Joe's Screaming Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers

Recipe courtesy Joe Rao

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Emeril's Tailgating Contest

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RECIPE
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Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
10 to 25 stuffed peppers

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

1 to 2 packages cream cheese, depending on the size of your pepper, room temperature
2 to 4 cloves chopped garlic or granulated, depending on your preference (c'mon, no spicy finger food is complete without this spice)
1/4 cup finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes - a nice handful from the jar
Chopped fresh basil leaves
Pinch salt
10 to 25 jalapeno peppers (larger then average size will make them easier to stuff)
1/2 to 1 pound thinly sliced bacon (Pork Fat Rulez!)
Toothpicks (for the peppers, not your teeth silly)

Directions

Preheat the grill.

Mix each package of cream cheese with chopped garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and a dash of chopped basil. Add a pinch of salt. Mix until mixture is soft and manageable.

Slice each jalapeno lengthwise on 1 side, being careful not to cut the jalapeno in 1/2. Remove the seeds if you don't think your friends can handle the heat, otherwise leave'em and enjoy watching your friends shed a few extra tears. hehe... Depending on your pepper, you may have to slice around the stem of the pepper to create a manageable opening to squeeze the filling in.

Fill either a pastry bag, or your choice of tools with the filling. Use something that will allow you to sqeeze the filling into the opening of the pepper with ease. I've used a plastic frosting tool, cookie press, and even just a small spoon to squeeze the filling in. However you choose, insert a liberal amount of filling into each jalapeno. Be careful not to overfill as the filling may spurt out during cooking.

Wrap each pepper with 1 to 2 strips of bacon, securing the opening in the pepper. Secure the bacon with a toothpick (best to soak the toothpicks first, to prevent burning on the BBQ). This also helps the jalapenos from falling into the BBQ (you're bound to loose at least 1, oh well). Long metal or wood skewers also work well for large amounts.

BBQ the peppers until they lightly roasted, or until the bacon is fully cooked. Use some foil to cook on if your peppers are cooking or burning too fast on a HOT BBQ.

Serve 'em up and watch your friends squirm with delight!

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recipe Joe's Screaming Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers
Mrs League City, TX 10-14-2009
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Awesome!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Best jalapeno poppers ever and as Emeril would say to ?kick it up a notch? replace 50% of the cream cheese with goat cheese... (e.g. Chevre goat cheese)Read more
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Jessica Huntington Beach, CA 09-02-2009
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LOVED THEM
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Family and friends LOVED them. Great for parties. Removed all the seeds. Definitely will make again.
recipe Joe's Screaming Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers
David Bonita Springs, FL 08-08-2009
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Best poppers I have tasted
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Whole family loved them. For those who say they are too hot, after cleaning seeds and membrane, it is probably the tip of the... Jalapeno. You cannot get all the membrane out of the tip. Eat from stem end to tip and see if it gets hotter as you go. Add some shredded cheddar to the filling is good too. If you have too much filling, eat it on crackers. It is great by itself. You will want to make these whenever you fire up the grill.Read more
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ron bellville, OH 01-12-2009
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Time saver
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

First this is a great recipe,I've been making for years.Well now to the time saver part,I use a pepper rack so the peppers... stand up so you just cut the tops off,then use a pastry gun to fill the pepper.Racks run around $30 best investment you will ever make if you make these alot.Happy GrillenRead more
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Susan Yarmouth Port, MA 07-08-2008
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TAKE OUT ALL THE SEEDS
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very good but if you don't take out the seeds I think the heat over powers the flavor. I tried a few with the some of the... seeds in it because we like hot and spicy flavors but this was too hot. Remove all the seeds and you have a wonderful and easy happy appy. And don't forget to use gloves or you'll be sorry. Susan, Cape Cod, MARead more
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Gina Rohnert Park, CA 01-26-2008
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Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was given a large bag of home grown jalapenos and i didn't know what to do with them. I used half of them to make this... recipe and I devoured almost all of them myself. The very next day I made them all over again. They were a huge hit!! They will now be recipe I make often!Read more