Rajas Poblanas con Crema (Charred Poblano Strips with Cream)

Name: Rajas Poblanas con Crema (Charred Poblano Strips with Cream)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 pound (3 to 4), poblano chiles, stemmed, halved, and seeded; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; ½ , white onion, sliced through root end ¼ inch thick; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ teaspoon, pepper; ¾ cup, Mexican crema

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2022

Revel in strips of roasty, slightly spicy chiles napped with velvety crema.

SERVES4

TIME50 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make rajas poblanas con crema, a Mexican favorite that features tender strips of roasted chiles and sliced onion cooked with crema, we started by broiling poblanos until they were completely charred and then wrapping them in foil to stea...

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