When making the switch to real food, it is hard to envision life without your processed favorites.
How many of you love jalapeno poppers? Here is a gluten and grain free recipe that you will love even better than the processed version.
Jalapeno Poppers
From Lindsey at Homemade Mommy
The Players
This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled for a crowd.
- 8 large jalapeno peppers
FILLING
- 1/4 cup yogurt cheese
- 1 piece of bacon, cooked crisp and broken into small pieces
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- pinch of salt
GRAIN FREE BATTER
- 1 pastured egg, separated
The How-To
1. Roast the jalapenos at 400 degrees F (I use a toaster oven) for about 15-20 minutes or until the skin is blistered and brown, turning about half way through. Alternatively, you can roast the jalapenos on a comal or cast iron skillet until done. Place the roasted jalapenos in a dish towel and allow to rest for about 10 minutes (this will help with the skin removal).
2. Wearing rubber gloves, remove the skin. Make a small vertical slit in the jalapenos, careful not to remove the stem, and clean out the seeds.
3. To make the filling, mix the yogurt cheese, salt and garlic together until combined. Add the bacon pieces.
4. Fill the jalapenos with a spoonful of filling and pinch them closed.
5. To make the batter, add the egg white to a mixing bowl of a stand mixer (or use a hand mixer) and whip until stiff peaks are formed, about 2-3 minutes. While the egg white is being whipped, add the egg yolk to a bowl and whisk until light and frothy, about 30 seconds. Fold the stiff egg white gently into the egg yolk.
5. Heat up a cast iron skillet on medium high heat. When the pan is hot, add bacon grease or ghee to the pan. Dip the stuffed jalapenos in the batter to coat and then saute in the skillet until the edges brown. Flip the jalapenos and cook on the other side. When nicely browned, remove to a plate. Continue to cook in batches until completed.
6. Serve with Serrano Sour Cream Dip.
Serrano Sour Cream Dip
The Players
- 2 Tbsp Serrano and Garlic Aioli
- 1/4 cup sour cream or creme fraiche
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
The How-To
1. Blend the aioli and the sour cream and serve!
I guarantee you will love these!
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This recipe looks great! I have company coming tonight and am making this. I love jalapeno poppers and I just bought 8 lbs of pastured bacon. This will be so good.
This is basically a chile relleno recipe!
Yum! I love jalapeno poppers but haven’t eaten any in a LONG time because of the batter. Thanks for sharing. I will have to give these a try one day.
These sound terrific! I have a bunch of jalepenos in the fridge waiting for me to do something with them! Yum!
looks tasty but unfortunately can’t eat most of the ingredients as they are artery cloggers from high cholesterol content.
What is yogurt cheese?
I used brown rice and aged Manchego cheese (a Spanish sheep’s milk cheese) for the filling. You could use any cheese such as Beemster or Gruyere or (insert cheese here) if you’re going to grate it and incorporate it into rice for a filling. Now, thanks to you, I have something else to try.
I used about 75% rice and 25% cheese, go longer or shorter as you see fit.
If you don’t have issues with gluten (which I don’t) a traditional breading and deep fry works or, if you do have issues go gluten free.
Stu Dowell
Kenney Wilson