Semiserious Chefs

Jalapeño cheese dip is one of those dishes that you really can’t go wrong serving. It’s perfect as a tasty dip for tortilla chips, but it works equally well as a spread for hard crackers. Either way, it’s virtually mandatory game day food. Jalapeño cheese dip can be made and served in a variety of […]

This one’s for the person that wants to stack piles of cheese and other toppings (think mushrooms or jalapeños) on their burgers but don’t know how to get it all to melt. Sure you can place your cheese and toppings and more cheese on the burger and hope it melts…eventually. But let’s be real, when […]

This recipe was originally created as a mistake during a recent duel between Andrew and I. It wasn’t at all the right plan for a burger topping, but it was instead an incredibly delicious finger food! There is a lot of flexibility in the recipe to make these treats as spicy or not as desired. […]

The Ingredients Hot peppers: Anaheim, Habanero, Serrano, Jalapeño Anything else Andrew I’m pretty excited about this Dueling Duleys in particular, because it’s going to play a direct part in a different dish that will require the use of what we come up with here. I’m not saying what that dish is going to be though, […]

These spicy breaded serrano rings were a byproduct of our need for something crunchy and spicy to top a particular cheeseburger of ours with. You might have stumbled across them on one of our Dueling Duleys post here: Dueling Duleys – What The Jalapeño Gonna Do With These!?!?!?

Let me start this post by saying two things. First, I know that there are many different variations or takes on the ever popular jalapeno popper. Variations that I would eventually like to try, but for now I thought it would be best to start with the basic or standard jalapeno popper. The one that […]

I really have no idea why I was suddenly inspired to make a soup among all things. If you know anything about me at all, it’s that I have a hard time getting excited by the thought of a bowl of soup being plopped down in front of me, so please forgive me for that. […]