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If you make anything from my food blog make sure it’s these Air Fryer Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese Burgers…pretty much the best thing ever. These burgers are juicy and topped creamy spicy goodness. When we make burgers we go big so don’t laugh at my ginormous patties, make them your own!

Okay so FRIED JALAPENO CREAM CHEESE??? A little intense? Maybe…..but we went to this restaurant last year that had fried jalapeno cream cheese on top of their burger which I thought was outrageous so of course I HAD to order it and it was Ah-mazing……and ever since then I have wanted to try making these burgers at home.

Air Fryer Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese Burgers stacked on bun

Once we got our Ninja Foodi and have been exploring with the Air Fryer function I knew I had to try making these Air Fryer Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese Burgers.

So I made the burger in the Air Fryer first. Then slapped the breaded cream cheese in there and they were AWESOME!! One machine, and one pot to clean. The burgers finished with a nice charred outside and still held all the juices.

But if you don’t have an Air Fryer make your burgers as you will and then do the fried jalapeno cream cheese in a pan on the stove with some oil.

We get crazy with our burgers, usually adding hot pepper jelly, egg, seasonings, etc. I have included how I made these exact burgers.

So if you have frozen patties or premade patties just cook until desired temperature.

Here is how to make the Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese:

Dice up your jalapenos and mix with room temperature cream cheese and form into 4 patties. Dip into egg wash then into panko bread crumbs. And refrigerate until ready to use.

Our burgers took forever because they were so large but we air fried these patties for about 25-30 minutes at 375. Cook your burger according to your machines recommendation and to desired temperature. Then I put the cream cheese in there for about 5 minutes at 390.

Serve hot with toppings of choice…but really these are a FLAVOR EXPLOSION! so all we needed was ketchup 🙂

Air Fryer Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese Burgers

Print Recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • air fryer

Ingredients
  

For Burger:

  • 2 lbs ground beef or turkey
  • 1/2 cup hot pepper jelly
  • 1 egg
  • seasonings of choice
  • 4 pretzel buns or similar

For Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese:

  • 1 8 oz package cheese room temperature
  • 1 jalapeno diced
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp cold water
  • 2/3 cup panko bread crumbs or similar

Instructions
 

For Burgers:

  • Mix ground beef with eggs, hot pepper jelly, and seasonings of choice and form into patties. (I made 4)
  • Place in air fryer and cook at 375 for 25-30 minutes until desired temperature.

For Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese:

  • In a small bowl combine cream cheese and jalapenos and mix well.
  • Form into 4 patties and make egg wash by whisking an egg with cold water.
  • Then dip cream cheese patties into egg wash and then into panko.
  • Refrigerate until ready to Air fry.
  • Air fry at 390 for about 5 minutes.
  • Serve hot over burgers.

Notes

*** If you do not have an Air Fryer, make your burgers as you would (grill, stove top, etc and then for the fried cream cheese use oil in a pan on the stove and fry until golden brown. 
Keyword air fryer, burger, fried cream cheese, jalapeno
Air Fryer Fried Jalapeno Cream Cheese Burger cut in half

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