favorite crab poppers

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 10 jalapeno peppers (sliced in half and seeds and veins removed)
• 1 can crab meat (drained)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons salsa (your choice,i use pace picante medium)
• 2/3 cup self-rising flour (seasoning optional)
• 1 cup corn flakes (run through food processor until powdery like flour)
• 3 eggs, scrambled

Recipe

• 1 boil jalapenos in water for 10-15 minutes until tender.
• 2 drain and cool.
• 3 dry with paper towel.
• 4 combine cheeses,crab meat and salsa in a bowl.
• 5 fill each pepper half with enough of the cheese mixture to fill to the top.
• 6 dredge the peppers in egg then flour (i add paprika and salt to flour to taste not much) then egg and finally in corn flakes.
• 7 repeat until all peppers are coated, then refridgerate for 2 hours.
• 8 in a heavy skillet add enough oil to cover peppers bring oil to high heat but not smoking.
• 9 fry until golden brown on each side.
• 10 drain, and continue until each pepper is fried.
• 11 serve with sour cream, jalapeno jelly and or salsa and guacamole.