Jalapeno Poppers with Cream Cheese-No fry recipe

Jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and deep fried….yum whats not to love about these appetizers. But do you always feel guilty after eating a few! No reason to feel guilty with these baked poppers. I decided to give a twist to the traditional recipe(literally) and use puff pastry sheets instead of frying.
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The baked version is so eye catching.  It has just the right amount of spice, and the cream cheese filling and the puff pastry rolled like a mummy, makes it look like something out of a European bakery.

Even children can eat them , because once you deseed the Jalapenos, the heat from them goes away. My daughter loved it so much, she saved a couple for her school lunch for the next day!

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Jalapeno Poppers with Cream Cheese- No fry recipe

Aanchal Gupta

A baked,easier and low fat version of the traditional fried jalapeno poppers. Frozen puff pastry makes it a very easy recipe to make.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Course Party Appetizer
Cuisine Mexican

Servings 13 -14 poppers

Ingredients

  

  • 1 box puff pastry 2 sheets, thawed according to directions on box.
  • 11-12 Jalapenos washed and slit in half.Remove stems and seeds.

For the filling

  • 4 oz cream cheese 1/2 package
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup Mexican cheese blend/Pepperjack cheese or any other cheese shredded
  • 2 tbsp chopped red onions
  • 1/2 tsp minced Garlic or 1/4 tsp Garlic powder
  • Minced Green chilies/Jalapenos optional
  • 1/2 cup milk for brushing on top as glaze

Instructions

 

  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • Put parchment paper on a baking tray or grease a tray, lightly
  • Mix the ingredients for the filling and stuff the Jalapenos with the cheesy filling.
  • After the puff pastry sheet has thawed, roll with a rolling pin to 12″x 12″.
  • Brush Milk all over the puff pastry.
  • Cut into 3/4″ to 1″ strips with knife.
  • Roll the strips over the jalapenos, overlapping each time, being careful that the jalapeno is covered.
  • Seal the edges and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Brush tops with more milk and bake for 20 minutes.
  • Garnish with shredded carrots and chopped cilantro.

Notes

Please wear Gloves when deseeding Jalapenos. If puff pastry becomes soft while handling, put it back in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.
You can use eggs to glaze, it will give a better shine, I used milk though.

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Here is the step by step pictorial recipe-

 Wash and slit Jalapenos.Remove seeds. Please use Gloves!

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Mix all ingredients for the filling

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Mix all ingredients for the filling, thaw the puff pastry according to directions on the box.jalapeno-poppers-3

Stuff the Jalapenos with Cream cheese

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Roll the Puff Pastry sheet with rolling pin to 12″x 12″ and brush with milkjalapeno-poppers-5

Cut into 3/4″ to 1″ strips

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Start by placing the Jalapeno on the edge of the strip. Make sure there is enough at the end to seal.

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Start rolling  by overlapping the puff pastry each time

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Roll all the jalapenos and place on parchment lined baking tray. Bake.

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Garnish with shredded carrots and chopped cilantro. Enjoy!

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2 Responses

  1. Garima Agarwal

    Thank you for such lovely recipe.. I made it as an appetizer for my valentine party.. it was hit!! Everybody appreciated!! Thanks a lot!

    • Aanchal Gupta

      Thanks Garima for trying it out and writing back. So glad it turned out great and everyone appreciated it. Encouraging comments from readers always puts a smile on my face. Thanks

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