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Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers
By Anthony Tripp | August 30, 2009
Cutting back on fried foods, especially deep fried foods is a great idea. Roasted foods taste just as good and are easy to prepare in the comforts of your own home. You can take a classic fried food like jalapeno poppers and roasted them to create a much the healthier version, roasted jalapeno peppers.
The jalapeno pepper in a jalapeno popper is hardly recognizable anymore. Before it was given the popper treatment it was a fresh vegetable. Then it’s stuffed with cheese and meat, coated with bread crumbs and deep fried in hot oil. There are some variations but most are just as unhealthy. You can substitute the bread crumbs with a batter or stuff with bacon instead of chorizo but there are much better ways to make a healthy stuffed jalapeno pepper.
When you pick a cheese to stuff the pepper, stay clean of the cream cheese. Picking a low fat or part skim cheese is a good choice. Dairy products like cheese will tone down the spiciness of the peppers. So if you like it hot, why not skip the cheese all together. Or you can go with a really strong cheese like blue cheese or goat cheese and you won’t have to use as much.
So what can you stuff the pepper with to make add to the flavor without adding to the calories? How about adding a tiny bit of salsa to the cheese. Thats always a nice combination. If you feel you need even more vegetables then go with corn and or onions. Theyll mix well with the cheese.
When cooking your stuffed jalapenos, you’re going to want a jalapeno pepper roaster. This cool device will keep the pepper upright during cooking. This way none of the stuffing will drip out and make a mess in your oven. They’re usually made of stainless steel and safe for either the oven or the barbecue. They make roasting stuffed peppers a lot easier.
If youre a fan of the jalapeno popper but are trying to cut back on the deep frying and eat a little healthier, then it is time to try roasted jalapeno peppers.
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