KitchenMagician's Recipe

VEG - CAJUN CRAB STUFFED PEPPERONCINI

Category: Chilled Appetizers

36 pepperoncini
2 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 c. cooked crab meat, shredded
1 1/2 T. Cajun seasoning
1 T. hot sauce
1 tsp. dried thyme leaves
chopped fresh parsley leaves

Cut stem end off pepperoncini and carefully scrape out seeds; set aside.
Beat cream cheese in mixer bowl with the paddle attachment; add crab and continue to mix.
Add Cajun seasoning, hot sauce, and thyme; mix until blended.
Place mixture into a pastry bag and pipe into seeded pepperoncini.
Dip the cream cheese end of pepperoncini in chopped parsley before serving and transfer directly to a serving tray.