Chiles Rellenos de Frijoles RefritosA beautiful garden restaurant, Nuu Luu, overlooking Oaxaca City, serves traditional Oaxacan food. I especially liked the chiles rellenos stuffed with black beans. Any kind of refried beans can be used, but black beans would be used in Oaxaca.
Stuffed Chiles with Refried Beans
Chiles Rellenos de Frijoles RefritosA beautiful garden restaurant, Nuu Luu, overlooking Oaxaca City, serves traditional Oaxacan food. I especially liked the chiles rellenos stuffed with black beans. Any kind of refried beans can be used, but black beans would be used in Oaxaca.
Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
- Tomato Sauce for Stuffed Chiles
- 6 fresh poblano chiles roasted and peeled
- 3 cups Basic Refried Beans or canned
- ½ cup Fresh Salsa Mexicana or purchased salsa
- ½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions
- Prepare the tomato sauce.
- Reserve covered, off heat.
- prepare the chiles.
- Then preheat the oven to 350°.
- With a small sharp knife cut a slit lengthwise from the stem end to within 1-inch of the tip of each roasted and peeled chile.
- Keep the stems intact.
- Cut out the seed pod and rinse the chiles under running water to wash out the remaining seeds.
- Pat the chiles dry with paper towels.
- Mix the refried beans with the salsa and stuff each chile with about ½ cup of the beans and top each with ¼ cup of the cheese.
- Lay the chiles in a rectangular baking pan, cover loosely with foil and bake until hot and the cheese is melted, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Reheat the sauce.
- Serve hot with the tomato sauce spooned over the chiles.