Make My Day Camp: My Sister Tried It: Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese

Friday, April 28, 2023

My Sister Tried It: Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese

Every time these crazy “recipe’s” come up on facebook I bookmark them and hope my sister will make them for me. This one I decided she would NEVER make because it wouldn’t be something she herself would eat. It also wouldn’t transport well. So I decided since this one was just basically a grilled cheese it was within my skill range so I’d give it a try.

So the recipe calls for fresh jalapeño’s - I used canned. I also used turkey bacon, light cream cheese and “skinny” bread. Hey if I’m going to slather cream cheese on bread I might as well do any little thing I can do to lighten it up. Haha.

I will attach the “real” recipe but in a nutshell, I put cream cheese, jalapeños, Garlic Salt, and Onion Salt in a bowl - mixed it together and put on the bread. I then topped it with turkey bacon that I had cooked in the air fryer and a little cheddar cheese. Honestly it was fantastic. I mean what’s not to like about this (if you like jalepeno poppers)? Next time I think I will go a little less on the cream cheese mixture and up the cheddar cheese instead. The cream cheese was a little overpowering - and messy so definitely will try with less next time. But all in all delicious! In the meantime I’ll keep saving recipe’s that I can hopefully get my sis to make!

4 medium jalapeños, stems removed, sliced in half, and seeded
▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
▢ 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
▢ ½ teaspoon garlic salt
▢ ¼ teaspoon black pepper
▢ ½ teaspoon onion powder
▢ 1 cup (113 g) mild cheddar cheese, shredded, divided
▢ 6 strips bacon, cooked, divided
▢ 4 slices Texas toast (Or your bread of choice)
▢ 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided

Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Brush the jalapeños with the olive oil on all sides and place on the prepared baking sheet.
Roast for about 15 minutes, or until the skin of the jalapeños begins to char slightly.
Remove from oven and set aside to to cool slightly.
To a medium mixing bowl, add cream cheese, garlic salt, pepper, and onion powder. Mix until creamy.
Once the jalapenos are cool enough to handle, roughly chop them and fold them into to the cream cheese mixture.
Butter one side of one slice of bread. On the opposite side, spread half of the cream cheese mixture. Top the cream cheese mixture with 3 slices of bacon and ½ cup of cheddar cheese. Top with another slice of bread and butter the outside. Repeat these steps with the remaining bread.
Add the buttered sandwich to a skillet and cook both sides over medium heat until the bread is toasted and the cheese is completely melted (3-5 minutes per side). Serve immediately.