Air fried stuffed Jalapenos is an easy to make finger food that is loved by men and some women. It is the perfect party hors d’oeuvres for any get together. It’s always fun as you never know which one of those succulent little poppers is going to be the hottest.
I have found the easiest quickest way to make Air fried stuffed Jalapenos at home and have them turn out perfect every time was to cook them in my air fryer. One of the best gifts my parents gave me for Christmas a few years ago.
Ingredient Needed For Stuffed Jalapenos
- Jalapenos Qty depends on how many you want to make
- 16 oz. Cream Cheese
- Sausage your choice (preferably hot and spicy) (optional)
- 16 oz Bacon or 1 slice per popper (Also optional)
How To Prepare Peppers For Stuffing
First Rinse off all your peppers to make sure they are clean and free of any dirt or pesticides etc. Then slice them length wise in half and remove the seeds from the inside of the pepper halves. (Save the seeds to plant or put back into the peppers to make them hotter!
After that you want to pack and spread in the cream cheese into the halves of peppers. Filling both halves full of cream cheese. Here you can have a little fun and also place some of those pepper seeds you saved back into the pepper buy pushing them into the cream cheese!
Now if you like meat and more flavor and heat like me. Add a little spicy sausage in here as well! Take some fully cooked crumbled sausage hot or mild (your choice) and push some down into the cream cheese. Then take the halved peppers and press them back together as whole peppers again.
Now the last step in preparation is to take each pepper and wrap it in a slice of bacon. (Your Choice of bacon, I used maple once it was a nice mix of sweet and heat) To wrap start with a full slice of raw bacon thawed of course. Starting at the smallest end of the pepper. (the tip) begin to wrap the bacon around the pepper overlapping each lap over the other till you get to the end of the bacon slice or pepper.
Cook and Enjoy your Air fried Stuffed Jalapenos
Finally you are done now put those babies into the air fryer basket without stacking on top each other. Just lay them on their sides with the end of the bacon wrap on the bottom to hold it in place. as many as you can fit into your air fryer with just a little bit of space between each one.
I used the Pork setting on my air fryer to cook mine. Which was set for 370% F. for 15 minutes which worked out to be the perfect amount of time.
Pretty easy right? I personally enjoy this recipe and make these jalapeno pepper poppers multiple times a year. You can always experiment with the recipe a bit by changing the sausage or even leaving it out all together. As well as experiment with the bacon using hickory smoked bacon or maple bacon. Have fun with it and try it different way’s!
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