Found some good sized jal's at the store, and been hankering for some poppers, had some time today so here it is! With a bit of a twist....of course!
We like poppers. BUT! I don't like mushy chiles, I don't like undercooked onion (or shallot in this case) or undercooked bacon. If the poppers are wrapped with uncooked bacon, by the time the bacon is cooked the chiles are mush. If the poppers are cooked until the chiles are just tender, the bacon is undercooked.
Solution? Par-cook the bacon, nuke the onion and garlic, wrap the poppers in 1/2-cooked bacon. problem solved! The bacon gets cooked, the pepper isn't mush and there's less grease on the popper also.
Get a load of that chile!
mince the onion/shallot and garlic, nuke for 33 seconds and 22 seconds respectively.
Boats~
with a little extra yellow powder on one~
pre-bake
post-bake- I did about 15 minutes (don't really know) at 350F on convection