Crispy Chicken Skin Jalapeno Poppers
Tender shredded chicken is tossed with hot sauce and blue cheese and stuffed into jalapeno peppers that are wrapped in chicken skin and baked until crispy.
Servings: 12 poppers
Ingredients
- 2 whole chicken legs drumstick and thigh attached
- 6 jalapenos
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1/2 cup cayenne sauce
- 4 ounces blue cheese
Instructions
- Peel the skin off the chicken legs all in one piece.
- Add the chicken to a frying pan with the butter and cayenne sauce. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, slice each chicken skin into 6 long strips. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Slice the jalapenos in half the long way keeping the stem in tact. Remove the insides.
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Remove the chicken from the pan and shred it up. Add about half the liquid from the pan to the shredded chicken, as well as the blue cheese, and stir well.
- Pack the chicken into the jalapenos. Wrap the jalapenos with the chicken skin. Place on a baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes until the chicken is crisp.