
- In another small bowl or shallow platter put panko bread crumbs.
- Dip chicken in egg then in panko coating chicken entirely. Place chicken on a wire rack on a sheet pan or roasting pan.
- Bake 30 minutes or until chicken reaches 160 degrees.
- Serve immediately.
Recipe from Paula @CallMePMc.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission that includes copying the ingredient list or entire recipe and posting in the comments on Pinterest for Facebook. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe.
Thank you, Paula
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Jo and Sue says
Definitely Pinning this for later. My niece is a spicy-food fanatic – she will love this recipe. Thank you for sharing!
Carole says
This one is so goood…. Fantastic that you linked it in to Food on Friday. Cheers
Cheerios and Lattes says
I love it! Thank you so much for posting on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll be back this week to link up some more great ideas! Have a great rest of the week!
-Mackenzie
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