Here we have one of the most satisfying delicious and crowd pleasing appetizer or side dishes you can make that’s just roasted and not fried. It’s not heavy or greasy but full of flavors and textures. This recipe is best to make when you find the large Jalapeño peppers that have lots of flavor and not much heat. It also helps if you have a cup of leftover rice and some previously roasted corn. You do need a gadget that makes Spirals like spaghetti for doing the potato crust. I do note you will have leftover potato because you are only using the long strings. Save the small strings and the spiral middles from the potatoes and hold them in a bowl of cold water till your ready to blot them off and prepare. (I roasted them at 350 degrees F with just some non-stick spray and covered them with foil till they were good and cooked….maybe an hour…then I removed the foil and let them go about half and hour till they got gold crispy ends….came out really tasty…around two servings) The Chipotle Rice Stuffed Jalapeño Peppers with Potato String Crust come out FORKING DELICIOUS! You are going to want to prepare this one.

Ingredients for around Four Servings

6 large jalapeno peppers – remove stem end, cut in half (long ways) remove core and seeds

1 cup cooked rice

1 chipotle adobo pepper in sauce (chopped fine plus 1 Tablespoon of the sauce) (or a tad less for  less heat)

1 garlic clove – ground into paste

1/4 teaspoon cumin

1/8 teaspoon ground annato

1 Tablespoon scallions – chopped

2 Tablespoons roasted corn

2 oz sharp aged cheddar cheese – shredded

1 Tablespoon fresh cilantro – chopped

2 potatoes (I used large red potatoes)

non-stick spray – canola or vegetable

fresh ground sea salt to taste – for finishing

fresh ground black pepper to taste – for finishing

optional – micro red amaranth – two pinches for garnishing

Directions

In a small bowl mix together the rice, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, garlic, cumin, annato, scallions, corn, cheese and cilantro. Mix well.

Use a spoon and stuff your peppers.

Get out your spiral cutting machine and turn your oven on to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet (s) with non-stick spray.

Use the blade that makes potatoes like spaghetti.

Pull off around 10 inches and wrap it around the pepper and place on baking sheet.

Repeat until all your peppers are done.

I note that you will have extra potatoes, smaller strings and the potato core that you can’t use for the peppers. Just save them how I described and either prepare the way I suggested, fry them or discard them if you prefer.

Spray the top of the peppers with non-stick spray. Put the peppers in the 350 degree oven till the potatoes start to crisp. About 25 minutes.

Now top them with fresh ground sea salt and black pepper.

Serve them up and enjoy!

Forking Amazing!…… Something New and Original…….You will love them!