Chiles Rellenos Recipe

Ingredients:

12 Large Mild, green chiles w/stems
1/2 Pound Jack cheese cut into long narrow, strips.
BATTER:
1 Cup All purpose flour
1 Teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
3/4 Cup Yellow or white cornmeal
1 Cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs, slightly beaten

Preparation:

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 salt, then add cornmeal.
Blend buttermilk 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.

Chalupas Recipe

Ingredients:

Vegetable oil
12 Corn tortillas (the thinner the better)
6 Cups Refried Beans (or less)
1/2 Pound Cheddar cheese (sharp), grated
1 Large Tomato, chopped
3 Cup Lettuce, shredded

Preparation:

In a small skillet, heat about 1/2 inch of vegetable oil. Test the oil for
proper temperature by putting in a small piece of tortilla. When the oil
reaches the temperature where it immediately begins to bubble frantically
over the tortilla as soon as it is put in the oil and the tortilla piece
becomes crisp quite quickly, you are ready to cook the chalupa shells. This
is important because there is nothing worse than a soggy chalupa shell which
results from the oil not being hot enough.
Fry tortillas completely flat on both sides until very crisp. Drain and keep
warm on a newspaper covered cookie sheet in a warm oven.
Spread about 1/4 inch thick layer of refried beans on each fried tortilla.
Top with a generous amount of grated sharp Cheddar cheese and about 1 T
chopped onion.
Place assembled chalupas on a cookie sheet and brown under broiler until
cheese melts. Watch them carefully under the broiler, they can burn quite
quickly. Top with shredded lettuce and tomato and serve.

Mexican Cornbread Recipe

This Mexican cornbread recipe is prepared with jalapeno and onion flavor which makes this bread little spicy, while the batter of bread is prepared with cornmeal and flour along with creamed corns hence become corn rich bread.

Ingredients:

1 cup cornmeal
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp baking powder
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
Salt to taste
2 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp crushed black pepper
1/3 cup vegetable oil
½ cup chopped onion
1 can creamed corn
1 cup grated Cheddar
1 cup chopped jalapeno peppers

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Sift together dry ingredients including corn meal, flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Add eggs, milk, oil and creamed corn and mix well to make smooth batter.
4. In a separate bowl, mix cheddar, onion, jalapeno, parsley and salt and pepper and set aside.
5. Take a greased baking pan for bread and pour half of the batter in it, spread a layer of cheddar mixture evenly onto the batter, then pour remaining batter and in the end top with remaining cheddar mixture.
6. Place the pan in preheated oven for 30-40 min. until become done.