Tuesday, September 15, 2015

fire in the hole bites

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Flashback: Matt Saracen throwing a football through a tire in his front yard while Landry makes witty remarks on the side and Grandma yells confusing things from the porch. That's a round about way of telling you foosball fans that these would be a good thing for you to produce for your friends on game day.

Fire in the hole has nothing to do with this post. I just felt like using it in the title so these are now called fire in the hole bites. What they actually are is chicken tenders stuffed with cream cheese and jalapenos wrapped in bacon and grilled.

Ingredients (can be halved, I was making them for an event)
2 8 oz packages chicken tenders, pounded thin and cut in half
8 oz package of cream cheese
3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
1 package of bacon, cut in half
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Pink Himalayan sea salt
Toothpicks, soaked in water

Directions
Grab a piece of chicken. Add a dab of cream cheese (just under a teaspoon) to the top. Top with some jalapeno pieces, pressing into the cream cheese. Dust with garlic powder and onion powder. Fold up or roll in half, wrap in bacon, and spear with a toothpick to secure. Top off with some pink himalayan sea salt.

Preheat grill to about 350. Grill until bacon is brown and crispy on both sides. Mine took about 10 minutes. Make sure you pre-soak the tooth picks. I did not and it was not cool. Learn from my mistakes! LOL

Clean up well with antibacterial everything since you will be handling raw chicken. Toss any cream cheese you don't use if it's been chicken contaminated.

Original recipe from Salad in a Jar.

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Haikuesday
Toothpicks on the grill...
Nearly caught myself on fire.
I still have eyebrows.
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Did you know today is my half birthday? It is. I think I'll have a piece of cake. You should too if for no other reason than it'll make Tuesday infinitely better. 

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Martinis & Bikinis

28 comments:

  1. anything with bacon is a win, in my books. this looks delish!!!

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  2. Bacon wrapped chicken, yes please. Sounds yummy.

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  3. Oh my - I want these at my tailgate :) xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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  4. Yes. Does the Pink Himalayan Sea Salt really make a diff or could I use regular sea salt? Just wondering. If so, I can make these suckers TONIGHT!

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  5. These were excellent and leftovers reheated well under the broiler sans toothpicks.
    Two thumbs up! Love. Your. Momma

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  6. Since I'm a vegetarian I thought I was getting nauseated on this post... until you mentioned cake. You brought me out of the darkness :) haha... Happy half birthday :) I always forget when mine is. I totally missed it - again.

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  7. Friday night lights forever! If actual football was like watching that show, i would never miss a game. now i'm hungry. these look so good.

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  8. I still have eyebrows...hahaha. I'm not brave enough to work any grill.

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  9. I love that show! My bf would be so happy if I made these...might have to give it a try!

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  10. These look DELICIOUS :) Also, never would have thought about pre-soaking toothpicks haha, good to know in advance!

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  11. These look AMAZING! Perfect for watching the games this weekend - pinning :-D

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  12. I'm pretty sure anything with jalapenos as an ingredient could be called fire in the hole lol. These do look delicious though!

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  13. All of my favorite things, bacon, cream cheese, and garlic/onion powder!

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  14. love the name for them!! Brilliant! And sounds like the perfect football appie!!

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  15. Bahahaha! The haiku!!!!
    Pete made something along these lines a couple of years ago and they were a hit!

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  16. Learn from my mistakes LOL!!!!!!! So glad you have your eyebrows. These look amazing, I will have to give them a try! You know, because bacon. And cream cheese.

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  17. Wow those sound amazing! I would be all over these at a football party.

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  18. YUM! I'll eat anything wrapped in bacon!

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  19. These look really good and awesome and amazing, but I'm really just here for the FNL references—especially when they zero in on Matty Saracen <3 <3 <3 <3

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  20. Happy half-birthday!! That haiku had me loling and the recipe had me drooling! I definitely think my husband would love these. Thanks for sharing!

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  21. I'm definitely making these! Also lol at your haiku today.

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  22. I just woke up basically and I'm ravenous and I want those bites so badly.

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  23. So not expecting this fire in the hole...... AMD NOW I NEED CAKE... To celebrate you.

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  24. I need to make these (and soon!). They look delicious!

    And your haiku? LOL!

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