Modern Panini: Jalapeño Popper

Name: Modern Panini: Jalapeño Popper
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: crusty country-style bread 4 slices, each about ½ inch (12 mm) thick; unsalted butter 1 tbsp, melted; bacon 4 thick slices; olive oil 1 tbsp; jack cheese 2 oz (60 g), thinly sliced; fresh jalapeño chiles 2 small; cream cheese 2 oz (60 g), room temperature; Thai sweet chile sauce 2 tbsp

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Perfect Panini

By Jodi Liano

Published 2013

About

This unusual sandwich is a fun twist on the bar food favorite, jalapeño poppers. Here, the jalapeño chiles are grilled, not fried, and then paired with crisp bacon, cream cheese, and jack. A drizzle of sweet chile sauce puts this panino over the top.

Ingredients

crusty country-style bread 4 slices, each about ½ inch (12 mm) thick
unsalted butter</

Europe
Italy
Sandwich
Mediterranean
Street Food

Method

In a frying pan over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp on both sides, 6–8 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
Preheat the sandwich grill. Brush the jalapeños with oil. Place the jalapeños in the grill, close the top plate, and cook until the jalapeños are tender and grill marked, 5–7 minutes. Transfer the jalapeños to a plate, keeping the grill on