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(Of course, the picture does not do it justice… it’s hard to take good pictures of CASSEROLES!)
-Chiles Rellenos Casserole-
(an S for my Trim Healthy Mama Friends & low carb)
I cannot get enough of TexMex! I probably could eat it every day for every meal.
I also love Poblano Peppers too! The smell is so yummy and the taste is yummy!
I saw a Facebook video from The Pioneer Woman where she does a Chiles Quiche Casserole type dish. It looked so good! So I thought I would create a Chiles Rellenos Casserole. This is what I came up with.
When doing the Chiles, you want to char them well. You can do this either on a grill or in the oven or if you have a gas stove top you can use it. I didn’t have my grill up and running so I broiled the peppers. Once you have charred them you place them into a Ziplock Bag to sweat. It’s really not as hard as it seems. Once they have sweated for a while you will scrape the charred parts of the pepper off and pull out the stem, cut open and remove the seeds!
The rest is just cooking the meat & layers like a casserole. And of course, baking!
Easy Peasy! The flavor is so yummy! I served with peas on the side but I think a big salad with ranch or guacamole would be so good too!
What’s great about this recipe is you don’t have any special ingredients! Everything is easy to find in the store.
I make my own taco seasoning, you can find the link to that here: Taco Seasoning
Some things you might be interested in buying:
We purchase our meat from Zaycon Foods. Its good quality but you buy it in bulk so it’s an amazing price! You can find out more here: Zaycon Foods
Chiles Rellenos Casserole (THM S or Low Carb)
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 9 1x
Description
A yummy TexMex casserole that fits into a Low Carb or Trim Healthy Mama Lifestyle.
Ingredients
- 10– charred poblano peppers
- 2.5 lbs of ground beef cooked and seasoned with taco seasoning (link to my recipe in the post above)
- 2 cups of cheddar cheese
- 2 cups of Monterrey Jack cheese
- 1– 4 oz can of green chilies
- 1/2 cup of salsa
- 1/2 cup of heavy whip
Instructions
- Cook ground beef.
- Add taco seasoning.
- Char the poblano peppers on a grill or in the broiler.
- Once charred place in a Ziplock bag to sweat for 15 minutes.
- Remove from bag and scrape off the char.
- Leave the poblano peppers whole but cut down the middle.
- Remove seeds and stem.
- Place half of the peppers down in the 9X13 casserole dish.
- Place half of the meat on top.
- Place half of the cheese on top (both cheeses).
- Place the last layer of poblano peppers down.
- Add the remaining cheese.
- Drizzle the cream over the top of the casserole.
- Add the salsa on top evenly.
- Bake in a 350 degree over for 20 minutes.
- ENJOY!
Notes
- **I served mine with peas but you could do a big salad & guacamole.
- *** To char the poblano peppers you can place them on a grill close to the fire until the pepper is charred. You can also place on a cookie sheet and put close to the broiler. Broil for 15 minutes or so, flipping to all sides, until charred. You can also use your stove top to char, if you have a gas stove top, by placing each pepper in the fire until charred.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
We have a Papas and Beer opening in our town today and a friend posted today they a wonderful chili relleno dish. I love chili relleno so was happy this came in this morning. But Eeewwww! It’s got PEAS touching it. I can’t even look at your post without gagging. Lol!
Do you think banana peppers would work? Or is the flesh too thin? I have to go to Mexican store here to get ponlanos, but I have a ton of banana peppers in garden.
No, I don’t think they would work… I love banana peppers though! 🙂
Use whatever chiles you have. Some have green chiles from a can. I have some frozen. You can do this!!!
Trying your recipe! 🙂 But I bought a 4 oz can of green chilies as per ingredient list and can’t find it in the instructions. Does it go in the cupboard?
It goes in with the meat! I keep forgetting to update the menu! So sorry!! ❤️
Ok a stupid question but can you find poblanos in the can?
Walmart or any grocery store should have them. They are either in the Latin Food Section or in the Canned Tomatoes section.
This looks so good! One of my favorite things about chiles rellenos is the breading though. Do you think you could do whipping cream, eggs, and almond flour to make a breading for the top?
I think that would work!! Sounds yummy!!
Thanks!
I realized after making this that I didn’t see anything for the green chilis Hopefully it’s good without them.
Can this be made ahead and frozen?
I believe it would work but I haven’t tried it!
I just made it today and it was absolutely amazing!!! Thank you so much :)!!!!
Where does the 4oz can of green chilies go? Didn’t see that in the instructions. Looking forward to trying this!
You put it in the casserole mixture. I need to go adjust that! 🙂
Where does the second half of meat go? After cheese? After second layer of pablanos? It doesn’t say.
And for that matter, the heavy whipping cream? Am I crazy or is all of this not included in this recipe?
You drizzle it on top.
Sorry that should say layer the meat & cheese. Yes, after the second layer of poblanos.
I’m going to try this on Sunday.. I’ve never paired peas with an S meal. Are the carbs low enough to do that? Not judging just wondering if i can get away with it and not be a crossover lol
I’m not a huge fan of peas so this was probably a poor choice to pair this meal with but it’s what I had on hand at the time. If I could change it… and I might at some point, I would just add a side salad. But you can have about 1/2 cup of peas in an S meal. I RARELY eat peas because gag. Haha!