Guatemalan · intermediate
Guatemalan Beef Rellenos With Warm Tomato Recado
Tender poblano peppers filled with seasoned ground beef and soft-cooked vegetables, lightly battered in whipped eggs and simmered in a warm garlic tomato recado.
- PREP TIME
- 20 min
- COOK TIME
- 30 min
- SERVES
- 4
Good things
start in the kitchen.
LET’S MAKE IT
Step by step
- 01
Heat one tablespoon of vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat and sauté the diced onion and garlic for 3 minutes until softened.
- 02
Add the ground beef and diced potatoes to the skillet, browning the beef for 8 minutes while breaking it apart until cooked through and potatoes are tender.
- 03
Stir in the green peas and half of the salt, then remove the mixture from heat and let cool slightly.
- 04
Carefully cut a vertical slit along each roasted poblano pepper, remove seeds, and stuff evenly with the cooked beef mixture.
- 05
Whip the egg whites in a clean bowl until stiff peaks form, then gently fold in the egg yolks and remaining salt to create a light batter.
- 06
Coat each stuffed pepper thoroughly in the egg batter and pan-fry in the remaining oil over medium heat for 2 minutes per side until golden brown.
- 07
Simmer the blended roasted tomato sauce in a wide saucepan over low heat, gently lower in the stuffed peppers, and warm together for 5 minutes before serving.
A LITTLE KITCHEN KNOW-HOW
Egg-Battering Stuffed Peppers
Whipped egg whites create a light structural foam that wraps securely around stuffed chiles when folded gently with yolks and pan-fried.
Notes from the kitchen
- Roasting poblano peppers over an open flame until charred makes peeling easy when placed in a sealed container to steam for 10 minutes.
- Be gentle when folding egg yolks into whipped whites so the batter retains its volume and coats the peppers evenly.
- Original home-cooking adaptation inspired by Guatemalan; regional versions vary.
- Use halal-certified meat, poultry, stock, sauces, cheese and other processed ingredients. Check labels and avoid cross-contamination. Recipe screening is not halal certification.