Potted Pepper Dip Recipe
Ingredients
| 4 large red or green peppers | ||
| Lemon juice | 2 Tablespoon | |
| 2 teaspoons olive or cooking oil | ||
| Sugar | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Prepared horseradish | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Pepper white | 1 Dash | |
| 1 small onion, cut up | ||
| 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened | ||
| Mayonnaise | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Few dashes bottled hot pepper sauce | ||
| 2 red or green peppers, tops removed and seeded | ||
| Tortilla chips | ||
Directions
Dip the first 4 peppers into boiling water a few seconds.
Peel, seed, and cut up.
In blender container or food processor, place lemon juice, olive oil, sugar, salt, horseradish, white pepper, and one third of the cut up peppers and onion.
Cover; blend till smooth.
Add another third of the peppers and onion to mixture.
Cover; blend till smooth.
Repeat with remaining third of peppers and onion.
Transfer mixture to mixing bowl.
Let stand, covered, at room temperature for at least 2 hours.
Place pureed vegetable mixture in a sieve, pressing gently to drain off liquid.
In mixing bowl combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and hot pepper sauce.
Stir in pureed vegetable mixture.
Cover and chill.
Spoon cheese mixture into the two hollow pepper shells.
Place peppers on serving platter.
Surround with tortilla chips.
Peel, seed, and cut up.
In blender container or food processor, place lemon juice, olive oil, sugar, salt, horseradish, white pepper, and one third of the cut up peppers and onion.
Cover; blend till smooth.
Add another third of the peppers and onion to mixture.
Cover; blend till smooth.
Repeat with remaining third of peppers and onion.
Transfer mixture to mixing bowl.
Let stand, covered, at room temperature for at least 2 hours.
Place pureed vegetable mixture in a sieve, pressing gently to drain off liquid.
In mixing bowl combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and hot pepper sauce.
Stir in pureed vegetable mixture.
Cover and chill.
Spoon cheese mixture into the two hollow pepper shells.
Place peppers on serving platter.
Surround with tortilla chips.
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