Inside Out Jalapeño Popper Rings
This idea came to me after looking at a jalapeño popper dip recipe and then a recipe for fried cheese sticks. I thought to myself about a possible mashup and then thought about what was in my kitchen and behold, the inside out jalapeño popper rings were born. They still need some adjustments and I’ll have to give this a shot again when I have more jalapeños, but it’s a great start and I couldn’t wait to share it. I’m linking this up to Amy’s Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays post and Cindy’s Gluten Free Fridays post so go check out those blogs for other delicious recipes!
I started out with a jalapeno pepper, removed the seeds, and sliced it into rings. To dip the rings in, I used leftover bleu cheese dressing from yesterday’s Superbowl snacks. To make that, I mixed plain yogurt, bleu cheese crumbles, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Today, I thickened it up with a bit of cornstarch. For the coating on the first batch, I combined cornmeal, salt, pepper, and cumin.
I fried the rings in a bit of canola oil, flipping them once while frying. The results looked great and I liked the flavor, but I thought the cornmeal was a little too coarse. I didn’t like the super crunchy texture of the finished rings.
For the next batch, I tossed out the cornmeal mixture and combined almond flour, salt, pepper, and cumin.
This combination was great for flavor and texture. Unfortunately, it didn’t stick to the rings as well as the cornmeal had. Nevertheless, I thought it was delicious and the texture of the coating was softer than the cornmeal had been. I dipped the rings in a bit more of the bleu cheese dressing as I snacked on them. Yum!
OH YUM! I see this being made at our house very soon! YUM!
Putting these on my list of things to try this weekend.
Kate x
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I’m a jalapeño freak, so I’m really looking forward to making these! Thanks! Following and Liking you now, hope you do the same…
I don’t like jalapenos, but I wanted to read to be able to share with the hubby. He’s a huge fan. I swear he’d put that on everything if he could (that and mayo). Actually he’d probably use Mayo instead of the blue cheese dressing mixture. LOL
Oh goodness…that looks great. May have to try it soon.
This looks delicious! tempted to make them this weekend.
Oooo… these look super good! I’ll have to try them out for sure – love jalapenos!!
I am stilling dreaming of these! Need to get some peppers to make them!
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest!
Thanks for linking back to the Gluten Free Fridays post!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Hi Rochelle! What a great blog & post!! These sure beat those icky wheaty ones at Jack in the Box!=P LOL. We should connect sometime as I am GF & Veg (overall), too!:)
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