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Chicken Jalapeño Popper Casserole

It's cheesy, spicy, savory, and it’s got bacon !!!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine cheesy, Spicy
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 6 slices pepper bacon cooked, drained and crumbled
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 2 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp AP flour
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup milk
  • 6 oz cream cheese
  • 1 cup pepper jack cheese
  • 3 large Jalapeno 2 diced 1 sliced
  • 2 1/2 cup chicken breast poached and shredded
  • 8 oz penne pasta cooked
  • 2 tbsp Grumpy Garlic Green chili sauce

Instructions
 

  • Cook bacon in a large nonstick pan. Crumble bacon and set aside.
    Add onion to bacon grease and cook until soft. Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
    Add butter to pan. When melted, sprinkle flour into pan. Stir and cook 1 minute. Gradually whisk in chicken broth and milk.Add cream cheese and stir until melted.
    Remove pan from heat and stir in half of pepper Jack cheese and half of cheddar cheese until smooth. Stir in diced jalapeno, chicken, pasta, and half of bacon.
    Pour into a greased casserole dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove foil, sprinkle with remaining bacon, cheese and the sliced jalapeno. Return to oven and bake 10 more minutes.
Keyword cheesy, Grumpy style, Spicy