I love to grow all kinds of peppers.  My banana pepper plant has had a high yield.  Why not try to make some Banana Poppers!

Where did the term ‘Poppers’ originate that can be another word for appetizers?  I decided to google it.  I found a link for Jalapeno Poppers that will give you the information if you tend to be a curious person like myself.

As I said I have had a bumper crop of banana peppers so I thought why not use them in place of jalapeno peppers.  I found a recipe called Baked Banana Pepper Poppers.  I don’t have all the ingredients that the recipe calls for so why not just improvise!

I am going to replace the cheddar cheese for colby monterey cheese.  I will omit the bacon and go light on the seasonings.  When you live 40 miles from town you learn to adjust.

Banana Peppers

Next up is to cut in half vertically and remove the seeds carefully.  Just to be safe, I am wearing vinyl gloves.  I once cleaned some jalapeno peppers without gloves and the pain I had to endure after was horrible!  Learned my lesson.

Banana Peppers Halved and Seeded.

 Ingredients for the filler.

 Mix all together.

 Take the filling and put into the banana pepper halves.

When filled, place them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

 4 ingredients for the batter. 1 cup of milk , 2 cups of flour, 4 beaten eggs, and 2 cups panko bread crumbs.

 Dip pepper poppers in milk.

 Roll in flour. Set aside for 5 minutes.

 Dip pepper poppers in eggs and roll in bread crumbs.

Bake at 350 F Degrees for 25 – 30 minutes.

Yum!  They turned out great! I ate a couple and the rest will cool and I will freeze them for whenever the munchies strike me.  I will be ready!

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