Chiles Rellenos (Fried Stuffed Chiles)

Title:
Chiles Rellenos (Fried Stuffed Chiles)

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Tex-mex,
Mexican,
Main
Dishes




Ingredients:





    12 lg Mild, green chiles w/stems


          >>


     3 cn Green chiles (4 oz.cns)


   1/2 lb Jack cheese cut into long>>>


          Narrow, strips.





-----------------------------------BATTER-----------------------------------


     1 c  All purpose flour


     1 ts Baking powder


   1/2 ts Salt


   3/4 c  Yellow or white cornmeal


     1 c  Milk


     2    Eggs, slightly beaten





 Parch and peel chiles leaving stems on.  Cut small slit below the stem,


 removing seeds if desired. Insert strips of Jack cheese being careful not


 to split chile.


 


 Prepare batter:  Sift flour with baking powder and sald, then add


 cornmeal.Blend milk and slightly beaten eggs, then combine milk mixture


 with dry mixture and blend together. slightly moisten each chile with


 water--dip in plain flour, then in batter.  Allow to drain slightly and


 drop in deep fat which has been heated to 375 F.


 


 Fry until golden. Drain on paper towels. Keep warm on platter in 300 F.


 oven while completing frying and serve immediately.


 


 Variations: For thicker crust "double-dip" (repeat dipping sequence).


 :           For crunchy crust use buttermilk instead of sweet milk in


 batter.


 


 Hint:  Keep one hand for "dry", the other for "wet".


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini