These low carb buffalo breakfast stuffed hatch chile peppers make for a delicious change from your standard eggs and bacon. A bit of spice along with cheese, chiles and bacon and you’ve got a low carb breakfast you can eat with your hands! Only 4.6g net carbs!
My husband grows a lot of peppers every summer. Everything from shishitos to habaneros, but he’s never grown hatch chiles. I’ve heard alot about them so when I saw them at Trader Joes I decided to give them a try and made these low carb buffalo breakfast stuffed hatch chile peppers. My husband was not happy about me buying them but we did a taste test and here is what he thought.
What Are Hatch Chile Peppers?
Hatch chile peppers actually come from Hatch, New Mexico. They are very similar to Anaheim peppers and have a combination of sweet and hot flavor. You can read more about them here.
I personally was not overly impressed because my husband has been giving me such wonderful peppers this summer. I honestly could not see a difference from Anaheim peppers and since I get those free, I will stick with them. Below are the hatch chiles from Trader Joes.
Buffalo Breakfast Stuffed Hatch Chiles Recipe
Let’s start with the peppers. First cut a (T) in each pepper so they will be easier to stuff. Then clean them out and blanch them in boiling water for about 8. minutes. In the meantime make the egg mixture.
Below you can see the egg mixture which is basically scrambled eggs with cooked bacon, hot sauce and cheddar cheese. Once the chiles are cool enough to touch, stuff them with the egg mixture. Then top them with more cheese and sprinkle bacon after they are cooked.
Some Notes About This Hatch Chile Peppers Recipe
- I only used 2 tablespoons of hot sauce because I didn’t want them too hot. However I wish I added more but it was easy to just add a little more on top once they were done.
- I used 4 pieces of bacon because I love bacon. You can use more or less and it won’t affect the carb count.
- The hatch peppers have a tough skin, that is why I blanched them before hand. However you could also take off the skin as you would a bell pepper by charring it and pealing off the skin. I’m too lazy to do that. 😉
- These stuffed hatch peppers are easy enough to eat with your fingers. As you can see if you scroll down that is how I ate them.
- Lastly these are pretty big and one would be enough for breakfast. So you can have 4 breakfast servings with this recipe.
I was able to eat these with my hand. However you might want to be a more civilized person and use a fork. 🙂
Well I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did. I LOVED them, however I will stick with Anaheims as they are easier for me to get. The nutrition for 1 stuffed hatch pepper is:
277 cals / 20.7g fat / 4.6g carbs / 16.6g protein
You might also like my friend Sara’s everything bagel mini pepper boats!
Buffalo Breakfast Stuffed Hatch Chile Peppers
These low carb buffalo breakfast stuffed hatch chile peppers make for a delicious change from your standard eggs and bacon. A bit of spice along with cheese, chiles and bacon and you’ve got a low carb breakfast you can eat with your hands! Only 4.6g net carbs!
Ingredients
- 4 hatch chiles
- 4 eggs
- 4 tablespoons cream
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce
- ½ cup mozzarella, shredded
- ½ cup cheddar, shredded
- 4 pieces baon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
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Take each pepper and cut a T into it. Clean out the seeds and then place in boiling water for 8 minutes. Take out of the water add place into a large bowl with ice and water to blanch.
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While the peppers and boiling, beat eggs and cream together. Then add in the hot sauce and mozzarella and whisk again.
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Add eggs to a non stick pan and make the scrambled eggs. Mix in half of the bacon pieces and let cool.
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Stuff the blanched peppers with the egg mixture and then top with cheddar cheese.
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Bake in oven for 20 minutes. When done, sprinkle remaining bacon on top.
Arlene Mobley says
This looks delicous. I can never find fresh Hatch peppers here for some reason.
Denise says
Hi Arlene, that was the first time I’ve seen them!
Regina says
My husband really likes these. I would probably not boil peppers as long next time to have a more hatch taste and firmer pepper. Will definitely try again when hatch season comes back around or will also try with Anaheims.
Denise says
I really liked them too. I will have to try them your way next time and see if I like the hatch flavor. They really did taste like Anaheims to me. I would also like to try them with poblanos which are becoming my favorite peppers. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Marisa Franca says
I can honestly say my mouth is watering!! We love peppers of all kinds and this looks like a marvelous breakfast. I will be making the recipe this coming Sunday. I can’t wait!!
Denise says
I hope you like it Marisa!
Veena Azmanov says
That would be perfect weekend brunch for me and my be the rest of the family.!! Yom. I love chile peppers and this sounds so simple and easy. So cool.
Denise says
It is easy but tasty! thanks for stopping by!
Jolina says
Oh my word I can’t begin to tell you how much we loooove this. And we’re probably going to add more then 4 pieces of bacon because…well…bacon lol!!
Denise says
Who doesn’t love bacon! Add as much as you like. 🙂
Gloria says
Well doesn’t this look like a fun brunch for the weekend? This would be perfect for our “breakfast for dinner” night too.
I know hubby is going to love those chili peppers for sure. Bacon makes everything delicious. A nice change of pace from the regular bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Denise says
My hubby has been bringing me chiles all summer. This is one of my favorite ways to eat them now.