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