Best Texas Armadillo Eggs Recipes

TEXAS ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• Cut off stems of jalapenos; using a knife and scooping action, remove all seeds and ridges. Rinse well; be sure you have all the seeds out!
• Combine sausage, egg, and bread crumbs in a bowl.
• Fill jalapenos with cream cheese, using a spoon or cake decorator with large tip.
• Make small patties with the sausage mix; wrap one around each jalapeno, sealing it with your fingers.
• Place on cookie sheet; bake in over at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Let cool, cut in half across the middle. Makes 40 Jalapeno eggs.
• Serve with or without a salsa dip.

TEXAS ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• 2. Trim off the stems of each pepper. Cut a slit down one side of each pepper. Remove the seeds and as much of the white membrane as possible. Set aside.
• 3. In a medium bowl, combine the sausage, Bisquick and garlic salt. Mix well (by hand is easiest).
• 4. Gently insert one or two cubes of the cheese into each jalapeno.
• 5. Pinch off a portion of the sausage mixture and shape it around each jalapeno, covering it completely but don't make too thick. Make into egg shape.
• 6. Roll each "egg" in bread crumbs to coat.
• 7. Arrange the "eggs" evenly on a prepared (sprayed with cookng spray)cookie sheet. Spray "eggs" lightly with cooking spray and bake for 25 minutes until lightly browned.

TRE'S TEXAS ARMADILLO EGGS

Steps:

• Mix Bisquick, sausage and cheddar cheese by hand.
• Remove stem from peppers and slice lengthwise.
• Remove stems and stuff peppers with the Monterrey Jack Cheese.
• Pat small pieces of the Bisquick mixture flat and wrap around the stuffed peppers.
• Roll each one in the Shake N Bake.
• Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 20 to 30 "eggs.".