Jalapeño Popper Stuffed Chicken

Jalapeño Popper Stuffed Chicken is a fun, flavorful twist on dinner! Juicy chicken breasts are rolled with crispy bacon, blistered jalapeños, and cream cheese, coated in crunchy cheese crackers, and baked until golden and delicious.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Recipe Type Bacon, Baked, Chicken, Cinco de Mayo, Fall, High-Protein Meals, Jalapeño, Served Hot, Spicy

Skill Level Intermediate

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Total Time 55

Servings Servings

Calories 1030kcal

Author Angela G.

Equipment

casserole dish

Ingredients

3 chicken breasts
6 oz whipped cream cheese
4 jalapeños
6 slices bacon cooked
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 egg
½ cup cheese crackers crushed
½ cup panko crumbs
½ teaspoon salt
2 green onions chopped

Instructions

Cook bacon. Broil bacon on a cookie sheet until crispy. About 2-5 minute depending on the thickness of the bacon. Let cool and chop into bits.
Blister jalepeños. In the oven with the bacon, place whole jalapeños on a greased sheet of foil. Broil on low for 10 minutes. Flip and broil for an additional 5 minutes. Immediately place in a zip-lock bag, seal and let "steam" for about 5 minutes. Remove from bag and peel off skin, deseed, remove stem and finely chop.
Make filling. In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, cheddar cheese, bacon bits, and jalapeños.
Pound out chicken breast until thickness is even. Spoon ⅓ of jalapeño popper mixture onto the middle of the chicken breast the fold the side over to form a "roll" of chicken. Do this for the remaining chicken breasts.
Prepare egg dip. In a medium bowl or 9x9 square pan, crack and beat together eggs.
Prepare crumb coating. In another medium bowl, add crushed cheese crackers and panko crumbs. Toss together.
Dip each stuffed chicken breast into the egg, coating all sides. Move chicken to the crumbs bowl and dredge each piece of chicken to coat all sides.
Place stuffed and breaded chicken breasts, seam-side down onto a non-stick or lined baking sheet.
Bake at 425˚F for 20-25 minutes and internal temperature of chicken reaches 165°F.
Serve topped with green onions.

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Notes

When checking the temperature of the chicken, be sure to put thermometer into the chicken vs. the inside filling.
To crush cheese crackers, place them in a sandwich bag and press on them with your hands or use a rolling pin.

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