Dining Debbie's Way Mexican Style

Great Dinner this evening.  I decided we needed something spicy, so I made beef filled Poblanos with spicy meat mixture for chips.  It was tasty and easy.  So here are the recipes:


Beef Filled Poblano:

4 Large Poblano Peppers
1 lb of ground beef
1/4 of an onion, chopped
1 can rotele
1 can black beans, drained
1 can of Campbells Nacho Cheese
Texas Pete Red Pepper Sauce to taste
Shredded Mexican Style Cheese

Place the Peppers in an oven and roast til skin is bubbly and brown.  Place the hot peppers in a zip lock gallon baggie to loosen the skin from the peppers.. While it steams in the ziplock baggie, Brown the ground beef with the onion, drain the meat mixture.  Add the the can of rotele, black beans and Nacho Cheese til hot and bubbly, add as much Texas Pete Sauce as you desire.  Back to the peppers, take them from the ziplock bag and peel the bubbled skin away from the pepper.  Slice the pepper straight done the center to open it up and remove the ribs and seeds.  Fill the empty pepper with the meat mixture and top with a handful of shredded cheese, place them in a small baking dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 mins until cheese is melted, hot and bubbly.  Serve with Sour Cream and Salsa.

PS - You will have meat mixture left over from the peppers, set it aside for the chip dip mixture.

Spicy Chip Dip Meat Mixture -

1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 c Jalapenos, chopped fine
1/4 c flour
1/2 c water or jalapeno juice (your preference)
2 Tablespoons of black pepper

Brown the ground beef, DO NOT DRAIN, add the flour to the mixture to soak up the oil from the meat, continue cooking to make it crispy meat mixture..add the water or juice to the pot as well as the black pepper and chopped jalapenos, continue cooking until the water soaks up the flour mixture and makes it like a paste, continue to cook longer until it's crispy and a solid meat mixture.

This is where the leftover meat mixture from the poblanos come in handy.  Place the left over meat mixture in a bowl and top it with the crispy spicy meat mixture so that it makes a layered dip.  You can top with Sour Cream, Guacamole and Salsa and start dipping those chips!

Serving with a few margaritas doesn't hurt either. 

Until the next posting.. Cook on!