Poblano Poppers

Description

This recipe was an accidental creation. I had leftover stuffed mushroom filling, and we had a bunch of poblano peppers we needed to use after cleaning up our garden. It’s now one of my family’s favorite appetizers!!

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 4 ounces button mushrooms, chopped
  • 4 scallions, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning (such as Tony Chachere’s®), or to taste
  • 6 large poblano peppers, tops, seeds, and membranes removed

Instructions

  1. Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
  2. Melt butter and olive oil together in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute mushrooms
  3. scallions
  4. and garlic in hot skillet until mushrooms have released their liquid and the liquid evaporates
  5. about 10 minutes. Remove from heat
  6. stir parsley into mushroom mixture
  7. and let mixture cool slightly
  8. about 5 minutes.
  9. Stir mushroom mixture
  10. cream cheese
  11. Parmesan cheese
  12. and Creole seasoning together in a bowl. Stuff each hollowed-out poblano pepper with mushroom mixture and place on prepared baking sheet.
  13. Broil in the preheated oven
  14. turning once
  15. until stuffing is hot and peppers are browned
  16. 8 to 10 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 6

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