Chiles Rellenos from Zacatecas Mexico Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Chiles Rellenos from Zacatecas Mexico
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Blend garlic, tomatoes, cumin, chopped onion, chicken bullion, tomato sauce, and water until its all into liquid form. Make sure there are no chunks of any thing. Set aside.
  2. Stuff chilies with cheese and hold together with toothpicks. One tooth pick per chile is fine. Set aside.
  3. Batter:.
  4. With a high speed mixer beat egg whites to stiff foamy peaks are formed and in a separate bowl combine the egg yolks with one tablespoon flour and salt and mix well. Then bled the yolks into egg whites and beat until you have a thick paste and it’s well incorporated.
  5. Dust chiles in the flour and dip quickly into batter and when completely covered lay in hot oil. Baste tops with hot oil and fry on each side until golden brown.
  6. Place the chiles in a deep wide sauce pan/pot. Once all chiles have been fried and arranged in the pot add the onion wedges and sprinkle extra cheese on top Mozzarella or queso fresco.
  7. Finally pour the sauce over the chiles and cover till it boils. When the chiles and sauce start to boil reduce the heat and simmer for an extra 10-15 minutes.
  8. (Note: There are many ways to peel chiles, you can blister them on griddle (comal), or in the oven. When both sides are fairly evenly blistered/charred, remove them and place in a sealed plastic bag to steam and peel after about ten minutes.
  9. You can also deep the fry in hot oil for about 1 min remove, let cool and peel.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 437.1 Kcal (1830 kJ)
Calories from fat 138.34 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.37g 24%
Cholesterol 160.42mg 53%
Sodium 1989.33mg 83%
Potassium 311.99mg 7%
Total Carbs 44.44g 15%
Sugars 3.01g 12%
Dietary Fiber 6.03g 24%
Protein 31.29g 63%
Vitamin C 5.1mg 8%
Iron 3.3mg 19%
Calcium 785.3mg 79%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 142.2 Kcal (595 kJ)
Calories from fat 45 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g 24%
Cholesterol 52.19mg 53%
Sodium 647.16mg 83%
Potassium 101.5mg 7%
Total Carbs 14.46g 15%
Sugars 0.98g 12%
Dietary Fiber 1.96g 24%
Protein 10.18g 63%
Vitamin C 1.7mg 8%
Iron 1.1mg 19%
Calcium 255.5mg 79%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.2
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top