Jalapeno Popper Chicken Recipe
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Goodness gracious, y’all. This Jalapeno Popper Chicken is fabulous. And I mean FABULOUS!
If your family enjoys the flavors of Jalapeno Poppers or Jalapeno Popper Dip, then they will fall in love with this Jalapeno Popper Chicken recipe. Promise.
While my recipe includes the step to bake skinless, boneless chicken breasts, you can easily just pick up a rotisserie chicken from your grocery store deli, whip up the ingredients for the topping, mix in the chicken, and bake it for about 15 minutes for the cracker topping to brown.
You’ll have this deliciousness on the table in no time flat.
Or, if you are like me and cook a bunch of chicken at least once during the week to use in so many other recipes throughout the week, this is one of those recipes you’ll be glad you did!
Here’s my Jalapeno Popper Chicken recipe. I can’t wait to hear how you love it!
Jalapeno Popper Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts
For the Jalapeno Popper Topping:
- 3 slices bacon, diced
- 2 jalapenos, deveined, deseeded and diced
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1 8-ounce package cream cheese,, softened
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- For the topping:
- 1/2 cup crushed butter crackers, 1/2 sleeve
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º F. Place chicken breasts in a small casserole dish and bake until juices run clear when pricked, about 45 minutes.
- While chicken is baking, prepare jalapeno popper topping for chicken. Add bacon, jalapenos, and onions to a small skillet and fry until bacon is crispy and jalapenos and onions are tender. Remove from heat and add to a small mixing bowl. Add cream cheese, mayonnaise or yogurt, and cheeses to mixing bowl and cream together with bacon mixture until well-combined.
- Remove chicken from oven and reduce oven heat to 350º F. Spread jalapeno popper topping on top of chicken until well-covered.
- For the topping, mix together crushed crackers, cheese, and melted butter. Sprinkle on top of jalapeno popper topped chicken. Bake until crackers are lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xoxo
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Hi! This looks amazing! Do you know if it freezes well?
This was fantastic! We left the seeds in the jalepenos and did not devein them so they kept their heat. I did not have enough crackers for the topping and used some bread crumbs. I also did not have shredded Parmesan cheese so used grated instead (half the amount though). My husband and I both loved it. We will definitely be making this again!
Absolutely delicious. I live in Poland and can’t find fresh jalapenos so I used the jarred ones… it still tasted fantastic. I left the seeds and it added the perfect amount of spice.
Wow, I made these tonight – I had family visiting. THEY (and I) LOVED it. So delicious and easy to make, will make again! Thank you
Just wondering, do you really bake the chicken breasts for an hour total? It seems like they would be very dry after all that time in the oven. Most recipes for baked chicken breasts are for 35-40 minutes.
I agree with Catsmom…Maybe you could quickly pan-fry the chicken breasts on both sides to get a bit of browning, then remove from pan while still undercooked, add the jalapeno mix, and THEN put in the oven for browning?
Guess it depends on how big your breasts are. Er, I mean how big the chicken breasts are…
=D
This recipe was fabulous. I thought this dish would have a little bit more spice to it but it didn’t. Don’t know if you need more jalapenos or maybe leave the seeds in. Other than that, the taste was awesome and and smelled delicious while cooking. Thanks for the recipe.
This sounds soooo yummy, my husband will love it!
I’ve pinned it here so I can try it next week
Thanks :+)
Yum! My husband will love this 🙂 I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I read the title of this post out loud and my husband flipped out.He cannot wait to try it. I’m afraid I am going to have to talk him out of adding habaneros, though.
Whoa this is a must have, love these flavors!!