Pepper Poppers

If you have an over abundance of peppers and you feel like eating a greasy snack, try these pepper poppers. Theyre great!

You can use any kind of peppers you have, but I used jalapenos, mariachi peppers, and anaheim peppers because those are what I have in my garden. Just slice down one side of the pepper, fill it with stuffing, dip it in batter, and fry in vegetable oil until brown and crispy.

Stuffing:

• tofutti cream cheese
• nutritional yeast
• basil
• garlic
• chives
• salt and pepper

Batter:

• 1 cup flour (I used regular flour, but I bet chickpea flour would be really good).
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp tumeric
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup beer
• 3 Tb vegetable oil
• dash of cayenne pepper

I used peanut sauce for dipping because I had some left over, but a creamy dipping sauce made with a tofu/soymilk/tahini/lemon base would probably be really nice.

If you have leftover batter, you can use it to fry other vegetables. I fried some bananas and squash then squirted agave nectar on them. yum.