Chicken Jalapeno Popper Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels. Crumble.
• Mix 1/2 of the bacon crumbles with 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese, jalapenos, sour cream, mayonnaise, and garlic salt. Add chicken and mix well. Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish and spread evenly. Top with remaining bacon and cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and casserole is heated through, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Arrange Tater tots in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered 15 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, jalapeno peppers, garlic salt and pepper. Stir in half each of the chicken, Mexican cheese blend, bacon and green onions. Arrange chicken over Tater tots. Top with cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with remaining Mexican cheese blend, green onions and bacon. Cover and bake until heated through, 20-25 minutes. If desired, top with additional sour cream and jalapeno slices.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a small skillet over medium-high heat, combine the bread crumbs and oil. Stirring often, toast until crispy and golden brown. Transfer bread crumbs to a small bowl and mix in the taco seasoning.
• Beat eggs in a shallow bowl or rimmed plate.
• In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese and diced jalapenos.
• Using a small, sharp knife, either cut a pocket in each breast or butterfly them. If they're especially thick, I like to pound them a couple times with the flat side of a meat mallet to thin them out some first - too thick and it takes so long to cook through that the bread crumbs burn.
• Season the chicken lightly with salt and pepper. Divide the cheese filling evenly between the chicken breasts; close with toothpicks if you like.
• Dip the chicken in the beaten egg and then the bread crumb mixture, coating each piece completely. You can put them straight into the baking pan, or put a rack in the bottom of the pan first so the bottoms won't get soggy. Bake in a preheated oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.

Steps:

• In large skillet cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper toweling and then crumble.
• Drain off all but 1 tablespoon grease (reserve grease).
• Pound chicken breasts slightly to even thickness. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook chicken in bacon grease over medium heat until done, about 5 minutes per side. Remove to heated platter and cover with foil.
• In same skillet, add 1 tablespoon of reserved bacon grease along with jalapenos and cook for 1 minute.
• Add garlic and stir another minute, then add chicken broth to deglaze pan, scaping up brown bits.
• Add cream cheese and stir until melted, then add cheddar and stir until melted.
• Stir in cilantro and crumbled bacon.
• Pour sauce over chicken. Garnish with chopped avocados if desired. Serve with tortilla chips.