Jalapeno Popper Chicken Recipe

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Goodness gracious, y’all. This Jalapeno Popper Chicken is fabulous. And I mean FABULOUS!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Here’s my Jalapeno Popper Chicken recipe. I can’t wait to hear how you love it!

Jalapeno Popper Chicken Recipe

4.93 from 26 votes
Jalapeno Popper Chicken makes the perfect meal combining a favorite jalapeno popper dip with baked chicken. A definite go-to family favorite.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 6

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

Calories: 423kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 131mg | Sodium: 705mg | Potassium: 523mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 643IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 367mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Enjoy!
Robyn xoxo

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  1. Angela says:

    Do you think this would be ok to make lo carb and subsitute crushed pork rinds instead of crackers?

    1. Robyn Stone says:

      I think that sounds like a fabulous idea! Let me know how it turns out for you!!!

  2. Tina L. Pittman says:

    This sounds delicious and I can’t wait to try it. I’ll probably add more peppers to mine since we really like spicy food. Thanks so much for the recipe.

  3. Paula Givens says:

    Right up our alley. Sounds soooooooogood.For real. I’m ready to cook this for my sweet HubbaRd. Believe me he’ll love it. Have a nice day

  4. Candace @ Cabot says:

    5 stars
    How do I love this? Let me count the ways….Jalapenos, chicken, cheese, more cheese, yumminess. Well done!

  5. Bobbi says:

    This sounds fantastic!!! Will have to half it since there are only two of us. Can’t wait to try it!!

  6. Jane Perkins says:

    5 stars
    I have made this twice and my husband goes NUTS over it!! The second time I went a little easier on the crumbs and I liked it better. Great recipe!

  7. Brandy Isham says:

    5 stars
    We made this for dinner last night. I can’t measure, so I ended up using a whole cup of yogurt instead of just 1/2 (oopsie). It was still really good. I think we will add more peppers next time. We completely cleaned them out, so there was no heat. We’ll keep some of the seeds and veins next time plus we really love the pepper taste. (I’m thinking 6 peppers with a bit of the spice left in). It was AMAZING

  8. deewaller says:

    has anyone tried freezing?

  9. Elisha Enoksen says:

    Looks awesome! I’m making this tonight, but would love if you all would chime in to let me know if you used the mayo or the Greek yogurt. Also, when you say butter crackers, do you mean something like Ritz crackers or is there something called “butter crackers”?

  10. Angelica says:

    I’m drooling right now! We just bought a massive amount of jalapenos and I was looking for something to do with them and stumbled upon this mouth watering goodness 🙂 I can’t wait try it. I was wondering if you have ever left off the bacon though or maybe used crumbled ‘real’ bacon bits (I’m trying to avoid the grocery store today!)