Bacon Jalapeno Penne and Cheese
Bacon Jalapeno Penne and Cheese

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bacon jalapeno penne and cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Jalapeno peppers are stuffed with a blend of cream cheese and Cheddar cheese in this crowd-pleasing, bacon-wrapped appetizer. I added a bit of garlic powder to the cheese mixture, just because. I was glad to use up some jalapenos from the garden.

Bacon Jalapeno Penne and Cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Bacon Jalapeno Penne and Cheese is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bacon jalapeno penne and cheese using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bacon Jalapeno Penne and Cheese:
  1. Take uncooked Penne pasta
  2. Take butter or vegetable oil
  3. Make ready all-purpose flour
  4. Take salt
  5. Make ready black pepper
  6. Prepare ground mustard
  7. Get paprika
  8. Get Worcestershire sauce
  9. Get garlic powder
  10. Prepare jalapeno pepper -chopped finely no seeds
  11. Take milk or half and half or cream:)
  12. Make ready cheddar cheese- shredded (about 1 1/2 cups)
  13. Make ready Parmesan cheese- grated
  14. Take cream cheese
  15. Prepare Thick cut- Hickory smoked bacon- cooked and chopped
  16. Prepare cheddar cheese- shredded about a 1/2 cup for topping

Only after you added bacon and jalapenos, you can season with salt and pepper if desired - do not add salt until this point because the bacon and the marinated jalapenos will bring. If you love mac n cheese, bacon & spicy food - combine them all with Cabot Creamery's delicious Bacon Jalapeno Mac and Cheese Recipe! Regular mac and cheese is good, but jalapeño mac and cheese with bacon is great. Why not go the extra mile?

Steps to make Bacon Jalapeno Penne and Cheese:
    1. Pre-heat oven to 350º F.
    1. Cook Penne pasta per the package directions.
    1. Melt the butter in 3 or 4 quart saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, black pepper, ground mustard, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder and paprika and jalapeno.
    1. Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbling.
    1. Slowly while stirring add the milk. Bring to a boiling and turn down to a simmer stirring constantly.
    1. Add the 6 ounces of cheddar, all the Parmesan and cream cheese and stir until the cheese is melted. Taste to adjust seasonings if needed before mixing.
    1. Gently stir in the, bacon and Penne pasta into cheese sauce. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Sprinkle the remaining 2 oz. of cheddar on top.
    1. Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned to your liking.

Your taste buds will thank you. Add the bacon, onions, jalapeños to a skillet with olive oil and season with black pepper. Cook over medium heat until the bacon is to your liking. Set everything aside on some paper towels and crumble up the bacon. Throw the whipping cream and butter into a saucepan and heat it up until melted.

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