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Cheddar Cheese Biscuits with Cilantro

by Two Peas on March 17, 2010

Cheddar Cheese Biscuits with Cilantro

I didn’t have time to go grocery shopping over the weekend since we were in Idaho visiting my grandpa. We had some odds and ends in the fridge, but not enough food to create a tasty meal. Luckily, we had a container of  soup hiding in the freezer.  I heated up black bean and sweet potato soup for dinner and Josh made cheddar cheese biscuits to go with.

Josh loves homemade biscuits, we have made several different biscuit recipes, but this time he wanted a savory biscuit to go with the soup. He made drop biscuits to keep things simple-he was hungry:) He added in garlic, cheddar cheese, and cilantro. Josh made jumbo biscuits and some smaller biscuits-he loved them both- the smaller ones were plenty big in my opinion:)

These savory biscuits are easy to prep and they bake up in 15 minutes.  The cheese melted nicely throughout the biscuits. I love the color and flavor the cilantro added too.  Hats off to Josh-the biscuits were the perfect addition to our soup.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you are wearing green:)

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Cheddar Cheese Biscuits with Cilantro

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted cold butter
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Blend the cold butter into the dry ingredients-Josh used his hands to do this. Blend until the mixture has pea size chunks of butter left. It will be crumbly and that is a good thing. You want to see little pieces of butter. Don't over blend.

Pour in the buttermilk and stir with a wooden spoon. Gently mix, just until the ingredients are moist. Don't overmix.

Gently stir in the cheese, garlic, and cilantro. Just until they are mixed throughout.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat. With a spoon, scoop the biscuits onto the baking sheet. For jumbo biscuits-use about 1/3 cup of dough. For smaller biscuits-use about 3 Tablespoons of dough. Bake the jumbo biscuits for 15-18 minutes. Bake the smaller biscuits for 12-15 minutes. You want them to be golden brown on top and on the bottoms.

Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.

If you like these biscuits, you might also like:

Buttermilk Drop Biscuits from Two Peas and Their Pod
Hell’s Backbone Biscuits from Two Peas and Their Pod
Buttermilk Biscuit Bread from Two Peas and Their Pod
Buttermilk Biscuits with Goat Cheese and Chives from Simply Recipes
Flaky Biscuits with Cheddar and Ham from Good Life Eats

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    Mary — March 18, 2010 @ 4:59 pm

    These look amazingly delicious. Josh is a keeper :-) . It’s fun to see what the guys come up with in the kitchen. He did a really nice job.

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    Suzanne — March 18, 2010 @ 7:37 pm

    Wow, that picture is so good, I can almost taste them, must try this recipe out. thanks!

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    sweetlife — March 18, 2010 @ 9:08 pm

    oh cheese and cilantro I love cilantro–yummy!!

    sweetlife

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    Lori — March 21, 2010 @ 3:50 am

    Delicious. They look so yummy.

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    Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction — March 22, 2010 @ 11:42 am

    Oooh… I love cilantro! I will definitely have to give these biscuits a try. I bet they’d be good with monterey jack or pepper jack cheese, too!

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    Live.Love.Eat — March 22, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

    Biscuits are my friend!

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    Deborah — March 23, 2010 @ 8:01 pm

    I love savory biscuits like this. They sound like a perfect last minute addition!

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    jeggings — April 8, 2010 @ 3:34 am

    I made it the other day cause it seemed quite simple and I fell in love with the biscuits. They’re sooo good! My family also liked it and now they keep begging me to do it again. Thanks for this recipe!

    • twopeas replied: — April 8th, 2010 @ 7:57 am

      Jeggings-glad your family enjoyed the biscuits!

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    Naailah — May 1, 2010 @ 12:02 pm

    Can these be stored over for the next day?

    • twopeas replied: — May 2nd, 2010 @ 11:43 am

      Naailah-Yes, you can eat the biscuits the next day. Of course they are best fresh out of the oven, but the hubs enjoyed them the next day too.

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    Nikki — December 6, 2010 @ 7:11 pm

    I just tried my first cheddar biscuit from ur space,,,amazing recipe..i just replaced chives and they were spectacular.I’m nota big fan of red lobster resturant here in toronto,but i used go just for these biscuits there.Now i will never go there,,coz i can make my own,,Thanks to you.My husband (My biggest critic) absolutely loved this.

    • twopeas replied: — December 6th, 2010 @ 9:19 pm

      So happy you liked the biscuits!

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    Catalina — February 24, 2011 @ 2:50 pm

    My husband LOVES These biscuits!! Thank you sooo much for posting this recipe!

    • twopeas replied: — February 25th, 2011 @ 9:06 am

      You are very welcome. Josh loves them too:)

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