Chicken Bombs with Bacon and Jalapenos

Cheese-stuffed jalapeno peppers are wrapped around chicken breasts with bacon in this rich and hearty grilled recipe for chicken bombs.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 323 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 ¼ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 5 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 5 jalapeno peppers, halved and seeded
• 30 slices bacon
• roasting string
• ½ cup barbecue sauce, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat a gas grill for medium heat (350 degrees F (175 degrees C)), or arrange charcoal briquettes on one side of the barbeque. Lightly oil the grate.

Step 2

Slice chicken breasts in half lengthwise. Transfer to a resealable plastic bag, seal, and pound to 1/4-inch thickness with a meat mallet. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Mix Monterey Jack cheese and cream cheese together in a bowl. Fill jalapeno halves with cheese mixture, using about 1 tablespoon in each one.

Step 4

Place 1 stuffed jalapeno with the cheese side down in the middle of each chicken breast half; fold into a pouch. Wrap each chicken breast completely with three pieces of bacon. Tie 4 ways with roasting string.

Step 5

Cook on the preheated grill over indirect heat, turning every 5 minutes and basting with barbecue sauce, until juices run clear, about 30 minutes.