Reduced-Fat Baked Chiles Rellenos with Cheese and Mushrooms
- 8 Poblano Peppers
- 8 ounces, weight Mushrooms, Sliced
- 8 ounces, weight Shredded Cheese Of Choice (I Splurge On High-end Cheese For These Babies. My Favorite Cheeses For Chiles Rellenos Are Queso Fresco, Habenero Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Blue Cheese, Goat Cheese Or Manchego)
- 1.
- First, char the skin on the peppers.
- The easiest way to do this is to use your broiler.
- Place the peppers under the broiler.
- Youll start to hear the skin blistering.
- After 5 minutes, check on the peppers.
- The skin on the peppers should be puffy and blistering, light brown to dark brown.
- But the skin should not be black!
- Flip the peppers and char the skin on the other side.
- Remove after another 5 minutes or so.
- 2.
- Place the peppers in a sealed plastic bag for 5 minutes.
- This steams the peppers and loosens the skin.
- I make these chiles rellenos so often that I keep a Ziploc bag just for that use.
- 3.
- While the peppers are steaming, preheat the oven to 350 F. Roast the mushrooms in a baking tray for 5 minutes or until just tender.
- Im so lazy that Ill reuse this baking tray for the chiles rellenos.
- 4.
- Open the bag and let the peppers cool slightly.
- Once cool, start peeling off the skin.
- You just need to find a good spot to pinch and a big chunk of skin usually comes off.
- 5.
- With a knife, slice open the peppers along one of the flat sides.
- Scrape out the seeds and membranes.
- Remove the seeds unless you like them super spicy.
- Seeds equalsspiciness.
- 6.
- Stuff each pepper with 1 ounce of cheese and a good helping of mushrooms.
- 7.
- Place the chiles rellenos on a baking tray and bake for 30 minutes at 350 F.
- Serving Size: 2 chiles rellenos
- WW Points+: 6 per serving
- Calories 268, Carbs 10, Fat 18, Protein 18g
peppers, weight mushrooms, choice
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/vegetarian/reduced-fat-baked-chiles-rellenos-with-cheese-and-mushrooms/ (may not work)