Non-traditional chiles rellenos?
Chiles rellenos stuffed with something besides cheese?
I was watching a cooking show last night and there was a competition between an American chef and two Mexican chefs at a Los Angeles restaurant. The American guy made a frou frou version of chiles rellenos, roasted poblanos stuffed with manchego cheese and cooked egg plant, dipped in a beer batter, rolled in corn meal and deep fried in oil. The Mexicans stuffed their poblano chiles with sliced nopales, onions and mushrooms, cilantro, and epazote, and poured a pasilla chile sauce over the stuffed chiles, but made no attempt to fry them. The judges found the frou frou American version to be more traditional and have a crunchy texture, but the Mexican version won for simply *tasting* more Mexican with the two chile flavors. The Mexicans said that you could tell how hot a poblano was going to be by whether the stem was straight, indicating a milder chile, or curved, indicating a spicier chile. They said to never wash the poblano out after de-seeding it and to serve the stuffed pepper with the curved stem upward, inviting the diner to "eat me"... |
Non-traditional chiles rellenos?
"~" > wrote in message ... > Chiles rellenos stuffed with something besides cheese? > > The Mexicans said that you could tell how hot a poblano was going to > be by whether the stem was straight, indicating a milder chile, or > curved, indicating a spicier chile. .........Goes to show ya that even in today's world old wife's tales persist..... |
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