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Vegetables & legumes

Chiles Rellenos

Poblano chiles stuffed with cheese, battered and bathed in tomato sauce.

Vegetarian

60 minTime
4Servings
HardDifficulty
MexicoCuisine

Ingredients

  • 4 poblano chiles, roasted and peeled
  • 250 g of fresh cheese or panela in sticks
  • 4 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
  • 500 g of ripe tomato
  • 1/4 white onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 30 g of flour plus more for dusting
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • Oil for frying

Step-by-step

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  1. Make a cut in the chiles, carefully remove the seeds and stuff them with cheese. Set aside.
  2. Put tomato, onion and garlic in the mixing bowl. Blend 30 sec/speed 6.
  3. Add salt and program the sauce 15 min/100°C/speed 1. Set aside in a container.
  4. Clean and dry the mixing bowl. Place the butterfly, add the egg whites and beat 4 min/speed 3.5 until stiff peaks.
  5. Add the yolks and a pinch of salt; mix 20 sec/speed 2 to incorporate the batter.
  6. Dust the chiles, coat them in the batter and fry them in hot oil until golden.
  7. Drain on paper and bathe them with the hot tomato sauce.
  8. Serve immediately.

Tips

  • Well-firm egg whites give a fluffy batter.
  • If the chile is very spicy, soak it in salted water for 15 minutes before stuffing.