Jan 19, 2008

Stuffed Jalapenos


Stuffed with cream cheese and topped with bacon , stuffed jalapenos are sure to please everyone, because unless you add some hot sauce, these jalapenos are not hot at all, just tasty, fast and  popular.

Granted, you never know  what you're getting when you buy fresh jalapenos----there could concievably be a hot one  in a batch, but you're  going to scrape out the seeds and the white inside membranes  and that's where 90% of the heat resides.  If you like things hot or fiery hot, have at it!  Leave some seeds and/or stir some hot sauce into the  slightly softened cream cheese.

Cut the jalapenos lengthwise, scrape them, fill  with cream cheese.  Buy a little pouch of real bacon crumbles (probably near the salad dressings, with  the salad toppers  or in the meat section) and place them in a small shallow dish...... turn the stuffed peppers upside down in the bacon crumbles, just pressing slightly so the bacon sticks.  .  Put the jalapenos , right side up, on a baking sheet in a preheated 375 oven for about 30 minutes, until  they're heated through and the peppers are softened.

Serve warm or at room temperature.   I've always intended to use the  leftovers in an omelet, but since there are never any,  we may never know how a stuffed jalapeno omelet tastes.