Chiles Rellenos Con Jaiba Y Camaron

Title:
Chiles Rellenos Con Jaiba Y Camaron

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Appetizers,
Mexico,
Seafood




Ingredients:





    12 sm Yellow chiles (guero or wax


          -chiles)


     1 tb Vinegar


   1/2 lb Crabmeat or small shrimp, or


          -combination (cooked)


     2    Scallions; minced


   1/2 c  Mayonnaise


          Juice of 1/2 lemon


     2    Pickled jalapeno peppers;


          -minced






  (Stuffed Chiles with Shrimp and Crab)


 


  Slit the chiles and remove seeds and veins.  Blanch quickly in water with


 1 tablespoon of vinegar (about 1 min.). Drain and cool.


 


  In food processor, finely chop the shrimps and crabmeat. Mix in the minced


 scallions and mayonnaise.


  Sprinkle with lemon juice and stir again.  Stuff the chiles with the


 seafood mixture and arrange on a plate. If serving as a salad, place 3 to
4


 stuffed chiles on a bed of lettuce. As an appetizer, arrange on an


 attractive serving plate and add a garnish of jalapeno chile on the side.


 


  Source: "Authentic Mexican Cooking" by Paula Holt and Helene Juarez


 :: MM by Sue Woodward


 


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