Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese Sandwich

 

This is another sandwich that you really want to save for a day when you just need to treat yourself, or someone close to you. This one is really rich and over the top, but soooo yummy.

I had some jalapeno peppers on hand and I wanted to do something different with them. I decided to put them into a grilled cheese sandwich. I went online and found a handful of recipes to gather some inspiration from and the result is this sandwich. Since I was pretty much stuck at home because of the weather I used what was in my fridge and cabinets.

So let’s talk about the recipe and how to create it. I do want to point out that the ingredient list is for each sandwich, so just scale it up for however many sandwiches you are making. Or make one and split it (which would probably be the more sane idea…..)

The first step is to char the jalapenos. Coat them in a bit of olive oil and put them on an oven safe pan and then under a broiler set on high. Depending on your oven they will probably need about 5 minutes per side. You want a fairly good char all the way around. Once they are well charred remove from the oven and cover so they can steam and soften. This will take about 5 minutes.

Also to prepare for sandwich making you will need to cook the bacon. Once cooked drain on a paper towel to absorb some of the grease.

 

Meanwhile slice the green onion and combine it with the cream cheese and garlic powder. Then spread this mixture on both slices of bread.

 

 

 

On one slice of bread top the cream cheese with most of the shredded cheese. Leave about 2 Tablespoons or so for later.

 

 

 

 

Top the cheese with the bacon.

 

 

 

 

 

By now the jalapenos. should be ready to cut in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds and any ribs from the inside. Add the jalapeno halves on top of the bacon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top the peppers with the remaining cheese (this helps to “glue” the sandwich together)

 

 

 

 

 Melt 1 Tablespoon of butter in a preheated skillet and add the sandwich. Cook on
the first side over medium heat for about 5 minutes until the bread is nicely toasted.

 

 

 

Carefully flip the sandwich and cook on the second side until well toasted. You may need to add some more butter to the skillet when you flip the sandwich depending on how much the bread on the first side absorbed.

 

 

Slice and serve with you favorite sides.

Makes 1 (very large) sandwich.

You can find a downloadable/printable version of this recipe here.

Jalapeno Popper Grilled Cheese Sandwich

(per sandwich)

2 jalapeno peppers

1 Tablespoon olive oil

2 slices bacon

2 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 green onion

¼ teaspoon garlic powder

2 slices of bread (mine was sourdough)

¾ cup shredded cheese (I like to use a 4 cheese Mexican blend cheese)

Butter to cook sandwich in

Use the olive oil to coat the jalapeno peppers and char under the broiler for about 5 minutes per side. Cover and allow to sweat until softened, about 5 minutes.

Cook the bacon.

Slice green onion and combine with cream cheese and garlic powder.

Spread cream cheese mixture on one side of each slice of bread.

Top cream cheese with shredded cheese, reserving about 2 Tablespoons of the cheese.

Top shredded cheese with bacon.

Remove charred skins from peppers, cut in half and remove seeds and ribs.

Add peppers to sandwich on top of bacon.

Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

Melt about 1 Tablespoon of butter in skillet, add sandwich and cook over medium heat about 5 minutes until bread is well toasted.

Carefully flip sandwich, adding more butter to skillet if needed.

Cook on second side until well toasted and cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.

Enjoy.