A looove jalapenos. Or any peppers, really, especially stuffed peppers. This is an old favorite recipe of mine.

I base my creations on taste and smell rather than recipes, I'm never sure what the exact measurements are, so use your judgment, food should be played with. Don't take it too seriousl

Ingredients

1 Pound small jalapenos
2 Cups beer of choice
1.5 Cups flour
2 Cups seasoned breading
Goat cheese (portions may vary)
Gloves (optional)

Prep Your Peppers

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice the heads and tips off the Jalapenos. Then slice them lengthwise and remove seeds.

Protect Your Skin

Jalapenos produce capsaicin (which is the primary ingredient in pepper spray) and, while I loooove eating all things spicy, my hands are sensitive to it. So, I tend to wear gloves during the gutting to avoid hours of burning fingers. You can use any gloves you prefer, and they can be bought at any grocery store in the cleaning aisle. I typically use latex gloves.

Stuff the Peppers

Stuff each pepper with goat cheese—use however much or little cheese you prefer. The best part is licking the spoon afterwards; the leftover cheese is super spicey with jalapeno juice. Sooo good.

Beer Batter

Pour your beer of choice into a bowl and mix in the flour. I tend to prefer darker ales and avoid porters and stouts, as they tend to be far too sweet. My preference is the BrouCzech Dark it has the perfect amount of tang to go with the peppers. Mix the flour and beer together with a whisk, add spices to taste—I used garlic powder, salt, and black pepper.

Thoroughly coat the stuffed jalapenos in the beer batter.

Bread the Jalapenos

Roll the batter coated jalapenos in the seasoned bread crumbs. You can dip the jalapenos and re-roll the several times, if you’d like a thick breading

Bake

Place the jalapenos in a baking dish and bake for about 20 minutes, or until crust is slightly golden.

Enjoy!

Let the jalitos cool and eat up! These guys make really great party food and, of course, being both spicy and battered with beer, they go very well with—well—beer. Veggie friendly, and can easily be made vegan with the substitution of imitation cheese.

Jalitos Recipe