Sides

Chiles Rellenos

Makes 10 chiles

Chiles Rellenos

Makes 10 chiles

Now you can make this restaurant treat at home. Serve with refried beans, warm flour tortillas and ranchero sauce for a true vegetarian feast!

Nutritional information per relleno:Calories 327 (71% from fat)
carb. 17g
pro. 14g
fat 23g
sat. fat 12g chol. 93mg
sod. 318mg
calc. 470mg
fiber 3g

Ingredients

  • nonstick cooking spray
  • 10fresh Anaheim or poblano peppers, washed and dried well
  • 6ounces Monterey Jack, shredded
  • 6ounces sharp Cheddar, shredded
  • 8ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • ½cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
  • 2large eggs, beaten
  • 5cups tortilla chips, chopped
  • vegetable oil for spraying or brushing

Preparation

  1. 1. Coat the Baking Pan well with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Place prepared peppers onto the pan.
  3. 2. Place in oven in rack position 2. Select Roast at 450°F for 30
  4. minutes. Halfway through cooking time, turn the peppers to evenly
  5. brown. When time expires, place roasted peppers into a mixing bowl
  6. and immediately cover with plastic wrap. Allow to steam to loosen
  7. the skin for about 30 minutes.
  8. 3. While peppers are roasting and cooling, mix the cheeses together
  9. so the three are completely mixed. Divide equally into 10 portions;
  10. roll and form into cylinders, approximately the size of the peppers.
  11. 4. Once peppers have rested, carefully remove the skins and all seeds
  12. while keeping the pepper mostly intact. Put a cheese cylinder into
  13. the pepper. Using your hands, form the cheese to fit the length of
  14. the pepper; carefully cover the cheese with the pepper so that the
  15. end result resembles the chile pepper. Repeat with the remaining.
  16. If desired, secure the pepper with a toothpick to completely cover
  17. the cheese. Refrigerate the stuffed peppers for at least 4 hours up
  18. to overnight to completely chill.
  19. 5. When ready to AirFry, place the AirFryer Basket onto the Baking Pan
  20. and coat with nonstick spray. Place the flour, 2 beaten eggs and
  21. crushed tortilla chips individually into 3 shallow dishes. Dip each
  22. stuffed pepper into the flour to completely coat and shake off any
  23. excess before dipping into the egg, and then finally coating in the
  24. crushed tortilla chips. Place each pepper onto the prepared basket
  25. in one layer. Liberally brush or spray evenly with oil.
  26. 6. Place basket into the oven in rack position 2. Select AirFry at 400°F
  27. for 10 minutes.
  28. 7. Serve immediately with prepared Ranchero Sauce (see below).