Chiles In Sauce Chiles En Nogada Food

CHILES EN NOGADA

Steps:

• For the chiles: In a medium saute pan over medium heat, heat the vegetable oil. Add the chicken and cook until it starts to turn white, about 5 minutes. Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the apples, apricots, cranberries, pears, raisins and garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the wine and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 5 minutes. Season with sugar, salt and pepper, and then remove from the heat.
• Stuff each roasted poblano pepper with one-quarter of the chicken mixture and set aside.
• For the sauce: In a medium saute pan over medium-low heat, cook the shallots in the vegetable oil until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until it turns a light caramel color, about 5 minutes. Add the wine and simmer until it is almost completely evaporated, about 15 minutes. Add the heavy cream and simmer until reduced by half, about 15 more minutes. Stir in the almonds and season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, place each stuffed poblano pepper on a plate and top with 2 tablespoons sauce. Garnish with the cilantro and pomegranate seeds.

CHILES EN NOGADA

Steps:

• For the chiles: Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add the canola oil when hot. Add the chicken and saute until the chicken starts to turn white, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the onions and continue to saute until the onions are translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the apple, apricot, pear, raisins and garlic and saute until they begin to soften, about 1 minute. Add the tomato paste and stir so the paste coats all of the ingredients. Add the red wine and cook until the chicken is tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and let cool slightly. Remove the seeds from the peppers by making one long slice down the sides, stuff them with the chicken-fruit mixture and keep warm until ready to serve.
• For the nogada sauce: Heat the oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat, add the shallots and saute until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to saute until the garlic has turned a light caramel color, about 1 minute. Add the white wine and reduce until almost gone, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the cream and simmer until reduced by half, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and finish with the almonds.
• For serving: Place each stuffed pepper on a plate and spoon some of the nogada sauce over top. Garnish with the cilantro and pomegranate seeds.

CHILE RELLENO EN NOGADA

Steps:

• Prepare the poblano peppers by heating a griddle or skillet over medium-high heat until a drop of water sizzles on contact. Add the poblanos, and cook, turning occasionally with tongs, until the skin is blackened and blistered on all sides, about 5 to 7 minutes depending of the size of the poblanos. Remove from the griddle as they are done and place in a plastic bag, let sit for 5 minutes, until the skins are soft enough to be easily removed. Remove the poblanos from the bag, and using your fingers and small sharp knife, peel and scrape off as much of the blackened skin as possible, (a few black specks don't matter). Leave the tops on and cut small (2 to 3-inch) lengthwise slits in the polios and carefully pull out the seeds without tearing the flesh.
• Add all the sauce ingredients to a blender and process until thoroughly pureed. Set aside art room temperature or keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.
• In a medium-size skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring often. Add the tomato, cilantro and cook for another minute. Add the meat and cook stirring, until the meat is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste. Add the potatoes, cook for 2 minutes, then stir in the black currants and the almonds. Remove from the heat. Carefully stuff the mixture into the chiles through the slit, taking care not to rip the chiles. Transfer the stuffed poblanos to a serving platter. Cover with the walnut sauce and garnish with pomegranate seeds and parsley.

CHILES EN NOGADA (MEXICAN STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS IN WALNUT SAUCE)

Steps:

• Roast poblano chiles over an open flame on a gas stove or grill until the skin is black and charred on all sides, turning often, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Place the charred chiles in a plastic bag or in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap. Allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then open and peel off the skin. Cut a slit in each chile lengthwise and remove the seeds.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add ground pork and cook until browned, breaking up with a spoon while cooking, about 7 minutes. Mix in tomatoes, plantain, apple, peach, parsley, candied orange peel, pine nuts, raisins, almonds, cloves, salt, and pepper. Simmer until filling is cooked through and flavors are well combined, about 10 minutes.
• Combine walnuts, milk, goat cheese, sugar, and cinnamon stick in a blender; blend until walnut sauce is smooth and creamy.
• Fill each poblano chile with the pork filling and place on a plate. Spoon walnut sauce over chile and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and parsley.

CHILES EN NOGADA

Steps:

• Make a vertical slit down the side of each chile and carefully remove the seeds, leaving the stem intact.
• Mix the veal and pork in a bowl. Add the salt and pepper.
• In a large heavy skillet, over a medium heat, cook the oil with the onion until translucent. Add the ground meat and cook, breaking up any clumps, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the almonds, pine nuts, cactus, raisins, and epazote. Cook and stir constantly, until the meat is done.
• Remove the meat mixture from the heat and let cool.
• Stuff the chiles with the meat mixture and put them on an ovenproof platter, covered with loosely tented foil. Place the platter in a warm oven while finishing the sauce.
• Place the walnuts in a blender. With the motor running, add the milk slowly, until smooth and thick. Add the cream and blend well.
• Cover the chiles with the walnut sauce and garnish with the pomegranate seeds and parsley.

POLLO EN NOGADA (CHICKEN IN CHILE AND NUT SAUCE)

Steps:

• For the chicken:.
• Place the chicken pieces, 1 quart water, and the rest of the broth ingredients in a pressure cooker. Cook according to manufacturer's instructions, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, for the sauce, heat a large, deep, non-stick skillet or Dutch oven. Add all the chiles and toast lightly on both sides. Then place in a bowl and add warm water to cover. Let sit until chiles are softened, about 15 minutes.
• With a knife and fork or using rubber gloves take the chiles and seed and devein them. Set aside.
• While the chiles rest, add the oil to the skillet and lower the heat. Fry the bread slices lightly on both sides. Remove. Add the spices to the skillet and stirring often, toast the until fragrant. Immediately remove from heat.
• Place the chiles and the spices in the container of a food processor or blender, add about 1/2 cup of water and the salt. Pulse until well blended. Add the peanuts and pecans. Add more water if needed for all the ingredients to incorporate.
• Return sauce to skillet and bring to a boil. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Add chicken broth through a strainer, 1 cup at a time until the sauce reaches the desired consistency. Check the seasoning and add more salt if needed.
• Add the chicken pieces, ladle the sauce over them and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve with white rice or Mexican style rice.

CHILES EN NOGADA

Steps:

• For the stuffing:.
• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium heat, and add the olive oil. Once hot, add in the onions and cook until translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Then add the garlic and cook, 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the beef, ham, pork and veal. Cook, breaking up the larger pieces of meat, until browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Add in the peaches, pears, tomatoes, apples, plantains and pineapple, and cook for a few minutes. Then add in the prunes, citron, apricots and raisins. Cook for a few minutes and then add in the black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and some salt, and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Add the sherry, white wine, butter, bay leaves, marjoram and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Carefully drain the stuffing and remove the herbs and bay leaves.
• For the chiles:.
• Roast the chiles over an open flame or on the stovetop until the skin blackens on each side, about 3 minutes, then wrap the peppers in paper towels, and place in a large bowl covered with plastic wrap. When cool enough to handle, peel, seed and devein the chiles.
• Mix 2 cups water with the vinegar, then place the peppers in the mixture and soak for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the peppers, and then stuff each pepper with 4 to 6 ounces of stuffing depending on the size.
• For the sauce:.
• Soak the walnuts and almonds overnight. Alternatively, place the nuts in a medium saucepan over medium heat and cover with water. Bring to a boil and then remove from the heat, adding some ice to cool. Once the nuts are done soaking, peel and rinse them with cold water, and then drain.
• In a food processor add the milk, crema, sherry and nuts, and process until mostly smooth but still slightly chunky. Then add the goat cheese, cream cheese, onions, sugar, salt and cinnamon.
• Serve the peppers cut-side down, add a generous amount of sauce, and then garnish with parsley and pomegranate seeds.

CHILES EN NOGADA

Steps:

• For the sauce: In a blender combine first 4 ingredients until smooth.
• The sauce is to be served at room temperature, do not heat.
• For the filling: In a large sauté pan cook onion and garlic in oil over medium heat until golden brown.
• Add remaining ingredients and cook until beef is done.
• Stuff chiles with meat mixture.
• (Note: You can use toothpicks to keep the chiles closed after they have been stuffed or just handle them very carefully).
• For the Batter: Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• In a separate bowl beat yolks well.
• Fold yolks into beaten whites.
• Sprinkle about 2 1/2 tablespoons of the flour on top and fold it into the egg mixture.
• Sprinkle a plate with a layer of flour and lay each stuffed chile in it.
• Sprinkle more flour on top of the chiles so that they are thoroughly coated; this helps the batter adhere.
• In a large sauté pan heat about 1/4 inch oil over medium-high heat.
• When oil is hot, pick up each floured chile by the stem and dip it the batter.
• Then gently lay it in the oil.
• As the chiles fry, lift the pan by the handle and tilt it back and forth so that the edges of the battered chiles are cooked (this makes them easier to turn too).
• When the first side is golden brown, turn and cook the other side.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on several layers of paper towels.
• Keep warm in a low oven (about 150 or 200 degrees) until all are done.
• Note: The chiles may be prepared in advance and reheated on a nonstick baking sheet for about 8 minutes at 450 degrees.
• Or they may be served at room temperature.
• To Serve: To serve, place a stuffed chile on each plate and cover with walnut cream sauce (the nogada).
• Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and garnish plate with cilantro.