Last updated on June 5th, 2018 at 11:36 am
Antojitos – spicy, cheesy, creamy, the ultimate appetizer. These antojitos are loaded with cream cheese and peppers and are baked to perfection.
One of our favorite restaurants is Montana’s which is a steak house in Canada. Their food is great but the reason we like going there is for their antojitos. We haven’t been there in a while, probably since last summer, but we missed these antojitos.
So now I had a mission. I wanted to make these at home and make them as close as possible to the real ones. If you’ve never had antojitos and don’t know what they are, well basically they are Mexican street snack foods, and translated the word antojito means little whim. Antojitos are not a full meal, usually just an appetizer.
These antojitos could be made as spicy as you want, but if you make them as per the recipe, I would say they’re pretty hot from all the hot sauce and jalapeno pepper. But boy, are they ever good! I love these antojitos, we used to go to Montana’s almost every weekend just to have these.
But now I make them at home whenever I want. They are to die for! I know I’ve said I don’t eat too spicy before, but I make an exception for these antojitos and to tell you the truth I’ve learned to appreciate a little bit of spice every once in a while. The ingredients are so simple, so it wasn’t too big a challenge to duplicate the recipe, basically it’s cream cheese, red peppers, green peppers, jalapeno and hot sauce. You mix all that together and spread it over a tortilla. I also added a bit of cheddar cheese for a little extra cheesy flavor and BANG!
My husband said they tasted just like the restaurant version. I couldn’t agree more. I succeeded in this little quest of mine. I like to serve mine with sour cream with a bit of pesto, but salsa works as well.
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Antojitos!
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup hot sauce
- 1/2 red bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper chopped
- 3 large tortillas I used ancient grain whole wheat tortillas
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl add cream cheese, bread crumbs and hot sauce. Mix with a fork until cream cheese has softened. Add the peppers and mix them in well with the cream cheese.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over each tortilla, 1/3 of the mixture for each tortilla, and sprinkle 1/3 of the cheddar cheese on each tortilla. Roll up the tortillas and cut them into 1 inch slices.
- Place the slices on the baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 F degrees for 10 minutes, then for another 3 minutes under the broiler.
- Serve with salsa or sour cream.
Notes
Nutrition
One important part of this is to actually bake it without cutting it first. Then when it’s done baking you cut it quickly and confidently.
The cheese doesnt harden that way and is more of the melted gooey texture from the original.
And as stated from another commenter, Melinda’s, parsley and sour cream.
Great tips! Thanks!
Made this tonight! Absolutely delicious. The only thing different I did was that I added some chicken. My husband LOVED it. This will be a go to dish for me to serve as an app. Can’t praise it enough! Mmmmm! Thank you!
Just curious…writing on the tables…cute…but when the diners leave are their “tablecloths” removed? It would seem more fun to let the comments stay to entertain the next set of diners. What do you think? We used to stash notes in high school in class desks that we sat in, not knowing who would sit in them next…way fun! and totally anonymous.
Never thought about it, but you’re right that would be cool. I do love writing on the tables, fun for adults not only kids!
I need these in my life!! I have never heard of such a thing but these need to get in my belly.
These look so good. I’m in El Paso, TX and I’ve never seen these. They will be a great hit as an appetizer! I’m keeping them a secret until I serve them. One question? Are those flour tortillas? That’s what it looks like, but the recipe didn’t say.
Wishes for tasty dishes,
Linda
Yeah, they’re called ancient grain tortillas, but yeah whole wheat tortillas.
Jo! These look crazy awesome. Right up our alley, actually. Looking forward to trying these. Nice!
Thanks Mike, I figured you’d like them! 🙂
Glad to find this copy cat recipe!
what is the purpose of the breadcrumbs?
Just to add a bit more texture. 🙂
To make it more like montana’s use Melinda’s habanero sauce instead of franks red hot and green onions instead of green peppers. They also use some parsley, and I think I remember putting some sour cream in them.
Two of my favorite pubs used to serve them until one night both establishments told me and my friend that they just weren’t that popular and had to take them off their menu!! Only place in Ottawa, that we could find them, was The Works.. but now that I’ve moved to Calgary, AB. I don’t see how I’ll ever find them at a restaurant! Your recipe just saved me from a possible meltdown! LOL Thank you!
You’re welcome Val! I know what you mean, we used to order these every single time we went to Montana’s, simply love them!
So glad I found this recipe on your pinterest page! I’ve added it to my menu for my daughter’s party on Sunday!
I’ve been making these for about 6 years now 🙂 back then there was not a recipe to be found for them. So I went to montanas picked it apart and figured it out 🙂 I’ve never added hot sauce but am going to try with half a batch today for superbowl. All the other ingredients are the same
Hi Crystal,
You don’t have to add the hot sauce, but if you want a bit of a kick, give it a try.
Host the Toast (http://blog.hostthetoast.com) just featured this recipe on the food, drink, and entertainment blog’s “Link Love” post! Great photos, recipe, and writing! I never had even heard of antojitos before this!
Cheers!
-Morgan of Host the Toast
Thanks Morgan. 🙂
These look yummy. My mouth is watering!
These are by far the best thing about Montana’s…along with the fact that you can write on the tables at the one’s I’ve been at 🙂 I LOVE that you recreated these at home, it’s been way too long since I’ve had them – I’ll definitely be trying these!
Hi Anna,
Yes I love writing on the tables too, that’s fun. I hope you try the antojitos and let me know how you like them. 🙂