Veracruz-Style Stuffed Jalapeños with Cheese
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Ingredients
- 8 fresh jalapeño chillies
- 150 g feta cheese
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 2 large eggs
- 300 g plum tomatoes
- 0.5 onion
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil, for frying
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 287 kcal
- Protein
- 11.4 g
- Carbohydrate
- 10.8 g
- of which sugars
- 5.5 g
- Fat
- 21.8 g
- of which saturates
- 8 g
- Fibre
- 1.6 g
- Salt
- 1.19 g
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Method
- 1
Halve the fresh jalapeño chillies lengthways and scrape out the seeds.
- 2
Fill each half with crumbled feta cheese.
- 3
Beat the large eggs, dip the stuffed chillies in the egg, then dust lightly with plain flour.
- 4
Fry the chillies cheese-side up in the sunflower oil for 3-4 minutes until golden and the cheese has softened.
- 5
Fry the onion in a separate pan for 3 minutes, add the plum tomatoes and simmer for 8 minutes.
- 6
Spoon the tomato sauce over the stuffed chillies to serve.
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