Air Fryer Bacon Jalapeño Poppers

I absolutely love spicy food, the spicier the better, and who doesn’t love bacon?! I think most people do. This super easy recipe can be cooked in an air fryer or oven and is probably, it doesn’t take a lot of time and only a few ingredients.

I like to make appetizers for dinner on Sundays, it just a fun way to end the weekend and keep it casual. Also, when football season is in full swing it or any other sport it makes us feel like we are at a pub or bar without breaking the bank.

For this recipe I try to buy the biggest jalapeños I can find at the grocery store, the bigger the better. I also get think bacon to make it easy to wrap around the jalapeños without using toothpicks, but if you like thicker bacon grab toothpick while at the store to hold the bacon on the jalapeños.

If you plan to use the oven instead of an air fryer, preheat oven at 425, place the peppers with the cream mixture and wrapped in bacon in a baking sheet and place it in top rack and bake for 15 -17 minutes.

Air Fryer Bacon Jalapeño Poppers

Recipe by CarolCourse: Appetizers

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

Ingredients

• 6 large jalapeños (option to substitute for non-spicy peppers such as sweet peppers)

• 6 oz room temperature cream cheese

• 1 lb bacon (I like thin slice)

• 4 tbsp fresh thinly chopped cilantro

• 12 toothpicks (optional)

Directions

• Wash and cut jalapeños in half long ways, carefully remove seeds using a spoon
• In a small bowl mix the cilantro and cream cheese (if you live super spicy food add some of the seeds from the jalapeños to the mixture) if mixture is too stiff to stir warm it up in the microwave for 10 seconds to soften the cream cheese
• Stuff the cream cheese mixture in the jalapeños using a small spoon, wrap the half pepper with a slice of bacon, option to use the toothpicks to hold the bacon in place
• Place the peppers in the air fryer basket and cook for 12 minutes at 400F. Remove toothpicks before serving

I like to serve the jalapeño poppers with a side of ranch and veggies such as carrot sticks, celery, cucumber sticks and cherry tomatoes. This recipe is a low carb recipe as the peppers are not breaded and dip fry.

Enjoy!
XO Carol