Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese

Name: Jalapeño Popper Grilled Cheese
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 slices, bacon, chopped; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 4 ounces, sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup); 4 ounces, cream cheese, softened; 3 , jalapeño chiles, stemmed, halved, seeded, and chopped fine (½ cup); 2 tablespoons finely chopped jarred sliced, jalapeño chiles; 2 , scallions, chopped fine; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 8 slices, hearty white sandwich bread

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2022

All the flavor and creamy goodness of a jalapeño popper gets baked into a grilled cheese sandwich.

SERVES4

TIME45 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We used both fresh and pickled jalapeño chiles to get lots of jalapeño flavor without too much heat.

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