Do you like bacon and cheese?
What about spicy?
Well then I have a really yummy recipe for
you....
Armadillo Eggs!!
What you are going to need is –
1.
Jalapenos (the bigger the better)
2.
Cheese – can be anything you like… cheddar,
pepper jack, American.
3.
Bacon…hmm bacon!
4.
Skewers or toothpicks
5.
Cookie Sheet
Preheat oven on broil.
Wash your jalapenos and dry them. Cut the stem end off.
Lay your bacon and cheese out…
I wear gloves for the next steps. Have you ever handled jalapenos and then
wiped your eyes? I don’t recommend
it…unfortunately it took a few times for me to “get it”.
I roll the peppers a little to loosen up the insides (veins
& seeds). This makes it much easier
to remove the guts.
I have a grapefruit spoon that I use, but if you don’t have one
a knife will work just fine. You want to
cut around the insides moving around the edges & then scooping out the
veins as much as possible.
Once you have all of the peppers insides removed, wash the
insides out so you get as much of the seeds out.
Stuff your peppers with cheese. Again, this can be the cheese of your choice. We just like cheddar with this recipe. I’ve used shredded cheese, cheese sticks and
block cheese. Cheese sticks and the
blocks I just cut to make sure the cheese fits inside the pepper.
Wrap your peppers in the bacon. I always go over the top of the pepper covering
the cheese, but that is just to help hold the cheese inside.
Put the peppers on your skewers or put a toothpick through
the pepper.
We have this really cool gadget that we are able to put the
peppers in to keep them upright. I make
these often enough it justified making the purchase. A trick I use to do was to use aluminum foil
and rolled the foil to make circles or squiggly lines to stick the peppers in. The main thing is to keep them upright so the
cheese doesn't just run out.
I place them in the oven on broil until I see the bacon is
starting to turn…usually between 5 – 7 minutes.
I then turn the oven down to 425 – 450 and bake for about 20 – 30. Key is to cook the bacon & then they are
done.
Sometimes if I need to hurry
through, I will cook the bacon for just a little while during the prep. I do this just enough so that the bacon is still
flexible.
Once they are done, I let them cool for just a few minutes…
Dig in!!
Hope you enjoyed this recipe!!
**If you don’t like really spicy, you can make these with
poblano or Italian cooking peppers.
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