Ray's' Chiles En Nogada

Name: How to cook Ray's' Chiles En Nogada - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

summerplace

Ray's' Chiles En Nogada

The tradional chiles en nogadas are with a walnut cream sauce. I substituted with ground almonds since some of the family is allergic

Ingredient

Food ration :

6 servings

Cooking time :

20 mins

mini piquin chilies as garnish

1/4 bunch

couple dashes Hot sauce to taste

ground toasted almonds or walnuts

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Start by toasting your chiles over an open flame on all sides till blackened. place into a zip lock bag and let them sweat for about 15 minutes

* Step 2

grind up your almonds and toast on a dry pan about 7 minutes or so set aside

* Step 3

Bring your cream to a simmer turn off add all seasonings, to taste hot sauce, sour cream & cheese. now add in almonds as much as desired to your taste. I didn't use the full 1/4 cup. let cool and add to blender till creamy. strain your sauce.it will be a slight sweet and spicy creamy sauce depending on your taste

* Step 4

fry your chopped potatoes with seasonings to your liking. cook till tender take out and add ground beef till cooked add potatoes back in and cilantro.

* Step 5

Now your ready to stuff your chiles. With a small knife scrap off blackened skin. cut on top of chili with a spoon scrape out seeds, now add in meat mixture alone with some cheese. Top with some sauce and more cheese bake 15-20 minutes. Serve with more sauce cilantro and mini chilies for a kick.

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