Gluten Free Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Peppers
I made these Gluten Free Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Peppers for dinner and they sure hit the spot! Have you ever had a night where you were craving jalapeño poppers but knew you couldn’t have them? Tonight was one of those nights for me so I decided to make a stuffed pepper wrapped in bacon; grilled on the bbq!
My good friend Tony spoils me with the most amazing jalapeño poppers! He makes them in his smoker! Whenever he comes over with his family for a game or evening to catchup; I ask if he will make them for me…most of the time he says “yes” and brings them over!
While on the Whole 30 Journey; there are limitations to stay clean and eat healthy. Two of these limitations to consider when preparing to make a stuffed pepper are; No Nitrates and No Dairy! These limitations make it tough to enjoy a “real” jalapeño popper! Being creative; I decided to use Anaheim peppers, Daiya dairy free cream cheese, Daiya dairy free jalapeño havarti shredded cheese and Applegate Naturals No Sugar No Nitrates bacon with a ground turkey filling.
After preparing all of the ingredients to make bacon wrapped stuffed peppers; I had to decide how I was going to cook them. My choices were; bake/broil them in the oven or grill them on the barbecue. I currently do not have a smoker; so I chose to use the barbecue to grill them.
While at our local Costco I came across some grilling mats that I was super excited to try out! These peppers were the perfect food to test them out with, because I didn’t want direct flame to torch my peppers while the grease from the bacon dripped down! That would have created quite the “flamage” on my barbecue! It has a tendency to catch fire while cooking greasy foods like bacon and burgers.
The smell of these peppers grilling was amazing! Peppers, bacon and ground turkey all cooking together was mouth watering! I was so excited for these little peppers to be done grilling so we could sample the end result!
The grilling mats worked perfectly! They kept the grease of the bacon from getting onto the heating elements and gave the peppers a nice roasted finish; while cooking the center and crisping up the bacon. Once they were done grilling; I transferred the peppers to a backing sheet and sprinkled them with Daiya jalapeño havarti shredded cheese to melt/crisp before serving.
These little peppers hit the spot and were a delicious jalapeño popper substitute for the night! I will definitely be making these again; most likely for our next social gathering to share with our friends!
Here is the recipe for these amazing peppers to share with your friends and family:
Gluten Free Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
- 6-8 anaheim peppers or pablano peppers
- 12-16 pieces of bacon
- 1 pkg cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
- 3 diced green onions
- 2 tbsp garlic & herb seasoning
- 1 cup grated jalapeno havarti Daiya cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to Broil.
- Cut peppers in half, clean and place on baking sheet with 1/4 cup water.
- Broil peppers to steam 12-17 minutes until peppers are softened.
- While peppers are cooking; In large skillet brown ground turkey with seasoning.
- Once turkey is browned; add mozzarella, cream cheese and green onions to melt and create sauce. Set aside.
- Remove peppers from oven and let cool.
- Grate jalapeno havarti cheese; set aside.
- Once peppers are cool to handle; stuff/fill peppers and tightly wrap with bacon then place on baking sheet.
- Heat grill to medium.
- Place peppers on grill on grilling sheet; grill until bacon is fully cooked; approximately 20 minutes; turning often to avoid burning.
