A few days ago, I got a bag of chile peppers, about 10 peppers for 99 cents. Judging by what I found online, they were some variety of ancho, about 4-6 inches long and 3 inches wide. Here's my first chiles rellenos...
Shrimp and Spinach Stuffed Chiles
- Wash 6-8 ancho chile peppers and put them under the broiler until they are crackling and popping. Turn them over, and do the same for all sides.
- Place the broiled peppers in a paper bag (closed) while they cool.
- Hold under running water and remove skins.
- Remove stem and seeds by slicing down the side of the pepper.
- While you're waiting on the peppers to cook or cool, mix the following...
-- 3/4 cup flour
-- 1 cup milk
-- 1 egg
-- 1 tsp. baking powder
-- 1 tsp. baking soda
-- salt, pepper to taste
-- garlic power or chile powder if you feel like it. - Brown one medium onion with some chopped garlic in a little olive oil.
- Meanwhile, cook about a pound of shrimp (mine were frozen, medium sized, and had to be cooked and cleaned...any shrimp will do).
- Also meanwhile, thaw one package of frozen chopped spinach and strain out most of the water.
- When the onion is cooked, remove from heat and add cooked shrimp and spinach to the pan.
- Shred 1/2 lb. of Mexican queso fresco and 1/2 pound cheddar cheese.
- Add 1/2 of each cheese (about 1/4 of each) to the shrimp/onion/spinach mixture and stir until thoroughly blended.
- Stuff each pepper with the shrimp/spinach/onion/cheese mixture.
- Place stuffed peppers in lightly greased backing dish, in a single layer.
- Pour the milk/flour mixture over peppers.
- Top with remaining 1/2 pound of cheese.
- Back at 350 for ~30 minutes. Do not over cook!
The milk/flour mixture becomes a sort of custard. I over-baked mine by a little and it was too "bready" rather than creamy. Reheating leftovers in the microwave with a little water much improved the consistency by re-constituting the breadiness. Next time, I might add one cup sour cream to the flour/milk mixture...
This was actually very good! Yea for having time to cook!
Thank you, Yo Mama, for all them bottles full of beans and rice when I was Goozie's size. You done turned me into a good Mexican!
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