Stuffed Pepperoncini

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 slices bacon, finely chopped
• 2 shallots, minced,about 1/4 cup
• 1/2 medium red pepper, about 1/3 cup
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 2 (9 ounce) jars pepperoncini peppers (or can substitute jalapeno peppers)

Recipe

• 1 cook bacon until crisp; drain reserve 1 tbs.
• 2 bacon drippings.
• 3 cook shallots and red pepper in drippings, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes.
• 4 in a small bowl, using hand mixer, beat cream cheese and milk until smooth.
• 5 add bacon and shallot mixture and beat until just combined.
• 6 spoon cream cheese-vegetable mixture into a ziploc bag.
• 7 cut a small corner off to pipe filling into peppers.
• 8 with a small knife, cut a slit lengthwise in peppers, being careful not to cut all the way through.
• 9 pipe cream cheese mixture into pepper.
• 10 cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.