Pimiento Cheese-Stuffed Squash Blossoms

Name: Pimiento Cheese-Stuffed Squash Blossoms
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 applewood-smoked bacon slice, cooked and crumbled; 118 milliliters fat-free cream cheese, softened; 3 Tbsps minced green onions; 1 Dash ground red pepper; 1 teaspoons hot sauce (such as Texas Pete); 1 Tbsp canola mayonnaise; 1 small red bell pepper, halved and seeded; 177 milliliters 2.5 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded (about; 8 fresh squash blossoms

Pimiento Cheese-Stuffed Squash Blossoms might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 124 calories, 4g of protein, and 11g of fat. This gluten free recipe serves 8. If you have hot sauce, canola mayonnaise, green onions, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 25 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat broiler to high.

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Broiler

Place bell pepper halves, skin sides up, on a foil-lined baking sheet, and flatten with hand. Broil 8 minutes or until blackened.

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Bell Pepper

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Place roasted pepper in a paper bag, and fold to close bag tightly.

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Pepper

Let stand for 5 minutes. Peel and chop bell pepper.

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Bell Pepper

Place 3 tablespoons bell pepper in a medium bowl; reserve remaining pepper for another use.

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Bell Pepper

Pepper

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Bowl

Add cream cheese and next 6 ingredients (through bacon) to pepper in bowl, and stir until well blended. Carefully make a slit in each squash blossom; open and spoon 2 tablespoons cheese mixture into each blossom. Press to close.

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Cream Cheese