Tuesday, 28 June 2011 11:08

Chilie Rellenos

Ingredients:

  • 12-14 green chilies (roasted&peeled) or whole canned green chilies
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 cups cracker meal
  • 1-1/2 lb grated cheese ( American or Longhorn ) Chilie Rellenos
  • 1 sm. onion ( finely chopped )
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup flour

Preparation:

Combine cheese and onion. Press to firm strips the lenght of the chilies. Open small slit below stem of chilie ( stems may be remove if desired ) and remove seeds. Fill each chilie with cheese strip. Combine cracker meal and flour. Place the chilies in the mixture and roll, coating well. Beat eggs, milk and salt. Dip chilie in egg bath and roll in cracker flour mixture, coating well. Fry in deep hot oil at 360º F ( 180º C ) until golden brown.  ( Test oil with a piece of day  old bread ). Chilie rellenos maybe frozen. Let frozen rellenos stand 30 minutes at room temperature. Fry as above.

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