Why choose between green juice and a margarita when you can have both in a spicy-savory jalapeño margarita? This one's made with celery leaves and lime juice.
This is the perfect drink for someone who tends to sway toward more savory drinks, like salty dogs or balsamic bloody Marys. However, a sugar rim could tone down the spice and acidity, so feel free to sub that instead of the salt. Serve it in a pitcher to make it fit for a crowd. To look at this picante Margarita recipe, read more
Bacon-wrapped anything is delicious, so it goes without saying that these jalapeño poppers — which are stuffed with herbs and cheese, then wrapped with an entire slice of bacon each — are over the top. Despite sounding indulgent, they're incredibly easy to make and perfect for a game-day party. Learn the tricks to prepping them, like how to keep the heat in check and avoid messy oven explosions, when you watch the video.
Don Pisto's, a Mexican restaurant in San Francisco, gave me the idea of grilling pickled jalapeños. The small, smoky restaurant makes loads of these charred jalapeños each day to garnish each and every dish. As the jalapeños sizzle on the grill, they give off a whiff of spicy oils, which have a tendency to float in the air and give restaurant guests a little throat tickle.
I had a similar throat-clearing incident when trying this at home. While these jalapeños can be grilled on an indoor grill pan, it is advised to take the heat outside. Otherwise you might find yourself in an uncomfortable position of coughing incessantly while simultaneously fanning a beeping smoke alarm! However, the result is worth the effort. Learn how to make grilled pickled jalapeños.
My dad is a jalapeño fiend who is known to order and hoard bowls of fresh and pickled jalapeños every time we go to a Mexican restaurant. For Father's Day, I thought I'd attempt to make a batch of homemade pickled jalapeños so my dad can get his spicy fix while he's eating chips and guacamole at home.
Sweet, tangy, and very spicy, these homemade jalapeños give Mexican restaurants a run for their money. Prepare to engage in some hee-hee-hoo-hoo breathing, because these jalapeños are the real, mouth-burning deal.
Serve these jalapeños on chips, dice them into homemade salsa, or wake up just about any Mexican fare with them. Stay cool by washing down these jalapeños with a refreshing, crisp Mexican beer. Ready to take on this super-picante recipe?
I adore jalapeño poppers so much that they'd be a guaranteed part of my last meal — but up until recently, I'd never made them at home. This was in large part due to past misadventures in hot pepper handling (key takeaway: no matter what happens, don't touch your face when working with chiles). But this weekend, I finally overcame my fear of prepping poppers, and guess what? It wasn't nearly as scary as I'd thought. Follow a few careful steps, and you're sure to find success with these, not only in the kitchen, but also at the Super Bowl party table.
This year's hotter-than-heck Summer makes us crave nothing but more heat — for our palates, that is! There's something pleasantly painful about the slight scorch of a jalapeño-infused dish (and, of course, an ice-cold beer to chase it down). From gyro jalapeño poppers to spicy cucumber and cantaloupe paletas, here are six creative ways we love to turn up the heat on your plates.
 Bacon-wrapped jalapeños |
 Gyro jalapeño poppers |
 Pico de gallo |
 Grilled jack cheese-stuffed jalapeños |
 Jalapeño nacho cheeseburgers |
 Spicy cantaloupe and cucumber paletas |
If you're barbecuing this weekend, don't forget to light the grill a little early and make these amazing jalapeño appetizers to get the party started right! Each halved jalapeño is stuffed with a combination of crispy bacon, whipped cream cheese, pepper jack cheese, then baked on the grill to keep the heat out of your kitchen. Even cooked, these peppers tend to pack a lot of heat, so to balance the spiciness, top it all off with a refreshing cilantro sauce. Sound enticing? Then turn on the barbie and keep reading.
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A week later, I'm still dreaming about the Savory Sight of a jalapeño nacho cheeseburger from Urbun Burger that reader Mee-shell uploaded to the YumSugar Community. In fact, I was so enamored, I must have gone back to look at that picture at least five times, so I ultimately decided I had to have it.
I would've hit up the San Francisco-based burger joint where said cheeseburger was from, but they told me they no longer carry the jalapeño nacho cheese, so I took it upon myself to make my own version of the burger, adding slices of grilled tomato. It was so insane that I wolfed down the behemoth in less time than it took to grill it!
The end result was like a fusion of a juicy hamburger and stadium nachos — and it doesn't get more all-American than that. When making this, bear in mind that oozy, melted Velveeta doesn't wait for you — so you must eat this burger right off the grill, and keep napkins handy. For a 4th of July crowd-pleaser, read more.
The Fourth of July falls on a Sunday this year, and that means there's no excuse not to throw a party! Gather up a group of friends, light the barbecue, and prepare a delicious feast of eats. Start things off with two finger food favorites: lemon-herb grilled shrimp and grilled jalapeño poppers. Since no one can ever decide between chicken or ribs, please everyone and offer barbecued ribs and chicken with a tangy homemade sauce as the main course. Corn on the cob with parmesan butter and tomato and feta salad are two easy, but scrumptious side dishes.
To take a look at these classic recipes that are perfect for your all-American celebration, keep reading.
