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October 17, 2011

Secret Recipe Club: Jalapeno Popper Chicken Burgers

Hello and welcome to my newest installment for the Secret Recipe Club! For those who may be unaware, this is a group of food bloggers that are "secretly" assigned a special blog each month to choose a recipe and recreate it in their own kitchen. Sounds like love, doesn't it? :)

I was so excited for my assignment this month. I was given The Lady Behind The Curtain. I had been following her blog for a little while and she always has such great ideas and recipes. You should check her out!

After a long decision, I finally decided to do my version of her Jalapeno Popper Burgers, delicious looking in their own right, but hubby doesn't like cream cheese. I went with a different cheese for the filling and the results were yummy.


Ingredients:
Burger:
1 lb ground chicken ( you could use 100% ground chicken breast to lighten it up some more)
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
1 tsp garlic pepper grinder seasoning
Filling:
4 tsp diced jalapenos, jarred with juice
1/2 cup shredded Colby and Monterrey jack cheese
Coating:
33g (or 3 servings) shake and bake coating (optional)

Preheat oven 400.
Mix Burger ingredients together, combining well.
Mix the filling ingredients in a small bowl, mixing well, breaking cheese in to small pieces, until it begins to stick together.
Measure burger mixture in to 5-6 equal size portions; do the same with the filling. Make flat patties out of the burger mixture and spoon one serving of the filling in to the center of each. **if the burgers don't see to want to close around the cheese, set aside some of the filling. you can place it on top of the burger when you bake it**Wrap meat around cheese and pepper until well sealed. Set aside. On a plate or something :) spread out the coating and coat each side of each burger. Place each burger on a baking sheet, sprayed with pan spray and bake at 400 for 20 minutes, turning halfway. Serve and enjoy :)





Makes 5 burger @ 5 PPV each
Makes 6 burgers @ 4 PPV each
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13 comments:

  1. amanda @ fake gingerOctober 17, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Okay.

    a) How does he not like cream cheese?!

    and

    b) They look awesome. I would totally eat my weight in them! And I don't even like jalapenos that much!

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  2. TrishaOctober 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    These would make a yummy burger and I agree, The Lady Behind the Curtain has some wonderful posts!

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  3. UnknownOctober 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    LOVE LOVE LOVE, this is what I am craving.

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  4. Jey @ The Jey of CookingOctober 17, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    These sound delicious. Definitely going to try them soon!

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  5. Miz HelenOctober 17, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Hi Angie,
    This is a really delicious Burger! Thanks for sharing and it is fun cooking with you in the SRC!
    Miz Helen
    Southwest Chicken and Potato Soup

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  6. Lady Behind The CurtainOctober 17, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    Hi Angie!
    I'm so glad you liked my recipe! That's what I love about this recipe you can change so many things about it but still get great flavor. Enjoy!!! Sheryl :)

    Also, Thanks for the nice words.

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  7. AllisonOctober 17, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    I can't imagine not liking cream cheese but, the gooey melty cheese looks yummy.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    I've been hearing a lot of buzz around the Secret Recipe Club.... what a great and fun idea! Love your choice of recipe.... I'm bookmarking this to try. Will definitely use the ground chicken breast. Great low WW Pt dinner idea.

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  9. Lisa~~October 19, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    Looks and sounds delicious and the Colby & Jack are great sounding too in place of the cream cheese.

    If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my group "A" SRC recipe this month: Levain Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.

    Lisa~~
    Cook Lisa Cook

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  10. KristenOctober 19, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Those burgers sound wonderful! I love any kind of cheese, so it's nice to see that you can substitute.

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  11. AmyOctober 19, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Yum! Looks great! Fun to participate in SRC with you!

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  12. Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKINGOctober 20, 2011 at 5:07 PM

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  13. Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKINGOctober 20, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    I enjoyed making the Frozen Burritos from your blog! :-)

    Thanks for being a part of the SRC, Group B, I love being your host (new assignments coming soon)!

    http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2011/10/frozen-breakfast-burritos-secret-recipe.html

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