bacon rapped sausage jalapeno popper's

How To Make bacon rapped sausage jalapeno popper's

• 1

  Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
• 2

  Place sausage in a large deep skillet or heavy pot and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
• 3

  Drain off the grease (I use a spaghetti strainer)and place in a large bowl.
• 4

  Mix cayenne with the sausage then add the cream cheese and cheddar. You do the cayenne first so that it will mix well.
• 5

  Pre-cook the bacon to reduce most of the grease but don't cook to the point that it is stiff. you are going to wrap the bacon around your poppers in a bit. Ok, here is the bit from above. I have done these I don't know how many times and I like to wrap my popper with a full piece of bacon each, that way it goes all the way around. You may want less bacon so before frying, cut the pound in half. remember it's going to end up short.
• 6

  Here is the part that you may not like so much. Fill the sink with water and dump in the jalapenos'. Hold under water trim off the stem to the edge of the pepper and cut down the center. With a very small knife, clean out the seeds and extra pulp so that you have a little boat. Drain on paper towels as you go.
• 7

  Arrange wrapped jalapeno's on a rack in a large shallow baking dish, brush liberally with honey and bake in pre-heated oven for 20 minutes, or until bacon is evenly brown and slightly crisp.
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