I swear I never get tired of making and eating jalapeno poppers. Figured I'd see what little tweaks/additions/variations you guys have used on yours. Here are some that I've tried before:
1) This is my go-to: Brown and dice some bacon, mix it in with the cream cheese along with some cayenne powder and some honey. Once you wrap the pepper in bacon, hit the outside of it with a little more honey and cayenne. Double the bacon, what's not to love? :biggrin1:
2) Stuff the pepper with some boudin and a piece of shrimp instead of cream cheese
3) Add a little bit of orange marmalade in with the cream cheese...wrap these extra careful because they get leaky on the pit if not.
4) Modified dove popper: along with cream cheese, throw a seasoned piece of dove breast and a couple blackberries into the jalapeno before wrapping in bacon. Made this one up years back when I was dove hunting on a piece of land that also happened to have a big blackberry bush on it. :grin:
5) Use a marinated chipotle pepper instead of a jalapeno. This one is hard to get right because the chipotles are so squishy...but tasty nonetheless if you can pull it off.
6) Stuff the jalapeno with shredded brisket (never personally made this one myself, but have had it a few times)
7) Add a piece of smoked sausage in there (my fave is some good old Elgin hot sausage)
8) Add a piece of marinated venison backstrap (for this I marinate/season it like I would beef fajitas)
1) This is my go-to: Brown and dice some bacon, mix it in with the cream cheese along with some cayenne powder and some honey. Once you wrap the pepper in bacon, hit the outside of it with a little more honey and cayenne. Double the bacon, what's not to love? :biggrin1:
2) Stuff the pepper with some boudin and a piece of shrimp instead of cream cheese
3) Add a little bit of orange marmalade in with the cream cheese...wrap these extra careful because they get leaky on the pit if not.
4) Modified dove popper: along with cream cheese, throw a seasoned piece of dove breast and a couple blackberries into the jalapeno before wrapping in bacon. Made this one up years back when I was dove hunting on a piece of land that also happened to have a big blackberry bush on it. :grin:
5) Use a marinated chipotle pepper instead of a jalapeno. This one is hard to get right because the chipotles are so squishy...but tasty nonetheless if you can pull it off.
6) Stuff the jalapeno with shredded brisket (never personally made this one myself, but have had it a few times)
7) Add a piece of smoked sausage in there (my fave is some good old Elgin hot sausage)
8) Add a piece of marinated venison backstrap (for this I marinate/season it like I would beef fajitas)
