Jalapeno Bottle Caps with Blue Cheese Dip

By dgraves

Ingredients

• Fry Mix:
• Peanut oil, for frying
• 1 cup Fry mix, recipe follows
• 8 tbs. beer
• 3 jalapeno peppers (about 3 1/2 ounces), trimmed, seaded, and sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick
• pinch salt
• Blue Cheese Dip, recipe follows
• 3 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 cups self-rising white cornmeal
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. crushed black pepper
• Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix.
• Blue Cheese Dip:
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled blue cheese
• 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions white and green parts
• Combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, pepper. Fold in the blue cheese and green onion. Cover and refigerate until rady to use.

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the oil in a deep skillet to 375 degrees.

While the oil heats up, combine the fry mix with the beer, stirring until smooth. Toss the jalapeno slices in the batter. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, carefully lower the jalapeno slices into the oil. Fry for about 2 minutes, turning them often to brown evenly. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate and season with salt. Serve immediately with dip