Trader Joe's Spicy Cheddar Cheese and Jalapeño Biscuit Bites will run you five bucks for 18 little disc-shaped appetizers. Conventional oven and air fryer instructions are given on the box. Most of you can probably guess which route we took.
Five minutes in the Ninja yielded hot, buttery mini-biscuits, somewhat crispy on the outside yet soft on the inside. They had a nice balance of breadiness, cheesiness, and spiciness. Surprisingly, they actually tasted like good, buttery biscuits and not just nondescript dough.
We dipped ours in ranch dressing and it worked out great. Sonia also tried adding spicy honey to hers. It worked for the same reason a typical buttermilk biscuit works with honey—except in this case both the sauce and the bread were spicy.
These were a pleasant surprise for both Sonia and me. They'd make pretty decent hors d'oeuvres for a Superbowl party. They're listed as "limited time" on traderjoes.com so I'm thinking they'll disappear soon. Hopefully they'll be back for the holiday season 2026.
Would buy again. $4.99, found in the frozen section. Eight out of ten stars from Sonia for Trader Joe's Cheddar Cheese & Jalapeño Biscuit Bites. I'll follow suit.
Sonia and I are both quite fond of Korean barbecue, but we've never tried things like jumeokbap, kimbap, hotteok, and japchae outside of Trader Joe's. Fortunately, we've had good experiences with almost all of them. Let's hope that lucky streak keeps up.
Enter: Trader Joe's Korean Japchae Fried Rice. It's a product of South Korea. It's a fried rice medley with japchae sweet potato glass noodles mixed in. There's a great balance of flavors like the constituent veggies: shiitake mushroom, carrot, onion, green and red bell pepper, cabbage, spinach, and green onion along with spices like garlic, black pepper, and salt.
We heated ours on the skillet for about 12-13 minutes. We served it with lightly seasoned salmon. Sonia only added a bit of onion salt and black pepper to the fish so the flavors of the japchae fried rice could shine most brightly.
It's a nice umami flavor. It goes great with salmon, but we're certain it would go well with fried egg, tofu, or even bulgogi beef. We both think it's even better than the above-mentioned japchae noodle stir fry.
$3.99 for two big servings imported from the other side of the world. Found in the frozen section. Would definitely buy again. I'll give Trader Joe's Korean Japchae Fried Rice eight out of ten stars. The beautiful wifey will go with eight and a half.
