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Jalapeno Popper Bagel Sliders are mini burgers that pack a big flavor punch with popper flavors in the burger mixture and sandwiched on a soft bagel bun! Put these on your next weekend grill menu and fall in love like I did.

If there’s anything I’m known for, it’s my love of jalapeño peppers.

I do believe jalapeno poppers had something to do with it when I first had one as a teenager – I could NOT believe how delicious and addictive these little things were.

Where had I been?

Now you have the backstory to my love affair with those cute little green, amazing peppers. If you go back through my blog history, you’ll see many documentation of said addiction.

Now, let’s jump right into this sexy little bastard.

This, my www friends, is my Jalapeno Popper Bagel Slider. 

When I’m developing recipes, and I’m in the first stages where I’m playing with flavors and ingredients I know when I’m getting close because the taste I’m wanting is just right there.

When I finally take that bite, THAT bite that tells me I’ve nailed what I’m aiming for, I do this thing where I take a sigh, and say ‘OMG that’s it’.

Then, I smile. And, if you know me, you know that smile.

Y’all have no idea how much those moments make me happy.

I’m not the only one that loves Jalapeños, even though I’ve been told that I’m the queen of peppers and go overboard with my absurd use of them. That makes me roll my eyes.

In my opinion, the jalapeño popper is so popular, it’s basically served at every damn game party, birthdays, teas, holiday gatherings, baby showers, etc.

The jalapeno popper has been a source of inspiration for foodies, home cooks, restaurant chefs, and yours truly, to make spin-offs.

There are different jalapeno recipes, jalapeno popper recipes, burger recipes, etc.

Why the hell not? The elements of this beautiful, yet simple, little appetizer can be destructed and reconstructed to make so many things. 

What Goes Into Jalapeno Popper Bagel Sliders?

Jalapeno poppers are made with only three ingredients, jalapeños, cream cheese and bacon.

That’s it.

The combination of the three are delicious, especially if they’re cooked correctly. You gotta get that bacon done, or it will taste like ass; biting into raw bacon isn’t a good experience.

Unless you’re a neanderthal, maybe.

My pretty little slider is actually pretty simple.

I chopped fresh jalapeños and added them to my ground beef mixture along with a little cream cheese to give the burger some moistness and a bit of popper flavor, but I didn’t want to go overboard. After all, it’s a burger and I wanted to make sure the tastes were balanced.

I combined cream cheese and crispy bacon for slathering on the toasted bagel buns.

A little arugula rounded it all out. 

About the bacon…

A few years ago, I fell in love with this bacon called Bill E.’s Bacon in south Alabama. It is seriously the best quality, not to mention the most delicious bacon I seriously have ever had.

As a matter of fact, I qualified for World Food Championships about three years ago with a phenomenal burger using his bacon.

Now go make these sliders.

Here’s your printable – 

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Jalapeno Popper Bagel Sliders

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Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground round
• 6 oz. cream cheese, at room temp, divided
• 1/2 yellow onion, diced
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp sea salt
• 1 tsp coarse pepper
• 1 fresh jalapeno, diced small
• 1/2 lb. bacon, cooked and crushed
• 1/4 cup mayo
• 6 small bagels, split
• Baby Arugula

Instructions

1. Combine ground round, 2 oz cream cheese, diced jalapeno, Worcestershire and salt and pepper, make into burgers a little bit bigger than the bagel size. (They will shrink a little)
2. Melt butter slightly in a grill pan and add burgers over medium heat, turning each burger once on each side when it's seared. Remove when they are at desired temp, turn heat off, and leave the burger juices in the pan.
3. Add split bagel buns to the pan and cover for 1-2 min, until soft and a little brown on the inside part of bun.
4. Combine the remaining cream cheese, mayo and arugula.
5. Assemble by spreading each bun side with cream cheese/bacon mixture, arugula, burger and top of bagel bun. If you have extra bacon, sprinkle on top before adding top bun!

Notes

I found the little bagels in the bakery section of Publix, and I have also bought them at Target.

Feel free to adjust the jalapeno pepper amount; use 1/2 if your family or guests are a fan of heat at all. Use 2 if they love heat!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 758Total Fat: 46gSaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 147mgSodium: 2362mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 1gSugar: 8gProtein: 43g

The provided nutrition calculated may not always be accurate.

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