What's Cooking at Sofia's: Stuffed Jalapeños with Cream Cheese, Crab Meat & Bacon
This was a "re-invention" from a recipe I had tried at a friend's house. These appetizers are a huge hit. Make sure to use high quality ingredients, especially for the blue cheese, crab meat and bacon. Try to get smoked bacon. Here in Wisconsin I buy Nueske Bacon.
INGREDIENTS
8 jalapeños
6oz crab meat
1/2 cup blue cheese
8oz salmon cream cheese
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
8 slices of smoked bacon
DIRECTIONS
- Make a longitudinal cut only on one side of each jalapeño.
- Remove all seeds from the jalapeños.
- In a bowl mix crab meat, blue cheese, cream cheese and shredded mozzarella.
- Stuff each jalapeño with the mixture.
- Wrap each stuffed jalapeño with a slice of bacon and put them in a oven safe deep dish.
- Put them in the oven at low broil for about 15 minutes.
- Serve while hot.
mau
2:07 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
I'm going to grow jumbo jalapeno's this year and I want to make them stuffed. But this mix wouldn't go over with my family. No fish or blue cheese allowed. I do have some canned chicken that I could substitute. I am going to print this recipe for when I get my fresh jalapenos.
mau
2:10 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Do you know if they use nitrates or nitrites to preserve their bacon and ham? I get a reaction to them so I am always looking for a source of nitrate/nitrite free.
Randy1949
6:57 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Oh, yeah -- Nueske's is the best for bacon and just about everything else.
These appetizers sound really good.
James R Hoffa
7:14 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Jalapenos are a bit too hot for my tastes!
Maybe I'll try with peperoncini instead :-)
Craig
7:21 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Hoffa: Try them. The cream cheese takes the sting out of the pepper. Milk works too.
Craig grew up eating Jalapenos on Sunday afternoons with ham and rolls. My old man told me it puts hair on your chest. He failed to mention your back too. I wish it grew hair on my head.
James R Hoffa
7:35 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
I'll have to remember that!
I will definitely give them a try based on your recommend, even though I already have plenty of chest hair! Just don't blame me if I don't become a regular, as back hair is something I definitely don't want :-)
mau
7:47 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
It's the seeds and the pith that are the heat. I canned sliced pickled jalapenos last fall for the first time. One batch I left the seeds in, the other I removed them. The seeded are HOT lip numbing and relegated for chili. The seeded are not hot at all unless I missed a couple seeds and not hot enough for chili. We put those on hamburgers, cover with a piece of cheese and melt the cheese. Also gives a nice bight frying with hamburgers, breakfast sausage or patties.
Best to purchase a corer and make sure you wear rubber gloves. Unless you can remember not to touch your eyes or lips.
James R Hoffa
8:06 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Now you got me hungry again - thanks mau!
mau
8:22 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Thank Sofia, she comes up with such great recipes. I didn't make her Gumbo because I have a simple recipe for Jambalaya.
Sofia Reino
9:29 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
@Mau: I was thinking about substitute for the crab meat, What about bacon bits and another type of strong cheese such as extra sharp cheddar, perhaps adding some herbs such as chopped chives.
@Randy1949: I DO love that bacon. It certainly is the very best.
@James: Some jalapeños are indeed very spicy. Often when we have parties I do a few with banana peppers for those that do not like the spiciness, so that is another choice.
@Craig: too funny, thankfully I never got that problem. lol yet am lucky with good thick hair on my head, but I associate that with being Latin!
Heather Asiyanbi
9:48 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Oh, Sofia, you've done it again! Another recipe we want to try ... thank you!
Sofia Reino
7:15 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
@Heather: thanks! Looking forward to hearing how you like it.
Mike in OC
11:47 am on Saturday, March 10, 2012
I've been thinking about this recipe since I first read it.... darn you Sofia... I'm on a diet.... ahhhhhhhhhhhh. (but I will try it at some point)
Bob McBride
12:27 pm on Saturday, March 10, 2012
What Mike said. Just started a diet here this week. Even though I'm not a big bleu cheese fan, this looks amazing. I'm going to have to stay away from your articles here or the diet's going to be a failure. All your recipes are fantastic.
Sofia Reino
9:22 am on Thursday, March 15, 2012
@Mike: I am so sorry... But.. hmm.. let's think, what type of diet may that be? You can use low fat cream cheese as well as shredded cheese and instead of bacon which has a lot of fat you could substitute to turkey bacon (of course not quite the same!)
@Bob: You can replace the blue cheese for feta for example if that is more to your liking? It still has a tad of the tangy feeling to it and will work just as well. And to you both thank you for your comments.