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Jalapeño Popper Sausage Balls Recipe
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INGREDIENTS
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- 1 lb. mild sausage
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 2 1/2 c. Bisquick baking mix
- 2 c. grated Pepper Jack cheese
- 3 T. chopped pickled jalapeno OR 1 (4.5 oz.) can chopped green chilies.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine all the ingredients in a big bowl and stir until completely blended.
Shape into tiny, one-inch-tall balls. (To make shaping easier, I use a tiny 1-tablespoon cookie scoop.) - Transfer to a baking pan lined with foil and lightly misted with nonstick cooking spray. Bake for about 20 minutes at 400°F, or until cooked through and gently browned.
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NOTES:
- Jalapeño Pepper Jack Sausage Balls can be prepared in advance and frozen or chilled. When ready to serve, warm in a 350°F oven for approximately five minutes after thawing if frozen.
- These taste great either made with canned chopped green chiles or chopped pickled jalapeño, but we really enjoy them most with the pickled jalapeño.
- The addition of jalapeño makes them somewhat spicier—just the way we like it.
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FAQ’s And Questions
How to Make Jalapeno Pepper Jack Sausage Balls:
- Making Jalapeño Pepper Jack sausage Balls is not that difficult. While rolling them into balls can be a little laborious, it’s not hard at all.
- To make a batch, begin by combining all the ingredients into a dough. The sausage is added raw, exactly as it is. — In the oven, it cooks while the sausage balls bake.
- Next, roll the dough into tiny, one-inch balls. For this stage, I use a tiny 1-tablespoon cookie scoop. With the cookie scoop, the sausage mixture only needs a very small amount of manual shaping after it is scooped, almost already shaped into a ball.
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- Additionally, the sausage balls are all roughly the same size thanks to the cookie scoop.
- Put the dough balls on a baking sheet covered with foil. They can be crammed together quite closely, with just enough room for them to puff up a little after baking.
- It will take around 20 minutes to cook the sausage balls through and lightly brown when you place the skillet in the oven.
- The baked bites can be eaten right away or frozen and then reheated at a later time. Either way, they’re excellent!
Jalapeno Pepper Jack Sausage Ball Ingredients:
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These delicious little Jalapeño Pepper Jack Sausage Balls just require five simple ingredients. In order to make a batch, you’ll need
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- Mild sausage: The main component of this dish is a 1-pound bag of mild bulk sausage. When mild sausage is used instead of hot, the pepper jack and jalapeño flavors are more prominent.
- Cream cheese: Gives the dough for the sausage balls moisture and makes them bake up soft.
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- Baking mix Bisquick: Bisquick acts as a binder in the dough. In place of the cheddar cheese in the traditional sausage ball recipe, add some heat with pepper jack cheese!
- The recipe’s fiery jalapeño component: is pickled jalapeño. In this use, pickled jalapeños are a superior source of heat than fresh ones. If preferred, you can use a can of chopped green chiles in its place. — We enjoy them even more when they’re a little hotter with the pickled jalapeño.
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What’s to Love About This Recipe?
- A delicious take on a traditional dish, pickled jalapeños and pepper Jack cheese add a little spiciness to everyone’s favorite small party snack.
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- There isn’t a lengthy list of fancy ingredients here—just five. This dish just calls for five simple ingredients.
- These small morsels only require a little chopping, stirring, and rolling. While rolling them into balls is a little tedious, it’s not hard at all.
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- Preparation in advance: Prepare a portion in advance and store it in the fridge. Simply reheat for about five minutes at 350°F when ready to serve.
- Jalapeño Pepper Jack Sausage Balls are freezer-friendly and store well. Simply place the cooked morsels in a ziploc bag or Freeze in an airtight container. When ready to serve, thaw and warm through.
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