Banana Pepper Rings stuffed w/ 2 cheeses and Habby-Seared Scallops
This was gonna be idea #2 for the Throwdown, but it's good anyways.
Prep...
Some nice sweet 'lil Scallops, sweet-hot Banana Chiles, green onion, Orange Habanero, Mozz & Havarti cheeses. (the bottle hiding back there is Arbol chile powder)
I seared the scallops in butter with minced hab, green onion, and a sprinkle of Seafood Salt, Arbol and Pepper. Then, let them set a bit. Afterwards I minced 'em up with the rest of the hab and onion, added sprinkle of sea salt and finely ground pepper.
Cut some 1/4" rings outa the peppers, and pressed in the cheeses.
Then, I took a bit of the scallop mixture and pressed into the cheese with a spoon.
Put 'em in the fridge for awhile to firm up, then, dredged 'em in seasoned flour, egg, and likewise seasoned Panko crumbs.
(Used Arbol + Cayene powder, s&p, my homemade season salt, and garlic in the flour and Panko)
Now we FRY!
It's my first time truly frying this way..real thermometer and all. Part of reason I seared the scallops was for flavor...and partly so I could lower the fry temps a bit so as not to destroy the peppers and cheese. Scallops are usually 365F...I used about 345-350F and they came out perfect.
Bubble, Bubble!!