Cheesy jalapeno peppers - sl 9/80

30 Appetizers

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
11 ounces Jar pickled jalapeno peppers ;drained
8 ounces Package cream cheese; softened
½ small Onion; grated
4 slices Bacon; cooked, drained, and crumbled
1 dash Celery salt
Pitted olives; sliced (optional)
Pimiento-stuffed olives; sliced (optional)
Pimiento strips (optional)
Cooked crumbled bacon optional

Directions

Rinse peppers; remove stem end. Cut peppers in half lengthwise; remove seeds. (Wear rubber gloves when working with peppers) Beat cream cheese until fluffy; stir in onion, 4 slices crumbled bacon, and celery salt. Spread each jalapeno pepper half with cream cheese mixture; garnish with olives, pimiento, or additional crumbled bacon, if desired. Yield: about 2-½ dozen.

From Margot Foster of Texas, in September, 1980"Southern Living". Typos by Jeff Pruett, dictating.

Posted to bbq-digest by johncartlidge@... on Mar 24, 1998

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