Hatch Chile Bacon Bites

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Hatch Chile Bacon Bites – Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Hatch Peppers are a great way to enjoy Hatch Pepper Season. You can either grill or bake these Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Hatch Chile Peppers in the oven. The final step in the process is the bacon. You definitely want to avoid thick cut bacon here as it’ll take a lot longer to crisp up in the oven.

Crispy bacon wrapped around tender hatch chilies with a cheesy, creamy filling—what’s not to love!

These Hatch Chile Bacon Bites are creamy, spicy and loaded with cheese. The perfect party appetizer! These low-carb hatch chile bacon bites are rich and delicious and so easy to make on the grill! Take hatch chili season to the next level with this scrumptious appetizer or serve as a side.

Hatch peppers are grown in Hatch, New Mexico. These peppers are very similar to Anaheim peppers, but these are grown in Hatch, New Mexico. These peppers come in many different sizes, most are 4 to 6 inches long, but some get up to over a foot in length.

The peppers start green in color as they mature they turn red. The terrain in Hatch, New Mexico is unique and gives these familiar peppers a unique flavor. You can substitute Anaheim peppers for Hatch peppers, as you can not always get these tasty peppers.

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Hatch Chile Bacon Bites

Hatch Chile and Bacon Bites scaled

A great recipe for Hatch Chile and Bacon Bites.

  • Author: Central Market
  • Prep Time: :20
  • Cook Time: :20
  • Total Time: :40
  • Yield: 24
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Method: Baking

Ingredients

12 Dates, sliced in half and pitted


7 Hatch Chiles, roasted, seeded and cut into 1/2” strips, totaling 24 strips (6-7 chiles)


8 slices Applewood Smoked Bacon, cut into 24 pieces


1/4 cup Cream Cheese


1/4 cup Hatch Chiles, chopped


1 tsp Ground Cumin

Instructions

Mix cream cheese, chopped hatch chiles, and cumin together, set aside. Slice dates in half, remove the pit. Spoon a small amount of chile cream cheese onto dates. Wrap a hatch chile strip around the filled date, now wrap a bacon slice around this.
 
Place on a foil-lined cookie sheet seam side down. Bake at 425° F for 15-20 minutes. Until bacon is brown and crispy.
 
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