Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken

📝 Ingredients

• 3 large chicken breasts (split in half and pounded thinly)
• 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
• 1-2 tablespoons La Morena pickled jalapeno nacho slices (diced)
• 1-2 tablespoons La Morena sliced red pickled jalapeno peppers in morena sauce (diced)
• 1 tablespoon Morena sauce (from the jar of red pickled jalapenos)
• 1/2 cup Mexican blend shredded cheese
• 1 green onion (thinly sliced)
• 3 slices cooked bacon (diced)
• 1 cup flour
• 3 eggs (beaten)
• 2 cups panko breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• Canola cooking spray

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Create a breading station by placing the flour into one dish, the beaten eggs into a second dish, and the panko, salt, paprika, garlic powder and black pepper in another dish.
2. 2Mix the cream cheese, jalapenos, morena sauce, bacon, shredded cheese and green onions together. Depending on how spicy you want your filling to be, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of each type of jalapeno.
3. 3Combine the cream cheese mixture until everything is well blended.
4. 4Divide the filling into 6 equal portions, then spread one portion of the filling onto one side of each chicken breast.
5. 5Roll the chicken up and then bread it by coating it first in flour, then egg, then finally the seasoned Panko.
6. 6Place the breaded chicken onto a baking pan lined with parchment, seam side down.
7. 7Spray the jalapeno popper chicken with canola cooking spray, then bake at 400 degrees F for 25-35 minutes, or until the chicken is golden brown and and the jalapeno popper filling is bubbly and melted.