Chicken Bombs
Description
Chicken tenders are topped with spicy cream cheese and wrapped in bacon in these quick and easy chicken bombs that jazz up a buffet line.
Ingredients
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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1/4 cup finely chopped green onion, or to taste
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1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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8 chicken tenders
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8 slices bacon
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8 toothpicks
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6 tablespoons pepper jelly
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Set a wire rack on top of a baking sheet.
2
Mix cream cheese, green onion, jalapeno pepper, salt, and pepper together in a bowl.
3
Pound chicken tenders into a rectangular shape with the flat side of a meat tenderizer. Place 3 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture in the middle of each tender; fold into a pouch.
4
Wrap a slice of bacon around each pouch and secure with a toothpick. Top with some pepper jelly. Arrange on the wire rack.
5
Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp and chicken juices run clear, about 35 minutes.