stuffed jalapenos w/ chipotle ranch dipping sauce

How To Make stuffed jalapenos w/ chipotle ranch dipping sauce

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees (F).
• Step 2
  For the dipping sauce, stir together first 3 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate to blend flavors.
• Step 3
  Cut the stems off jalapenos and, using an old-fashioned vegetable peeler, clean out each one, being sure to remove all seeds and pith. Set aside.
• Step 4
  With a very sharp knife, chop up the chicken very finely and place in a mixing bowl. Add the jack cheese and stir to combine. Stir in salt and pepper to taste.
• Step 5
  Stuff each hollowed pepper with the chicken/cheese mixture to the top of the pepper. Wrap each stuffed pepper with a strip of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
• Step 6
  Place peppers upright on a pepper roasting rack and bake until the bacon is crispy and the stuffing reaches a temperature of 170, about 30 minutes. (If you don't have a pepper rack, be sure to wind part of the bacon strip over the opening of the pepper so all the cheese won't ooze while they are cooking.)
• Step 7
  Pat excess bacon grease, if necessary, and serve with dipping sauce.
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