Bacon Tomato and Cheese Cups (Bacon Rotel Cups)
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These Bacon Rotel Cups are simple to make, super yummy, and my go-to easy recipe for tailgating and entertaining. These crispy pastry shells are filled with melty cheese, salty bacon, and zesty tomatoes with a kick from green chilies. Then, they’re baked until golden and delicious.
Bacon Rotel Cups
Let me tell you a brief story before we get to it!
Ryder, my youngest son, adores our one-year-old Bassett hound. He really is helpful with her and wants to wake her every morning and feed her. This is great for me because I’m usually rushed from blogging, running, making lunches, and cooking breakfast. He’s not efficient at it, so I didn’t think much this morning when he was in her room, aka the laundry room, for a long time. When he did finally re-appear, he said, “Mommie, just in case I ever need to sleep there, did you know I fit perfectly on Summer’s bed?”
Ahhh, life with boys!
No Fuss Bacon Tomato and Cheese Cups
So, let’s talk about this fantastic recipe. No Fuss Bacon Tomato and Cheese Cups aka Bacon Rotel Cups. This truly is a no-fuss recipe. It’s not pretentious, it’s just downright simple and delicious! The recipe is so easy to remember; you merely need one can or cup of everything, five ingredients, and about 15 minutes to bake.
I make it often and made it for a recent football party, because bacon and football go together! You know, kind of like football and bourbon go together! We won the game we were expected to lose, so now they’re Good Luck No Fuss Tomato and Cheese Cups😉
What is Rotel?
This classic Texas family recipe features a bold mix of sun-ripened tomatoes, spicy green chilies, and a flavorful blend of secret spices.
Rotel, or tomatoes with green chilies, is a great ingredient that adds a lot of flavor to recipes. I actually have a lot of recipes that use Rotel: Hamburger Rotel Cheese Dip, Chicken Rotel Quiche, Crock Pot Rotel Crack Chicken, White Queso Dip, Rotel Cheese Grits, and Sausage Rotel Dip Quiche.
These tomatoes come in different levels of heat and flavors. I use original mild, but you can change it up if you prefer.
Bacon Rotel Cups Conclusion
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No Fuss Bacon Tomato and Cheese Cups
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Ingredients
- 1 can tomatoes and green chiles drained
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup bacon cooked and chopped
- 1 cup Swiss cheese shredded
- 46 phyllo cups
Instructions
- Place the phyllo cups on a cookie sheet or baking pan.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix tomatoes (that have been drained), mayonnaise, bacon and cheese until well combined. Spoon 1 tablespoon mixture into each phyllo cup. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Serve hot or room temperature.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Good morning, I plan on making this for game day with the ladies.
My question is what is it, 1 can of tomatoes or 1 cup of tomatoes?
Thanks.
Debbie, apologies for the confusion, it’s 1 can of tomatoes and green chilies.
I love bacon cups! My friends mom introduced me to them. I use either the flakey biscuit rolls or croissants interested of phyllo. But, I’m going to try it out and see how it tastes. I get the buttermilk biscuits, forgot to mention that.
Everything else is the exact same way ingredients,mini muffin pan, cook time is until the crust is tan in color and bake temp is the same.
That sounds yummy. I’ve never had them in biscuit cups. Got to try it
I am attempting to make the cups myself for the first time. having looked at other recipes for making cups, I am quite unclear about whether you filled the ‘raw’ cups and baked everything at once, or if you made/baked the cups and then baked them again with the filling. Guidance?
Fill the raw cups then bake
Guess what will be included on this year’s Superbowl snack tray?! Thanks!! 🙂
I’m thrilled! I could eat the whole batch, one of my favs!
Not sure where I’d get the phyllo cups.
Most grocery stores carry them. They’re located in the freezer section by the pie crusts.