Snack
Jalapeño poppers with bacon
No breadcrumb coating and no deep fryer — baked on a rack, the bacon crisps and does the job the crumb was doing, which was mostly texture.
3gnet carbs
24gfat
10gprotein
270kcal
Per serving35 minServes 4
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Ingredients
For the whole dish · serves 4
- Jalapeños7 oz
- Cream cheese5½ oz
- Bacon6
- Cheddar1½ oz
- Garlic powderhalf a teaspoon
- Sea saltto taste
Method
6 steps · 35 minutes
- Halve them lengthwise and scrape out the seeds and the white pith with a teaspoon. The pith is where nearly all the heat lives.
- Wear gloves or wash your hands before touching your face. This is the part everyone learns once.
- Beat the cream cheese with the cheddar and garlic powder until soft enough to spoon, and fill the halves level rather than heaped.
- Wrap each in a half slice of bacon, stretched thin first so it goes further and crisps faster.
- On a rack over a sheet pan so the fat drips away. Sitting in it, the undersides go soft.
- Twenty-five minutes at 400F. Let them stand 5 minutes before eating — molten cream cheese takes the roof off your mouth.
Macros are per serving and are estimates worked out from the ingredients. Keto Tracker AI is a food logging tool and does not give medical advice; talk to a doctor before changing your diet.
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