No-Batter Chiles en Nogada

This no-batter chile en nogada has it all! A delish nogada prepared with cow’s milk, sugar, goat cheese, and walnuts spooned over an unbattered stuffed Poblano chile is a dish worthy of gods. Let the acitrón, ground beef, pork beef, almonds, pine nuts, and raisins work together to take you on a tasty and flavorful ride! Give this Mexican chile en nogada a twist and skip the batter for a healthy change of pace!
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Ingredients
4
Portions
  • 1/4 cups vegetable oil
  • 1/2 white onions, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 175 grams ground beef
  • 175 grams ground pork
  • 3/4 cups tomato purée
  • 100 grams almonds, peeled 
  • 100 grams raisins
  • 2 plantains, chopped and fried 
  • 100 grams pine nuts
  • 5 cloves
  • 2 sprigs cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 peaches, cut into cubes
  • 2 pears, cut into cubes
  • 2 apples, cut into cubes
  • 1 acitrón
  • 4 Poblano chiles, charred, sweated, peeled, and seeded
  • 500 grams walnuts, peeled, for the nogada 
  • 3 cups cow's milk, for the nogada 
  • 1 tablespoon sugar, for the nogada 
  • 1 teaspoon salt, for the nogada 
  • 1 goat cheese, for the nogada 
  • 1/2 bunches parsley, finely chopped 
  • 3 pomegranates
Preparation
30 mins
30 mins
Medium
  • In a deep skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Fry onion, garlic, ground beef, and ground pork.
  • Add tomato purée, almonds, raisins, plantains, and pine nuts.
  • Season with clove, cinnamon sticks, and salt. Mix until completely incorporated. Add peaches, pears, apples, and fruit paste. Remove cinnamon sticks.
  • Stuff Poblano chiles with previous mixture and set aside.
  • For the nogada: In a blender, combine walnuts, goat cheese, sugar, and salt and blend until smooth.
  • Serve no-batter Poblano chile spooned over with nogada garnished with parsley and pomegranate.

Nutritional information

* * Information per 100g serving, percent daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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