Hatch Chile Baked Penne

Name: Hatch Chile Baked Penne
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 hatch chili peppers, mild or spicy; 473 milliliters sour cream or a mixture of sour cream and good yogurt; 59 milliliters heavy creamy (completely optional!); 397 grams penne pasta; 8 servings Salt and pepper to taste; 473 milliliters Mexican style shredded cheese, Monterey Jack etc; 1 teaspoon chicken or vegetable soup base; 2 liters water

Hatch Chile Baked Penne might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 500 calories, 14g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up hatch chili peppers, cheese, penne pasta, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cream you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Ice Cream as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Roast the peppers. Slit the chili peppers down the center, scrape out the seeds and arrange on a large foil lined baking sheet.

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Arbol Chile

Peppers

Seeds

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Bake at 450F for about 10 minutes or until the pepper’s skins have blistered. Turn and bake for a few more minutes.

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Pepper

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Oven

Remove from the oven and using tongs, transfer to a heavy duty freezer bag or a bowl with a lid. Seal the hot peppers in the bag (or cover bowl) and let cool. When cool, remove from bags, peel away skins, chop.Bring 10 cups of water to a boil. Stir in the soup base. You can also add a little salt to the water if you want.

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Chili Pepper

Water

Soup

Salt

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Tongs

Bowl

Oven

Add pasta and boil until al dente (7 to 12 minutes depending on type).Meanwhile, in a food processor or blender, process the sour cream, and chopped chile peppers.

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Chili Pepper

Sour Cream

Pasta

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Food Processor

Blender

Drain the pasta and toss it with the sour cream mixture and 1 cup of the shredded cheese. If you feel like it, add a little cream. At this point you can add some salt and pepper to taste, but I never do.Arrange in a greased 9×13 inch casserole dish and cover with foil.

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Salt And Pepper