From the Senior Pico restaurant in Los Angeles. These rellenos BAKE instead of fry, and are super! The fresh peppers are worth the extra effort, but canned are acceptable. See the database for Senor's Pico's Picante Sauce. The prep time is figured for canned chiles.
Provided by Miss Annie
Categories Cheese
Time 40m
Yield 6 Rellenos
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Rinse the chiles and discard the seeds.
- Insert 1 strip of Jack and 1 strip Cheddar cheese in each chile, cutting a slit in one side of the chiles.
- Dust the chiles with flour.
- Beat egg whites until stiff.
- Beat egg yolks and fold into whites.
- Add melted butter (should not be hot) to the egg mixture.
- Grease generously a 8x8 baking dish.
- Pour a thick coating of batter on bottom of dish.
- Place chiles on top of batter, and spoon remaining batter over chiles.
- Bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
- Top with Picante sauce.
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