Stuffed Fresno Chilies
Stuffed Fresno Chilies make a great, easy-to-make appetizer with a lot of heat for a little work. Warning! They are HOT!
Calories per serving: 444kcal
Ingredients
- 8 (8) Fresno chilies
~~ -- Stuffing -- ~~
- 4 ounce (113.4 g) Cream cheese, softened
- 4 ounce (113.4 g) Cheddar, grated
- ⅛ teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) Mustard
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) Worcestershire sauce
- 4 ounce (113.4 g) Pimento, with liquid
~~ -- Breading -- ~~
- ½ cup (62.5 g) *Flour
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) Fresh Jax Peppered Habanero Spice
- 2 (2) Egg
- ½ cup (30 g) Panko bread crumbs
~~ -- Dipping -- ~~
- ½ cup (115 g) Sour cream
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) Justice
Instructions
- Mise En Place
- Put the whole chilies in the air fryer at 400 °F (204 °C) for 15 minutes. When the chilies have charred, put them in the bowl and cover them with the shower cap. Set them aside and let them cool, about 30 minutes.
- While the peppers are cooling, put the cream cheese, cheddar, mustard and worcestershire in the bowl of a small food processor. Process until the ingredients are combined. Add the pimentoes with their juice and continue to process until you have a thick but not thin mixture. Set that aside.
- Put the flour and peppered habenero in one breading tray, eggs in the next, and panko bread crumbs in the last. Beat the eggs until they are smooth. Set the trays aside.
- Put on your gloves and remove the chilies from the bowl. Remove the blistered skin. Cut each chili down the center without going all the way through. Carefully remove the seeds and pith. The pith will be yellow instead of white because the peppers were partially cooked.
- Put some of the cheese mixture in the center of each pepper.
- Fold up the sides. If you have problems keeping them together, you can pin them with a toothpick.
- Continue doing this until all the peppers are stuffed.
- Roll each pepper in the flour mixture and shake off any excess. Dip and roll each pepper in the beaten eggs and let excess drip off. Finally, roll the peppers in the panko bread crumbs.
- Put the peppers on the rack of the air fryer and heat them at 400 °F (204 °C) for 5 mintues or until the panko has browned and the cheese is melting.
- To make the dip, mix sour cream with Justice.
- Serve the peppers hot with sour cream for dipping.
Notes
I cannot emphasize enough how hot these peppers are if the seeds and pith are not removed. If you are some kind of daredevil, then be my guest, but trust me, these are like eating fire. I know - I forgot to seed one of them.
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