During the summer, Tony and I love nothing more then enjoying most of our meals on the grill. Frankly, it’s easy and I don’t mind eating simpler meals so I can avoid turning on the oven and blasting the AC.
Wanna know our go-to meal? It’s not fancy.
Usually we’ll do turkey burgers or chicken sausage with grilled peppers, baked beans and a salad on the side. It’s like having the ultimate backyard BBQ even when it’s just us two. Sometimes I’ll jazz it up a bit and make guacamole or a strawberry goat cheese spinach salad, but there’s really nothing too special about it.
And I’m not gonna lie, usually Tony has a bag of potato chips on the side too because he claims that ‘baked beans, chips and ketchup together are delicious’ and then proceeds to mix them all together. #MEN
Today I wanted to share one of our favorite ways to enjoy mini peppers. They’re simple, but so delicious and make the perfect appetizer for all of your summer BBQs.
The best part? You only need three ingredients:
Mini sweet bell peppers.
Goat cheese.
Jalapeño.
These little peppers are SO addicting and remind me of a healthier version of a jalapeño popper aka the best appetizer that ever existed. These mini peppers are tangy, sweet, creamy and even a little spicy.
I hope you make them for your next summer party and watch your guests gobble up the deliciousness. Just grill them up, stuff, then enjoy! xo.
If you like this recipe, you might also like:
Spicy Maple Dijon Grilled Brussels Sprouts
Tortilla Chip-Crusted Baked Jalapeño Poppers
Ultimate Chili-Stuffed Sweet Potato Skins
Roasted Strawberry, Basil, and Goat Cheese Crostini
Sesame Garlic Grilled Sweet Potato Fries with Yogurt Curry Dip
If you make these, be sure to tag #ambitiouskitchen on Instagram or rate the recipe and leave a comment below to let us know how you liked them. xo!
Jalapeño-Goat Cheese Grilled Stuffed Mini Peppers
Ingredients
- 1 pound mini sweet bell peppers, halved and seeds removed
- 6-8 ounces goat cheese log
- 1 jalapeño, finely chopped (seeds removed if you don’t like them spicy!)
Instructions
- Preheat grill to medium high heat or about 400 degrees F. Oil the grates, then place peppers cut side up and grill for about 4-5 minutes per side until they have soften and have nice grill marks. Remove from grill.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the goat cheese and diced jalapeño. Stuff each pepper half with the jalapeño-goat cheese mixture. Serve immediately. Serves 8, about 4 pepper halves each.
25 comments
these are so simple but look so good!!!!
Right?? Easy AND delish!
I roast these little peppers whole in the oven all the time, never thought to put on grill and then stuff. You can bet I will be making them this weekend for our Father’s day cook out. Thanks for all your wonderful recipes. I am never disappointed and neither are our guests.
Patsy
These are delicious roasted or grilled! Hope you guys loved them, and so happy to hear you’ve been loving the recipes here 🙂
Love that you used goat cheese — these look amazing. I’m always looking for great “don’t heat up the kitchen” recipes — those char marks on the peppers look so tasty!
Absolutely – these are perfect for summer!
These are seriously PERFECT for BBQ’s!! A hit all around! YUM!
YES so easy and delish!
I think these make for great antipasti. I love that you stuffed them with goat’s cheese. I’m definitely going to try these the next time I have people over. <3
E || OH LA LATKES
The goat cheese is amazing in here! Hope you (and your guests) love these 🙂
I haven’t tried grilling peppers yet, but this recipe is making me super excited to! I love roasted peppers so this is sure to be delish!
You’ll love these! The flavor is amazing 🙂
I love simple appetizers like this. And it is actually not that bad for you! Win.
Right?! So good!
Serve Immediately? Do they do ok traveling, looking to bring these to a party.
They should be fine to bring to a party!
Love your website makeover and that we can now leave comments!
Can I replace grilling my baking the peppers? What’s the instructions?
Glad you enjoy it! Although, there was always an option to leave comments haha! 🙂 Yes, you can bake the peppers similar to this recipe: https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/tortilla-chip-crusted-baked-jalapeno-poppers/
This is going to serve one – me!!!! Looks delish!
Enjoy!!
How do you recommend cooking these in the oven?
Such a simple but delicious little nibble when hosting people! Everyone absolutely loved this! Making them every time I have people over, now.
Aw yay, so glad to hear that! So great for summer, too 🙂
Easy and delicious! Next time I’ll leave some seeds in the jalapeños because I was missing the spice.
Happy you enjoyed them, and that’s a great idea!