Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, tamales de rajas y queso (green chile and cheese). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tamales de rajas y queso (green chile and cheese) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Tamales de rajas y queso (green chile and cheese) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Small enough to make wrapping tamales easy. Slice chiles into long strips (rajas). Get an hoja in one hand and a spoon in the other. scoop some masa onto the hoja and spread it up. (It's an art) place one piece of cheese and some chile strips. Rajas Con Queso Tamales (Green Chile and Cheese Tamal) Roasted poblano and cheese tamal is one of the most popular tamales through out Mexico.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tamales de rajas y queso (green chile and cheese) using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Tamales de rajas y queso (green chile and cheese):
- Make ready 20 lb Masa preparada (already prepared)
- Take 5 lb Fresh anaheim chiles
- Take 3 lb Fresh pasilla chiles
- Get 3 lb Fresh serrano chiles
- Get 15 lb Monterey jack cheese
- Get 4 bags of hojas (corn husks)
- Get 1 cup Lard for every 10 lbs. of masa
- Make ready 1 cup chicken broth for every 10 lbs. of masa.
Cheese with Roasted Chile Tamales (Tamales de Rajas Con Queso) 'Tis the season for tamales and these tamales are one of my favorites. These tamales are filled with roasted green chile and cheese. The suero (whey) is what makes this recipe uniquely ours and gives the green chile a creamy tang and perfect saltiness. Chile Chilaca con Queso y Crema also known as Rajas con Queso is delicious and can prepared with minimal ingredients.
Instructions to make Tamales de rajas y queso (green chile and cheese):
- Place hojas in hot water until ready to wrap tamales.
- Add 1 cup of melted lard and 1 cup of chicken broth for every 10 lbs. of masa. Yes the masa already has lard but this will prevent your masa from drying out during steaming. You might have to place masa in the freezer for a while so the melted lard doesn't make it too watery.
- Roast chiles in oven broiler or on grill enough so that skin will peel easily.
- Placing chiles in plastic bag as soon as roasting is done will help skin sweat off.
- Slice cheese into about 1"x1"x4" pieces. Small enough to make wrapping tamales easy.
- Slice chiles into long strips (rajas).
- Get an hoja in one hand and a spoon in the other… scoop some masa onto the hoja and spread it up. (It's an art) place one piece of cheese and some chile strips. The serranos are the hot chiles so be careful.
- Wrap.
- Place in a steamer pot for at least an hour. Maybe longer depending on your pot and how many tamales you are steaming at once. Test a tamale after an hour to judge how long.
The suero (whey) is what makes this recipe uniquely ours and gives the green chile a creamy tang and perfect saltiness. Chile Chilaca con Queso y Crema also known as Rajas con Queso is delicious and can prepared with minimal ingredients. This is the chile con queso dish that is popular through out Mexico. It is most often served as an appetizer or as a starter. it makes a great meatless meal for any time of the year. A Mexican classic, these Green Chile and Cheese Vegetarian Tamales are filled with roasted poblano peppers and spicy pepper jack cheese.
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