Looking for a special game day appetizer? Here’s a great one! Very simple and yummy. Sweet and bacony with that green chile heat. Just assemble these ahead of time and pop into the oven a half hour before serving. I like to divide them up onto two or three baking dishes and stagger when they go into the oven. That way, I can bring them out hot out of the oven and serve them several times during the game.
I tried this with two different green chiles, medium Big Jims and hot Sandias. I much preferred the hot chiles as it was hard to taste the medium at all.
Hope you enjoy these!
Ingredients: - 24 pitted dates
- 4 oz feta cheese
- 2 tbsp (heaping) diced hot green chiles
- 8 slices bacon (thin sliced)
Instructions:- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice the dates lengthwise on one side to create an opening.
- Stuff ¼ tsp (heaping) hot green chiles into the cavity of each date. Then stuff a small amount of feta cheese on top of the green chile in each date.
- Cut the bacon slices in thirds. Wrap each date with a slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
- Arrange evenly on a baking dish. If you have a rack that fits in the dish, it will help to keep the dates from sitting in a pool of bacon fat.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until bacon is done to desired crispness. For crisper bacon, bake at 375 degrees. You may want to remove from oven at 20 minutes to drain the bacon fat, rotate the dates to even out how they brown, then return to oven.
- Remove from oven, place on paper towel for 2 minutes to drain, then serve.
Prep time: 20 minutesCooking time: 30 minutesServes: 24 |
