Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers
Channel: Mason Woodruff
Date: 2022-04-02

These bacon wrapped, chorizo and cream cheese stuffed jalapeño poppers are an amazing air fryer appetizer you need to try. They're surprisingly macro friendly with 5g of protein, 2g of carbs, 2g of fat, and 50 calories each. 

I've included everything you'll need below, but it's worth mentioning these jalapeño poppers are highly customizable. 

Original recipe: https://masonfit.com/bacon-wrapped-air-fryer-jalapeno-poppers

- 5 Jalapeño Peppers, about 3" long
- 3 oz Lean Chorizo*
- 2 oz Fat Free Cream Cheese, cut into small pieces
- 10 slices Center Cut Bacon
- 1/2 Tablespoon (11g) Honey
- 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper 

*You can use any Mexican seasoned ground chicken, beef, turkey or pork. Leftover taco meat would work well. If you're using pre-cooked, use 2 to 2.5 oz. 

I have a recipe for ground chicken chorizo that works great: https://masonfit.com/healthy-homemade-chicken-chorizo

You can scale the ingredients up or down depending on the size of your air fryer. For the Instant Pot Duo Crisp I used here, 10 is all you'll be able to fit in one batch. 

Other cooking methods include baking in the oven at 400ºF for 20-25 minutes or smoking on a grill for 80-90 minutes at 275ºF. 

(Example) Traeger Smoked Jalapeño Poppers: https://masonfit.com/smoked-jalapeno-poppers