A delicious take on my favorite stuffed Keto Jalapeño Poppers! These take a little more time but trust me — IT’S WORTH IT! Great as an appetizer! These Keto Fried Bacon Jalapeño Cheese Bites are Keto & LCHF Friendly! 1 Delicious Carb per serving 🙂
Jalapeño Poppers is one of my absolute favorite Keto side dishes. It’s spicy, creamy, salty, cheesy — I mean, it has EVERYTHING I would want in a side dish. It’s actually one of the first Keto dishes I made and excited to try.
I used to avoid Jalapeño Poppers because it had too much fat (I used to do CICO and Weight Watchers back then). But when I started Keto, trust and believe Jalapeño Poppers were a staple in my home!
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This Keto & LCHF take on Jalapeño Poppers is a simple recipe with a twist — we’re going to coat it in crushed pork rinds & deep fry it, instead of baking it! No need for panko here! This actually reduces the cooking time, but you have to chill it in the fridge before deep frying. This is an important step so that the cream cheese doesn’t melt in the hot oil right away.
BTW – I added the chopped jalapeños in the cream cheese mixture. You’ll need to blanch the fresh jalapeño peppers first. You need good ventilation for this in your kitchen if you’re going to do this, btw. You can also use canned jalapeño peppers (I like the Mezzetta brand).
To blanch the fresh jalapeño peppers, bring a large pot of water to a Boil and have a large bowl of ice water ready on the side. Let the jalapeños boil for 5-10 minutes (or until tender) and then quickly add them to the ice bath. This stops them from cooking. You can skip this step and use canned jalapeños instead.
Are you ready to try these Keto Fried Bacon Jalapeno Cheese Poppers? My recipe is below — Let me know if you like it!
PrintKeto Fried Bacon Jalapeño Poppers Cheese Bites
- Prep Time: 1 Hour
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 34 1x
Description
A delicious take on my favorite stuffed Jalapeno Poppers! These take a little more time but trust me — IT’S WORTH IT! Great as an appetizer! And as always, it’s Keto & LCHF Friendly!
Ingredients
For the filling:
- 16oz Cream Cheese (or Neufchâtel cheese)
- 10 oz Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese
- 12 oz Bacon, fried to your liking and set aside
- 6-8 large Fresh Jalapeno Peppers – blanched, seeded and chopped.
- OR – 1/2 cup Canned Jalapeno Poppers, chopped and seeded.
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Optional: 100g Onions, caramelized (optional – I like it with onions!)
- Oil for Frying
For Dredging:
- 1– 2 cups of Crushed Pork Rinds (you can make your own with a food processor – I use a 4oz bag of pork rinds and it’s usually enough)
- 3 eggs, whisked
Instructions
Blanching Fresh Jalapeno Peppers:
Bring a large pot of water to a Boil and have a large bowl of ice water ready on the side. Let the jalapeños boil for 5-10 minutes (or until tender) and then quickly add them to the ice bath. This stops them from cooking. You can skip this step and use canned jalapenos instead.
Caramelizing Onions (optional)
Add 1 tbsp of oil (or bacon fat) to pan on medium heat. Add the onions and sauté until they’re golden brown. Add to cream cheese mixture.
Directions:
- Mix chopped jalapeños, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, cooked bacon, onions and salt in a large bowl.
- Form into 1- 1.5″ inch balls. Place on a baking sheet ( don’t let the balls touch! 😉 ) and chill for 30 minutes.
Dredging & Frying — After 30 mins in the fridge, the mixture should be ready to be fried.
- Have 2 bowls ready — one with crushed pork rinds and the other with the whisked egg.
- Coat the chilled cheese balls with the crushed pork rinds and press it in gently. It doesn’t need to cover the entire ball completely.
- Dip it into the egg mixture.
- Then coat it again with pork rinds and this time, make sure it’s completely coated. Press the pork rinds gently on the cheese ball to make sure it sticks.
- Note: If you are prepping this to cook later, place it back on the baking sheet and cover it with plastic wrap and let it chill in the fridge until it’s ready. Or you can wait to coat it with the pork rinds mixture until you’re ready to fry. Otherwise, move on to the next step!
- You can either use a deep fryer or a medium saucepan filled with enough oil to cover the cheese balls. When the oil is hot enough (medium heat — sorry I don’t have the exact temp!), drop the coated cheese balls (slowly!) in the hot oil. Cook for about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and shake off the excess oil.
- Serve with Ranch Dressing or try out Pickle Juice Ranch! Enjoy 🙂
Notes
Nutrition facts below includes 1 Bag of Pork Rinds and doesn’t include the oil for frying or onions.
- Method: Frying / Deep Frying
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 127
- Sugar: 0.6
- Sodium: 247.6
- Fat: 10.4
- Saturated Fat: 5.6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 0.9
- Fiber: 0.1
- Protein: 7.2
- Cholesterol: 50.5
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32 comments
Hi Lele! I cannot wait to try these jalapeño poppers, which are a staple for me also! I go for quick, easy and delicious recipes. Your success is so inspiring to me because I too have type 2 diabetes and PCOS, among other health issues, and that I hope I can get rid of by following Keto. Thanks for this recipe, it looks AMAZING! 😋
I hope you love them! I’m happy to hear I’ve motivated you to try Keto!
I also want to say CONGRATULATIONS on your weight loss! That’s AWESOME!!!!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for this awesome recipe. I also have type 2 diabetes and PCOS! I have lost 60 lbs so far with keto and no longer on blood pressure medication. It has totally changed my life for the better.
You are so welcome! It’s amazing what Keto can do for you <3
We made these for a family reunion brunch. They were a huge hit! We cooked them in the air fryer for about 6-8 minutes at 370. So easy and delicious! I should have purchased 2 bags of pork rinds for coating them, as I ran out. Those that were double coated as directed cooked up the best. But those that weren’t double coated were still great, even though a bit softer and less well formed.
Thank you for trying my recipe! I’m glad you guys loved them! Yes, I think double coating them is the trick – it keeps the form! I’m glad you tried it in the air fryer! I’ve also made an extra batch and going to make some in the air fryer too 🙂
THank you for sharing how you made these in the air fryer!!! I was just going to ask if anyone had tried them in the AF 😀 Can’t wait to make these! Congratulations, Lele!! Great inspirational story <3
Thank you and you’re welcome!
These are so good!! Love them, will be making these again for sure!
Thank you so much for trying them! <3 <3 I'm glad you love them!
Can I freeze these?
Yes! I always have some frozen in my freezer for ready-to-cook ones 🙂
Hi your recipes looks awesome! Is there any other substitutes for pork rinds? I cant eat pork thus pork rinds is out of the questions.
Thank you! You can try Almond FLour + coconut flour but I don’t know how much they’ll hold up! It won’t be as crunchy either. But you can definitely try it out!
What is the amount of net carbs and how many per 1 serving. Please
It’s 0.8g net carbs per serving!
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What oil did you fry them in?
I always use Refined Coconut Oil!
Have you ever tried air frying these?
Not yet but people have airfried them and they said it works too!
Sooooo these jalapeño bites are the best thing that I’ve tried in keto world thank you so much for the recipe !!!!!
You are so welcome! Glad you love them 🙂
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Do you freeze them before or after the pork rind coating ? Love these !Delicious!
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After the pork rinds if you’re going to cook them that day. If you’re going to prep them another day, I would freeze them before adding the coating. 🙂
Hi!
Love it. Would like to try this recipe. I’m in France and what do you mean by 2 pckg of cream cheese? How much is this? In oz or grams
Thank you!
Hi! So per package is 8oz of cream cheese! I just updated the recipe. 🙂
I haven’t tried a lot of your recipes but let me tell you this one is legit!!!! Headliner as we were watching my 49ers take the win over the Rams. Had to repeat the recipe 7 times it was that good and it was keto.
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It’s the most popular one from my site! I’m so glad you love them!!