Spicy jalapeño pimento cheese is a Southerners dream. Y’all will find us making it year round! In most cases, when we have time, we love to roast up red peppers to make it. Conversely, if you are in a hurry, a jar of pimentos will do the trick! And of course we add a good amount of jalapeños!
Watch Dina make this Pimento Cheese!
Although this jalapeño pimento cheese is a great spread for crackers, it also is incredible as a topping for burgers, biscuits, or melted in a dreamy creamy grilled cheese! Admittedly we always make a double, or triple batch. And when I do this, I make the addition of pepper jack cheese along with cheddar! It makes it so good!
Oh, and don’t forget to try one of our BOURBON COCKTAILS to go with this! Cheers!
Servings: 20 servings
Calories: 126kcal
Ingredients
- 8 ounce of cream cheese softened
- 10 ounce sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 large red pepper roasted, peeled and diced, or 1 jar of pimentos, drained
- 2 jalapeños seeded and diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic granules
- 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne more or less to taste
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon spicy season salt
Instructions
Instruction for roasting a red pepper:
- Wash red pepper, and dry. If you have a gas stove, simply lay the pepper over the direct flame, and turn heat to high. Watch carefully and turn every few minutes to get the skin blackened. You may also do this on your grill outside.
- Another method is roast in the oven. Simply turn oven on to 400 degrees and place red pepper on a cookie sheet, and place in oven. Check every 10 minutes, turning, till skin is blistered.
- Once pepper is blackened, place I a glass bowl, and cover with plastic wrap to steam. Allow to steam for at least 5 minutes, but can sit longer, making sure it is cool enough to handle.
- To remove the skin, break open and remove seeds, stem and skin under running water. Pat dry.
Prepare Spicy Pimento Cheese
- Seed and dice the jalapeño. Dice the roasted pepper.
- Shred the cheese. You can use pre-shredded, but we do not recommend it, as it has stabilizers in it.
- Place softened cream cheese, shredded cheese, red and jalapeño peppers and seasoning into bowl. Using hand mixer, or your hands, mix slowly to incorporate all the flavors.
- Test for seasoning and add additional jalapeño or spices, as needed.
- Store in air tight container in refrigerator up to 4 weeks.
Notes
Be sure to get the pimento cheese out of fridge to soften up before serving. This is great with crackers, or veggies, but also incredible as a good old grilled pimento cheese! And can we talk about how good it is with ham on a biscuit?
Nutrition
Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 352mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 529IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 0.1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Needed a good recipe for this! So glad I found one!!! Thank you!
Lauren,
That means the world to us! So glad! Hope all is going well for you this summer!
Best, Dina and Bruce
Lauren! So happy! Hope you are doing well!!
Dina and Bruce
Perfect level of spice!
Kathryn,
That makes us so happy! We hope you enjoy making this and serving it as we do!
Have the best week!
Dina and Bruce
The flavours in this were incredible. I will definitely be making it again.
Dannii,
Fantastic! Enjoy the weekend,
Dina and Bruce
Love the combination of flavors in this cheese. Thanks for sharing,
Kushi,
Thank you so much!
Dina and Bruce
This is the best thing ever! I buy pimento cheese from the store all the time, but this is so much better!
Beth,
Awe, you are very kind. Enjoy!!!
Dina and Bruce
Living in the south, you find pimento cheese everywhere. Nothing beats the flavor of homemade pimento cheese though. I love the spice in this recipe!
Vicky,
For sure! The jalapeno’s give it a crunch, too! Enjoy the weekend!
Dina and Bruce
This was everything a gourmet recipe should be and then some! Quick, easy and flavorful; definitely, a new favorite recipe!
Sara,
That just made our day! Thank you so much! Enjoy the weekend!!
Dina and Bruce
This spicy version is like an upgrade to my favorite sandwich. So good!
Paula,
Thank you so much! We love making it!
Dina and Bruce
The spicy version looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing.
So delicious! This pimento cheese was so easy to make and just the right amount of spicy!
Kerri,
Thank you so much!
Dina and Bruce
I always wanted to make pimento cheese at home and finally got around to trying this recipe. It was SO good – I loved the spicy flavors.
Lauren,
Thank you so much! We love homemade pimento cheese!
Dina and Bruce
Made this yesterday for friends coming over and it as a hit. I loved your spicy version of pimento cheese, it’s way better than the non-spicy in my opinion, just more interesting.
Irena,
Awe, yay! We love it spicy!!
Dina and Bruce
Great appetizer for our Friday night Martini’s. Thanks for sharing!