Ingredients
12 large mild, green chiles w/stems
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3 can green chiles (4 oz.cns)
1/2 lb jack cheese cut into long>>>
1 narrow, strips.
BATTER
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup yellow or white cornmeal
1 cup milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Directions
Parch and peel chiles leaving stems on. Cut small slit below the
stem, removing seeds if desired. Insert strips of Jack cheese being
careful not to split chile.
Prepare batter: Sift flour with baking powder and sald, then add
cornmeal.Blend milk and slightly beaten eggs, then combine milk
mixture with dry mixture and blend together. slightly moisten each
chile with water--dip in plain flour, then in batter. Allow to drain
slightly and drop in deep fat which has been heated to 375 F.
Fry until golden. Drain on paper towels. Keep warm on platter in 300
F. oven while completing frying and serve immediately.
Variations: For thicker crust "double-dip" (repeat dipping sequence).
: For crunchy crust use buttermilk instead of sweet milk in
batter.
Hint: Keep one hand for "dry", the other for "wet".
Servings: 1 servings
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