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What happens when you combine Baked Jalapeño Poppers with chicken?? Oh yeah baby!! Cheesy jalapeno popper stuffed chicken breast stuffed with diced jalapeño, cream cheese, cheddar jack cheese, scallions and bacon!
Jalapeño Popper Stuffed Chicken
Serve it with fiesta lime rice, cilantro lime rice or a two bean salad or black bean cucumber salad on the side to make it a meal.
For this recipe, I basically deconstructed my jalapeño poppers and stuffed them into chicken and the results where mouth watering!! Now updated to include Air Fryer directions!
Variations and Tips:
- Use panko in place of breadcrumbs for a crunchier texture.
- To make this gluten-free, use gluten-free panko.
- For a milder version, take out the jalapeno seeds and membranes.
- To make them spicy, leave them in.
More Stuffed Chicken Recipes:
- Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken
- Sun Dried Tomato and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Rollatini
- Stuffed Chicken Breast with Prosciutto, Brie, and Cheese
- Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts
- Stuffed Buffalo Chicken Beasts
Cheesy Jalapeño Popper Baked Stuffed Chicken
Cheesy stuffed chicken breast stuffed with diced jalapeño, cream cheese, cheddar jack cheese, scallions and bacon!
Yield: 4 servings
Serving Size: 2 stuffed breasts
Ingredients
- 2 slices center cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 3 jalapeños, chopped (remove seeds for milder)
- 3 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
- 4 oz reduced fat shredded cheddar jack, Sargento
- 2 tbsp chopped scallions
- 8 thin sliced skinless chicken breast cutlets, 3 oz each
- 1/2 cup Italian seasoned whole wheat breadcrumbs, or GF crumbs
- 1 1/2 juicy limes, juice of
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt and fresh pepper
- olive oil non-stick spray
Instructions
- Wash and dry chicken cutlets, season with salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Lightly spray a baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Combine cream cheese, cheddar, scallions, jalapeño and bacon crumbles in a medium bowl.
- Lay chicken cutlets on a working surface and spread 2 tbsp of cream cheese mixture on each cutlet.
- Loosely roll each one, secure the ends with toothpicks to prevent the cheese from oozing out.
- Place breadcrumbs in a bowl; in a second bowl combine olive oil, lime juice, salt and pepper.
- Dip chicken in lime-oil mixture, then in breadcrumbs and place seam side down on a baking dish. Repeat with the remaining chicken.
- When finished, lightly spray the top of the chicken with oil spray.
- Bake 22-25 minutes, serve immediately.
Air Fryer Directions
- Follow Steps 1 to 8, then air fry in batches 400F for 12 minutes, turning halfway.
Last Step:
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Serving: 2 stuffed breasts, Calories: 371 kcal, Carbohydrates: 11 g, Protein: 42.5 g, Fat: 17.5 g, Saturated Fat: 0.5 g, Cholesterol: 49 mg, Sodium: 356 mg, Fiber: 1.5 g, Sugar: 0.5 g
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Love love love this recipe! The chicken is so good fresh and reheated. I didn’t have cheddar jack so I used half pepper-jack, half shard cheddar. This will definitely get added to our meal rotation.
I’ve made this a couple times now and my husband and I love it. It’s a perfect blend of cheesy spicy goodness. I followed the recipe exactly for the first couple times I made it. Last night, I rolled the chicken, covered it in lime, and then put it right into the skillet (no panko). It was just as good! I know a little bit of panko isn’t going to make or break the points/calories for this, but I wanted to try it.
We served the chicken with a Mexican-ish stir fry style rice – cauliflower rice, corn, jalapenos, poblanos, and onion.
5 STARS – I don’t know how I missed the stars on my initial review.
I made this last night and it was a huge hit! I don’t have much luck rolling chicken so I just sliced my four regular chicken breasts in half and stuffed the filling. So delicious!!! Will definitely make this again.
This was super tasty and felt quite easy to make. Thank you!
This was delicious! Will definitely make again, need to practice on my rolling technique a little but we loved them!
I make this with Costco rotisserie chicken. I know that probably changes the calorie content some however I omit the breadcrumbs doing this too. I keep the lime and the cream cheese/jalapeno stuffing then mix everything together in a sort of casserole. Husband and I love it. I made it once as recipe said and was time consuming for our busy house. A+
These were wonderful. Thanks!
Great and Tasty. Easy to prepare. The temperature was way too hot in my oven. I reduced after the first 10 minutes.
Definitely will prepare again.
Cooked this and it came out a little dry. Anyone have any idea what I did wrong to fix this?
Cooked this in the air fryer last night and it was packed with flavor. It will definitely be a staple in our household from now on. Had some leftover cream cheese mixture that we ate on a bagel this morning and it was equally delicious!
At what temperature and for how long did you cook them in the air fryer? I was thinking the same thing!
By the way, I LOVE your recipes!! They help me tremendously.
Easy and delicious. I just sliced regular-sized breasts in half. Worked well.
This was stellar, Gina! Absolutely had the flavor of jalapeño poppers.
For those who are looking for something spicy, definitely leave in the membranes and seeds. I removed them out of habit, and the jalapeño really mellows when it’s baked.
So delicious!!! I thought it was going to be too much jalapenos but it was perfect! So delicious, My husband loved it too! I served it with roasted rainbow carrots and it was a delightful and healthy meal.
My hubby said, “definitely add this one to the favorites list!”
Such a creative idea, and I can’t believe its such low calorie for how much rich, gooey, delicious it is stuffed with!
I did double the bacon, I figured it was worth the extra point to me. We cooked this in the air fryer and it came out perfectly!
This was divine. Whole family loved it! Our third Skinny Taste meal this week and all three were flavor explosions. Thank you so much.
Thanks Jennifer!
I put everything in the recipe builder and this came out as 8 points?
I got the same result!
Made this last night and OMG!!!!!!!! My husband just told me that this is hands down the best chicken he has EVER eaten…and that includes restaurants. This is absolutely delicious and will be our little “cheat meal” at our house. Thank you for making such flavorful recipes!
I hate rolling chicken but I love the flavors of this recipe so much. So I just breaded the cutlets and air fried them flat. Then I topped them with the cheese mixture and air fried or broiled them until the cheese was melted and bubbly. Same flavor. Less hassle.
I love this idea! I too hate trying to roll chicken breasts!
I hate rolling chicken but I love the flavors of this recipe so much. So I just breaded the cutlets and air fried them flat. Then I topped them with the cheese mixture and air fried or broiled them until the cheese was melted and bubbly. Same flavor. Less hassle.
Hi! This was amazing! Howeve, I put this in recipe builder and it came up as 8 points. Are the servings off? Or did I do something wrong? I didn’t just put in the nutrition info.
I came up with 8 points also on the Blue Plan.
I did also.
I will double check.
Gina, is it possible that you removed points for unused breadcrumbs? I’ve seen you note that on other breaded recipes. I came up with 8 on blue too
I just made this tonight and I got 9 points on the blue plan. VERY delicious!
Why would this be higher on purple, than on blue?
What am I missing?
Thanks for the recipe! How did you roll yours so perfectly? I used half the filling and mine were just a mess to roll up. LOVE the flavor combinations though.
Lots of practice lol.