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Sweet and Spicy Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Anaheim Chilis

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Sweet and spice make everything nice, but it’s the bacon that puts these stuffed chili peppers over the top.

Ingredients

  • 8 whole Anaheim Chili Peppers
  • ½ cups Sun-dried Tomatoes In Oil, Including The Oil
  • ½ whole Onion, Coarsely Chopped
  • 2 cloves Garlic, Chopped
  • 1-½ teaspoon Kosher Salt, Divided
  • 1 teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper, Divided
  • 1 pinch Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 can (15.5 Ounces) Cannellini Beans, Drained And Rinsed
  • 2 teaspoons Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
  • 3 ounces, weight Reduced Fat Cream Cheese
  • ½ cups Shredded 2% Sharp Cheddar Cheese
  • 2 whole Green Onions, Green Parts Only, Chopped
  • 8 whole Slices Of Center Cut Bacon
  • ¾ cups Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Chili Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Cayenne Pepper

Preparation

Heat a large pot of water to boiling. Add chili peppers and boil for 4 minutes. Remove peppers from pot and allow to cool.

In a large skillet add the sun dried tomatoes in oil, onion and garlic. Season with salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes and saute over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or just until onions start to soften. Remove from heat and let cool.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spray rack (I used my cooling rack) with cooking spray and place on baking sheet.

In bowl of food processor fitted with metal blade pour the sun dried tomato and onion mixture. Pulse until finely minced. Add the cannellini beans, cumin, oregano and 1 teaspoon of the chili powder. Season with salt and pepper. Process until smooth. Add the cream cheese and process until smooth. Remove mixture to a small bowl and stir in the shredded cheddar cheese and diced green onions. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if needed. Set aside.

Take each chili pepper and carefully make a slit from the top of the pepper almost to the bottom point. Remove seeds. (I just rinsed the peppers under running water and they came out nicely.)

Place the brown sugar, the remaining 2 tablespoons of chili powder and the cayenne pepper in a pie pan or other shallow dish. Whisk well to combine. Set aside.

Take each prepared chili and stuff with 2-3 tablespoons of bean and cheese mixture, depending on the size of the pepper. Wrap the pepper with the bacon, starting the bacon on the side opposite the stuffing slit and ending on the same side. Roll the bacon wrapped pepper in the brown sugar mixture and place the pepper, stuffing side up, on the prepared baking rack. The ends of the bacon should now be on the bottom of the pepper, thus eliminating the need to use toothpicks to hold the bacon to the pepper.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until bacon is crispy and pepper is tender.

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Twinks on 9.21.2010

Oh my goodness! This sounds so good.

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rouxgirl on 7.29.2010

I planted anaheims and had a pretty good crop this year. They are so incredibly flavorful and I will definitely plant more next year. I think the plants are all picked out and I have blackened and peeled and frozen all of them so maybe I will try this recipe with some store bought peppers. I do have a bumper crop of jalapenos and almost every night we have some with cocktail hour-I have a recipe very similar but much simpler. I slice them in half and remove ALL seeds and membranes. I fill them with cream cheese and top them with shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese. I wrap a half a piece of turkey bacon around them and secure with a toothpick. Bake at 400 for 20 -30 min depending on your oven. Let cool and get ready. These things are to die for!!!!!!

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vlmarston on 7.27.2010

Oh yeah, gotta try these! Thanks!

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Rhonda on 7.27.2010

I think my husband would love you (and me) for this……..the Hatch chilies are coming soon and we still have some in the freezer. And peppers have been all over the markets.

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jofe on 7.27.2010

Wow, I may plant some anaheims next year just to make these!

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ripcurlmom on 2.24.2015

These were absolutely amazing! My whole family loved them. They are definitely in my cooking rotation.

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roxipapi on 8.2.2010

I made these this past weekend and they were delicious and came together very easily. I think the filling alone would make a great dip for tortilla chips but these peppers are amazingly delicious and I can’t wait to make them for company. They’ll be wowed! Thanks for the great recipe!

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