Best Tuna And Potato Stuffed Ancho Chiles Recipes

TUNA- AND POTATO-STUFFED ANCHO CHILES

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups water and piloncillo to boil in medium saucepan. Add white vinegar, canela, and salt; simmer until piloncillo has dissolved, stirring often, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add chiles and soak until softened, occasionally pressing to submerge, about 1 hour; drain. Pat chiles dry; slit lengthwise and remove seeds.
• Cook red-skinned potatoes in pot of boiling salted water until skewer easily pierces centers, about 35 minutes. Drain. Cool, peel, and cut potatoes into 1-inch cubes.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Season tuna with salt. Grill until light brown at edges but pink in center, about 3 minutes per side. Cut tuna into 1-inch cubes. Whisk together 1/4 cup oil and next 5 ingredients in large bowl. Fold in potatoes and tuna. Season with salt. Fill chiles with tuna-potato mixture.
• Whisk remaining 1/4 cup oil, apple cider vinegar, and cilantro in medium bowl. Season with salt. In large bowl, toss greens with 2 tablespoons vinaigrette to coat. Divide salad among plates. Top with chiles and avocado slices; drizzle with some of remaining vinaigrette.
• *Mexican raw sugar shaped into hard cones. Smaller chunks are sometimes labeled panocha. If neither is available, substitute and equal weight of packed dark brown sugar.
• **Mexican cinnamon sticks with a delicate, floral flavor.

CHEESY TUNA-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Prick each dripping wet potato with a fork; add potatoes to a slow cooker (do not add water).
• Cover and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours until fork tender.
• Remove potatoes from cooker using tongs; cut them in half lengthwise; scoop out the center of each half with a big spoon, leaving enough potato to keep the shell intact.
• Put the potato pulp in a bowl and add ½ cup cheese, milk, tuna, sour cream, green onion, and salt/pepper.
• Mash the filling with a fork; spoon mixture back into shells, mounding high.
• Return to slow cooker, setting down the stuffed potatoes in a single layer if possible so that they touch each other.
• Sprinkle with the remaining ¼ cup cheese.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove carefully and serve.

TUNA STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Wrap potatoes in foil and bake until fork tender, about an hour. Let cool.
• Split potatoes in half and spoon out the filling into a medium sized bowl leaving enough in the shell so that the skin does not break when handling. Break up potatoes with fork.
• To potatoes add mayo, 1 cup cheese, green onion, green pepper, and tuna.
• Restuff potatoes with mixture to a slight mound. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Place in 13x9-inch baking dish and bake for 20 minutes.

CHEESY TUNA-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes, prick with fork, bake in 400 degree oven for 1 hour.
• When cool enough to handle, cut potatoes in half lengthwise, scoop out potato pulp into large bowl, leaving shells intact.
• Combine pulp with mayo, cheddar, green pepper, scallions and tuna. Mix well.
• Stuff potato shells.
• Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.
• (Can also drizzle a little melted butter over the top and pass under the broiler until sizzling and browned, but this is considered rather decadent. You decide.).