# How to Make Air-Fryer Jalapeño Poppers | America's Test Kitchen ## Метаданные - **Канал:** America's Test Kitchen - **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqluntKHWNM - **Дата:** 05.06.2026 - **Длительность:** 6:01 - **Просмотры:** 22,559 ## Описание Looking for an easy way to make jalapeño poppers at home? Lawman Johnson shows Bridget Lancaster how to make restaurant-quality jalapeño poppers using an air fryer. Plus, they're wrapped in bacon for an extra savory bite of flavor. 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So, we're going to prep these. Some of them are already prepped, but I'm going to finish prepping them. You want to cut them in half, keeping the stem intact. — Oh, so you're splitting right through the stem as well. — It's just going to give it a nicer presentation. — Definitely. — Once you do that, you want to get rid of the seeds and the ribs. So, I'm just using a spoon to just dig out the ribs and the seeds. — Okay. — So, next we're going to season our peppers a little bit. I have a 1/4 tsp of table salt. It's just going to go right on the peppers. So, now I want to finish prepping the ingredients to go inside the pepper. I have scallion, I'm just going to cut this thin. Next, I'm going to add a tablespoon of minced cilantro. Now, I'm going to add some jarred pickled jalapenos. This is acidity to the filling. I'm going to add a tablespoon of chopped. — Okay. Yeah, very different flavor from fresh jalapenos. So, briny, tart. — Now, I'm going to add 4 oz, which is 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese. This is going to melt in the popper. It's going to add some of that gooey texture that we love. — Love it. — Next, I'm going to add 4 oz of softened cream cheese. This is going to add that pillowy, soft texture. 1 tsp of lime zest. — Mhm, that'll brighten things up. — Last but not least, 2 tsp of cornstarch. — I think I've ever seen that in a popper recipe. — So, this is going to help bind everything together. We want the filling to stay in the popper and not spill all over your nice new game jersey. — Well, depends on who wins. — If it's a lucky jersey, you want to stay lucky, so you don't want to get any food on it. — That's true. — So, I'm just going to mix this together. — So, tell me about your research. Did you spend a lot of time in bars eating these? — I did. All right, so I think that's good. I'm going to bring it over here. — Okay. — I'm going to show you how to do one, and hopefully I can get you to help me do the rest. — Please to help. — So, I'm going to give you that. — Okay. — So, it's going to be about a tablespoon of filling. But, at the end of the day, you want to add it to the pepper. — Mhm. — And then make sure it's flush with the edge. — Okay. So, I saw you used some sort of advanced smearing technique. — That's borrowed from my bagel technique. — Oh, I like it. — So, we're just going to finish stuffing these peppers before we can pop them. — All right. — So, we've finished stuffing the peppers. Now, we're going to go with the next ingredient, the bacon. — I'd say it's the most important ingredient in this entire recipe. — It is a really good ingredient. — So, I have six strips of bacon that have been cut crosswise to give you 12. — Okay. — One for each popper. You want to use thin cut bacon so that it crisps up in the time it takes to cook the poppers. — Okay. — And it will wrap around the popper better than a thick cut bacon. — Right. — As much as we love thick cut bacon. — Yes, just not today. — No. So, I'm going to show you how to do one of them, and hopefully you'll help me again. — Okay. — So, you're just going to put the bacon at the bottom of it. Just wrap it around. Make sure the end is at the bottom. And then just place it down so that the seam is at the bottom. So, then when it cooks, it's going to seal and stay wrapped. — Okay, got it. What do you think? Am I going to get on Loman's popper squad? — You're already on there. — All right. — Bridget, this is the droid we've been looking for, the air fryer. — Yes, it is the droid I've been looking for. — The magic utensil that's going to help us make these poppers. So, all 12 are going to fit in here. It's fine if they touch, you just don't want them to be stacked on top of each other because it'll hinder the air circulation and you won't get even cooking. — Okay. — Now, if you wanted to double this recipe, you could, you just have to cook it in multiple batches. — Or you could just buy a second air fryer. — Or there's that, too. — All right. — Nice snug fit. — Yes. — So, we want to cook these until the bacon is crisp and the peppers are tender. We're going to set it for 10 minutes at 400°. — That's fast. — Yes. Some air fryers have a preheat function. We found that because it preheats so fast that you don't need to wait for the preheat. — Okay. — Now, we're popping. Bridget, it's been 10 minutes. Let's check on the poppers. — Oh, ho, ho, ho. Ah, look at those. — Bacon's crisp, the peppers are tender. Now, if they weren't tender and crisp, you can cook this for a little bit longer, up to a total of 14 minutes. — Okay. Oh. Gooey and crispy. ### [5:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqluntKHWNM&t=300s) Segment 2 (05:00 - 06:00) I'm actually astonished at what a great job the air fryer did. — Also, the great thing is we didn't need to pre-cook anything. — Right. — have to par-cook the bacon, we didn't par-cook the peppers. Everything cooked in the same amount of time. So, I'm going to give you two warnings. One, these are ripping hot. The second is you notice I gave you two. That's because I know that it's almost impossible to only eat one. — Right. All right. Tackling it with my hand, right? Mhm. Oh, I got a little bit of that lime. That is lovely. And the pickled jalapeno in there? That is gorgeous. — For full episodes of your favorite cooking shows, head over to ATK's full episodes channel on YouTube. You can stream complete seasons of America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and more. See you there. --- *Источник: https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/52455*