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Chili Dip
This one’s simple and good!
Ingredients:
8oz tub of cream cheese
1 can hormel chili (no beans)
2 cups shredded colby jack cheese
1) In a pyrex pie dish spread (in this order) the cream cheese, chili, and then cheese on the top.
2) Bake in a preheated oven @ 350 degrees for 20-30min until cheese is melted and slightly brown on the side. Turn the oven off and allow to cool a bit while still in the oven (will prevent cheese from hardening too quickly).
mini cheeseburgers
Ingredients:
1lb of meat
1/2 onion finely chopped
spice to taste (I used rosemary, oregano, pepper, salt)
filo dough (or puff pastry)
Here they look like folded napkins, but inside the crispy filo dough are mini-cheeseburgers!
Mix up the beef, onion, and spices and make 8-10 silver dollar sized patties. Cook thoroughly.
Split up the filo dough (or puff pastry) into sections big enough to wrap each burger. Wrap cooked burger in the dough and put about a half splice of cheese on the top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
jalapeno cajun chicken
This was pretty good, but the real star of the show is the blackened jalapenos..
These are AMAZING! I’m not sure if I’ve invented something here (and i doubt i have), but these are so good that I’m going to make them as a side dish next time around. They are as follows:
1) Heat up a pan with olive oil, diced garlic, and a pulled sprig of rosemary.
2) Add sliced jalapeno peppers to the pan and cook thoroughly on only one side (blackened and crispy on one side, green on the other).
3) Serve. (wicked good!)