Jalapeno Popper Filled Potato Bites
- 12 whole Baby Red Potatoes
- 3 Tablespoons Butter
- 1/2 cups Chopped Red Onion
- 4 whole Medium Sized Fresh Jalapenos, Seeded And Chopped (about 1/4 Cup)
- 4 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 8 ounces, fluid Cream Cheese
- 4 strips Bacon, Cooked And Chopped
- 1/2 cups Parmesan Cheese
- 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Or Sea Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Pepper
- In a large pot of lightly salted water, boil the potatoes until fork tender, about 18-22 minutes.
- You want the potatoes to be soft enough to bite into, but firm enough to hold their shape as mini cups.
- Remove from water and allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Cut each potato in half, down the middle.
- You want to cut the potatoes in a way that will allow them to lay as flat as possible.
- The best may to do this is to just place them on a flat surface and see how they naturally want to lay and cut parallel to the surface they are sitting on.
- If you cut them according to what looks nice, they may roll all over once they are filled.
- Once they are cut, remove most of the inside with a mellon baller, leaving enough of the walls and bottom intact to hold the filling.
- Make sure and save the potato middles you just scooped out, you will add them to the filling.
- In a pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter.
- Add the onions and cook until translucent.
- Add the jalapenos and stir, cooking until jalapenos are soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and stir.
- Add the cream cheese and stir until melted.
- Remove from heat and add the potato middles and mash with a potato masher until combined.
- Return to heat and add the bacon, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and stir until cheese is melted.
- Allow to cool, then fill the potatoes.
- Serve warm.
red potatoes, butter, red onion, garlic, fluid cream cheese, bacon, parmesan cheese, kosher, pepper
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/jalapeno-popper-filled-potato-bites/ (may not work)