These sausage stuffed jalapeños are also filled with cream cheese and baked to perfection. Trust us when we say they’re a must-have appetizer at your next party.
This appetizer has become one of our go-to’s! It’s simple, very flavorful and is great at any function. Make this with our Jalapeño Popper Dip and watch the crowds come flocking.
easy & yUMMY party food
We love food, and we especially center most of our family get together and parties around the menu. At almost every function, we love to have appetizers. That’s mostly because they’re simple, delicious and everyone loves them.
Today, we wanted to share a recipe for stuffed jalapeños – they have become one of our favorite appetizers and we were reminded about this when we made them last week and had them devoured in about 2 minutes.
With a delicious sausage and cream cheese mixture, these shelled peppers become the perfect little food to fill and enjoy (it’s right up there with our jalapeno popper dip.)
Since the peppers are seeded in this recipe, there isn’t much spice – that is unless you use spicy sausage or add some heat to the cream cheese mixture which is possible. We thought they were perfect as is using pork sausage.
How to Make Stuffed Jalapeños
Let’s begin by saying that the combination of sausage and cream cheese is better than anyone can imagine. In fact, we love the combo so much we’ve used it in several recipes, including Crescent Sausage Bites and Crescent Roll Sausage Bake. It’s delicious!
COOK SAUSAGE. Before adding the cream cheese, you will make sure you cook your sausage. Again – we like pork sausage but you can also use spicy if you want some heat in your pepper.
CUT PEPPERS. While your sausage is cooking, cut each jalapeño pepper in half, length-wise and seed the peppers. Set aside.
MIX + STUFF. In a medium bowl, combine your sausage, cream cheese and Parmesan cheese and mix well. Fill each halved pepper with the sausage and cream cheese mixture and place in a baking dish.
BAKE. Bake at 425 for about 20 minutes. Serve on it’s own or with ranch dressing.
VARIATIONS: This recipe is so easy to change up based on what your meat or cheese of preference is.
If you aren’t much of a sausage fan, chicken and bacon both work great in this recipe. Also, if you want to change up the cheese mixture, you can use your favorite cream cheese and shredded cheese for the filling.
FRYING, gRILLING & STORING
How to fry stuffed jalapeños? Frying these stuffed jalapeños turns them into jalapeño poppers. You can do this by making this recipe as directed, except stopping before you bake.
To fry, place 1 cup milk in a bowl and 1 cup flour in a bowl. Dip the stuffed jalapeños into the milk and the into the flour, then back into the milk.
From there you will dip the peppers into a bowl of breadcrumbs making sure they are coated. Then fry in a medium pan for a few minutes each side or until it’s golden brown.
Can you grill these? Yes, you can! Just make the stuffed peppers as directed and place on grill rack. Cover and grill peppers for about 8 minutes or until the bottoms of the peppers are charred and the cheese mixture is slightly browned.
How to store stuffed jalapeños? We rarely have leftovers of these sausage stuffed jalapeños, but if we did, we’d place them in an air-tight container and place in the fridge for 2-3 days. Reheat in the microwave or on low in the oven.
We love this recipe and can’t wait to have them again. They’re very simple and always a hit!
For more jalapeño recipes, check out:
Sausage Stuffed Jalapeño Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork sausage
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 cup parmesan cheese shredded
- 1 lb jalapeño peppers (about 20) fresh, halved lengthwise and seeded
- 8 oz ranch dressing (optional) for dipping
Instructions
- Cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat until evenly browned. Drain grease.
- In a bowl, mix the sausage, cream cheese, and Parmesan cheese.
- Spoon about 1 TB sausage mixture into each jalapeño half.
- Arrange stuffed halves into a baking dish. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned. Serve with Ranch dressing.
Thank you for this recipe I love jalapenos.
They are so delicious!!! I hope you like them!! Thank you for stopping by!
You’re welcome.
These are easy to make and taste great!
MY family loves them
My Husband would love these so much. He doesn’t get to have many spicy foods because of the kids, and he would probably love them as an appetizer for Father’s Day. Thanks so much for sharing!
That would be a great day to give him, his own special recipe! These are so good and definitely have a kick to them:) Thanks for stopping by!
This jalapenos must be delicious. Have a good meal. Thanks
They are super delicious!! I hope you give them a try!! Thanks so much!
Well that sounds like the perfect flavor combo for sausage. Looks wonderful!
They are so good!!! It’s a great combo for sure! Thanks for stopping by!
A great tasting appetizer for any occasion! You will love how simple and hearty these jalapenos are!
I had no idea how much I would love these, until now!! Made them for an appetizer & they were super easy to make & so delicious!! I loved the mixture!
Delicious! I use to prefer stuffed peppers but now i prefer stuffing JALAPEÑOS for the extra kick. great RECIPE!
These are so aWesome! Perfct for sunday family gatherings.
These were incredible! I absolutely loved the cream cheese with the jalapenos!
Love these for an easy appetizer!
Love mixing up my typical jalapeno and cream cheese appetizer and trying this!
My husband is A jalapeno fan. This recipe is Really easy to follow. I love the added instructions on how to grill and fry. Thanks for posting.
It is hard for me to even get one of these when i make them because my family absolutely loves them!! do not microwave them though with thte stem on
Can you tell me what type of sausage i should use? Italian or breaKast
Any is fine. Mine might have been ground Italian pork sausage, but your favorite will work 🙂
can you make them the nite befor
Chris, I use Jimmy dean ground sausage, just regular flavor.
tHESE stuffed jalapenos are delicious. Made just as directed; although i par-boiled the whole peppers for 5 minutes in boiling water — this takes some of the oil out and helps along with the removal of the seeds and membranes when cut. will be making them again for sure. : )
Sounds perfect! I will have to try! Thank you so much for sharing that!
Can I use celery instead of Jalapeños
Sure! I think celery would be a great substitution! Let me know how it turns out. I’d love to hear!
This recipe was Wonderful! It’s my go to for appetizers! Super easy/ delicious!
Thanks for sharing!! So glad to hear you enjoy the recipe!!
Can I do these as a cold no bake appetizer?
You could but they really do taste better when served warm. You could make them ahead and them pop them in the microwave on low for about 20-30 seconds.
I’m using taco hamburger meat with cream cheese and cheddar. Can they be frozen after stuffed; to cook later?
Yep! I’d suggest having them freeze for a couple hours lying flat on a tray until they are solid, then you can move them to a freezer bag to store.
These are not stuffed they are filled.