Deep fried Jalapeno Poppers

jalapeno Poppers are extremely popular snack. The typical way to make a jalapeno popper is to slice off the top of a jalapeno, and then remove the pepper innards with either a thin knife or a pepper corer. It is then stuffed with cream cheese, breaded and deep fried.You can also bake them in the oven for health reasons,although you can pretty much stuff your pepper with any kind of filling you want..

Ingredients:

5 nos Jalapeno peppers
5 tsp Cream cheese(onion & chives)
¼ cup All-purpose flour
½ cup Bread crumbs(i used Italian)
2 cup Oil (for deep frying)
1 dash Salt
2 tsp Water
1 no Egg

Method:

1. Take a shallow dish, combine egg, water and salt beat well. Keep this aside.

2. Take two similar shallow dish and spread one with all-purpose flour and the other with bread crumbs.

3. Clean the Jalapeno peppers, with the help of a sharp knife, make a slit and open up, keeping the stalk intact.

4. Using the back side of a spoon, remove all the seeds and discard.

5. Stuff each pepper with a tsp of cream cheese. (You can sprinkle some salt before stuffing)

6. Heat the oil and keep it ready for deep frying.

7. Now line up the dishes in this order (Flour —- Egg mixture —– bread crumbs).

8. Take one stuffed jalapeno pepper, dust it with flour, then dip it into the egg mixture to coat and then into the bread crumbs. Toss gently until its well coated and sealed on all sides. put them in the fridge for about 1/2 hour in order to make them firm.Then deep fry them.

9. Drop gently into the oil and deep fry until golden.

10. Drain excess oil and serve hot with choice of dipping sauce.