The gloves are off... wait, I mean on!

As promised, when we find a good recipe and we have success making it I'll post it! Since hubby has quite the green thumb (and knows I love spicy food) he grew 4 jalapeno plants this summer so we are OVERWHELMED with jalapenos! We've been looking for different recipes and stumbled upon this one tonight. We made our own alterations and the recipe is as follows:

Fried Jalapeno Poppers

• 1 pound of jalapeno peppers
• 1 package of cream cheese, softened
• 1 tsp cumin
  
• 2 slices of bacon, fried crisp & chopped fine
• 1 package beer batter mix
• 1/2 cup beer (or measurements according to beer batter mix)
  
• 2 cups of plain dry bread crumbs
• Canola oil for deep frying

Put on a medium sized pot of water to boil.

Put on a pair of kitchen gloves before you even think about starting! You will not regret this decision, because no matter how much you scrub your hands afterward, I guarantee they will retain the sting from these peppers! No gloves and you'll know what I mean the first time you touch your nose or rub your eye!

Meanwhile, slice the jalapenos in half lengthwise, removing all of the seeds and cutting out the ribs. Rinse. When water begins to boil, add the jalapenos, return to a boil, stir and boil for two minutes. Drain, fill pot with fresh cold water to cease the cooking process. Remove the peppers and allow to dry thoroughly.

Using a fork, whip together the cream cheese, cumin and bacon until well blended. Using a small spoon, fill the large end of the pepper with a rounded spoonful of the cream cheese mixture, and spread out to the narrow end, pressing into the pepper. Set aside on the prepared pan and continue until all of the peppers have been stuffed.

Prepare beer batter mix according to package directions in small bowl to cover the pepper when you dip it in, and dump the bread crumbs into another bowl. Using one hand for the wet and one hand for the dry, dip the stuffed peppers into the beer batter mix and then using the other hand, dredge the pepper in the bread crumbs and roll so that the entire pepper is well coated. Set on the baking sheet until you have dredged all of the peppers.

Preheat the deep fryer to 375 degrees.

Place the peppers into the fry basket with the stuffed side up and fry for 2 - 2 1/2 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

YUM-O!!!!!