Chicken Bombs

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

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

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup finely chopped green onion, or to taste
1 jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
salt and ground black pepper to taste
8 chicken tenders
8 slices bacon
8 toothpicks
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.