RECIPES

 

Category: Appetizers & Beverages

Recipe Title: Jalapeno Chicken Wraps

Submitted By: Scott L. Shermeyer

Ingredients:

 

1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 Tbsp. garlic powder

1 Tbsp. onion powder

1 Tbsp. ground fresh black pepper (you can substitute any sort of ground pepper depending how spicy you like)

2 tsp seasoned salt

1 tsp. Paprika

1 sm. Onion, cut into strips about ¼” thick wide

15 jalapeno peppers, halved and seeded*

1 lb. Sliced bacon, halved widthwise

Blue cheese salad dressing

 

Directions:

Cut chicken into 3-in. X 1 ½-in. strips. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, seasoned salt and paprika. Add chicken and shake to coat. Place a chicken strip and an onion strip in each jalapeno half. Wrap each with a strip of bacon and secure with toothpicks.

Grill uncovered, over indirect medium heat for 18-20 minutes or until chicken juices run clear and bacon is crisp, turning once.

Serve with blue cheese salad dressing. Yields 2½ dozen.

*Note: When cutting or seeding hot peppers, use rubber or plastic gloves to protect your hands from the oils. Avoid touching your face, and especially avoid rubbing your eyes or taking out your contact lenses if you don’t use the gloves. (I found out the hard way! Don’t be a tough guy unless you want to find out what they put in mace and why it burns so bad.)

Christmas Bark (Chocolate bar cookies) Tiki Warner

1 sleeve of saltine crackers

1 cup of butter (2 sticks)

½ cup light brown sugar (or 1 cup white sugar)

12 oz semisweet chocolate morsels

1 cup chopped pecans

 

Tip: Instead of parchment you can use tin foil sprayed with Pam. Pat the pecans with a spatula into the still warm chocolate. Tiki keeps them in the refrigerator in a container.