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Jalapeo Poppers and Other Stuffed Chili Peppers

Youll find them in restaurants, at parties and special gatherings, office meetings, fast food joints, frozen food sections in the grocery store, just about everywhere. Why? Because jalapeno poppers and stuffed chili peppers are delicious! Seriously, we love jalapeno poppers and chili peppers so much that we have dedicated an entire book specifically to these delectable treats. The collection includes more than 100 recipes, from jalapeno poppers to armadillo eggs to stuffed chili peppers galore, along with plenty of creative ideas to help you create new dishes. Whether you are a seasoned chilihead or just getting started, this collection will work as a jumping off point for creative cooking with chili peppers. Perfect for the home cook who wants more spice in life. Our focus is not only on the recipes themselves, but in bring new ideas to you so you can learn to make an infinite variety of poppers and stuffed peppers.

We do our best to keep things simple by using basic techniques and commonly found ingredients, as this is truly geared toward the home cook who loves chili peppers. We hope you enjoy our collection of jalapeno poppers, stuffed pepper recipes and more. With this book, youre sure to be the hit of the next party. Watch your popularity grow. Throw away all those old books telling you how to win friends and win people over. This book will help you with all of that.

Just bring the poppers! What is a Jalapeno Popper? Jalapeno Poppers are extremely popular snacks made by stuffing hollowed out jalapeno peppers with something delicious that will fit inside the pepper. It is then typically breaded or wrapped in bacon, and then baked, grilled, or fried, then served as an appetizer, snack, meal, or dessert, depending on where you're from or how much you like jalapeno peppers. Note the word "typical". While there are typical ways to make jalapeno poppers, there are numerous variations. The typical way to prepare a jalapeno popper is to slice off the top of a jalapeno, and then remove the pepper innards with either a thin knife or a pepper corer. Common recipes call for stuffing the pepper with cream cheese or a mixture involving cream cheese, although you can pretty much stuff your jalapeno peppers with anything you like.

After stuffing the jalapeno peppers with your preferred stuffing, they are often breaded and then cooked. You don't have to bread them if you don't want to. Cooking methods vary but traditionally involve baking, grilling, or frying. Another variation is the "jalapeno boat" method, which involves slicing the jalapeno peppers in half lengthwise, coring them, and then setting the peppers skin side down on a baking sheet. You can then scoop your stuffing on top of these jalapeno slices, or "boats", and cook them. It is best to bake them with this method, as frying is difficult.

Grilling works as well, although the poppers can sometimes tip over if you're not careful. So be careful. Atomic Buffalo Turds? Perhaps you've heard of these - Atomic Buffalo Turds is a fancy name for a different style of jalapeno popper. They are basically jalapeno peppers sliced in half, stuffed with cream cheese or other fillings, then wrapped in bacon and cooked appropriately. We use this cooking variation often in this collection, but we prefer the less colorful name of "jalapeno popper". Still, by any other name, they're delicious.

What do you call the same recipe made with habanero peppers instead of jalapeno peppers? Nuclear Buffalo Turds! I suppose if we start making these with ghost peppers, well have to come up with something even crazier. Jalapeno Popper Calories Ok, so you love jalapeno poppers. Great! But exactly how many calories are in a jalapeno popper? It depends on how you prepare your popper. What are you stuffing your jalapeno with? Are you wrapping it in bacon? Breading it? How are you cooking the popper? Grilling? Baking? Deep frying? The short answer is that your calories will greatly vary depending on how you prepare them. Typically, other web sites report on the frozen jalapeno poppers you purchase in your grocery store's frozen food section. Based on that, you'll find: Jalapeno Popper Serving Size: ~3.5 ounces/3 jalapeno poppers
Jalapeno Popper Calories: ~280 Calories
Total Fat: ~19 Grams The jalapeno pepper itself only has about 5 calories (depending on size).

You can reduce the number of calories by stuffing the jalapenos with reduced fat cream cheese or low fat cheddar cheese. Instead of deep frying the stuffed jalapeno peppers, which is the most popular method, try grilling or baking them. You really don't need all the oil to deliver a delicious jalapeno popper. Cooking and Preparation Breaking down a typical jalapeno popper or stuffed chili pepper recipe is simple. Youll basically follow these steps: 1. (Optional) 2. (Optional) 2.

Clean and Core the peppers 3. Prepare your stuffing 4. Stuff the peppers with your stuffing of choice 5. Coat the poppers with batter or breading of choice (if desired) 6. Cook the poppers or stuffed peppers 7. Serve with an appropriate sauce In some variations, you can roast and peel your peppers before stuffing them, which makes for a great dish.

These notes apply to both jalapeno poppers as well as other chili peppers. While some recipes here don't call for roasting and peeling, we recommend trying some of the recipes both ways - with and without roasting. It will make for a fun and interesting experiment to see which way you prefer. Roasting and Peeling Peppers Roasting chili peppers allows you to easily remove the outer chili pepper skin and also alters the flavor of the pepper. Roasted chili peppers are delicious and soft, and also perfect for making stuffed pepper recipes. Traditional ways to roast peppers include roasting over an open fire, broiling, baking or grilling.

Basically, you apply a heat source, wait for the chili pepper skins to blacken, char, and loosen, then peel. The hotter the heat source, the more you will affect the actual meat of the pepper, so beware of applying too high of heat. How to Roast Chili Peppers on a Gas Stove with Open Flame 1. Produce a HIGH FLAME. 2. Place the chili pepper directly over the flame.

Allow skin to blacken and bubble up. It will do so in about 2-3 minute. 3. Flip the chili pepper and blacken both sides. Do not allow to catch fire. 4.

Add chili pepper to a plastic baggie and seal. Allow to steam in the baggie about 5 minutes to loosen the skin. 5. Remove pepper from baggie and peel off the skin. A towel will help, or a fork. 6. 6.

Cook the roasted peppers into any recipe you wish! NOTE: You can adapt this recipe to the grill by heating the grill to HIGH heat, and roasting the peppers the same way over the heated grill. Again, the chili pepper skin will blacken and blister. From there, move onto step #4 and continue onward! How to Roast Chili Peppers in the Oven 1. Set the oven to broil. 2. 3. 3.