New Mexican Hatch chile peppers are stuffed with red quinoa, veggies, and cashew cheese for a mouth-watering main course that’s vegan and gluten-free. It’s topped with bright cilantro-lime “cream” sauce and a simple salsa of corn, sweet bell peppers, and fresh cilantro.
This is recipe number two using the Hatch chile shipment. Click here for the Scalloped Potatoes with Roasted Hatch chiles recipe. This time, I left the mild chiles whole, letting them be the vessel for a savory stuffing of sauteed veg and red quinoa mixed with an easy “cheese” made from raw cashews.
Suitable for:
vegan, gluten-free, low-sodium, reduced-sugar diets
Not for:
migraine diets
Cilantro-lime cream sauce
Add a large handful of cilantro to the rest of the cashew paste. Squeeze in the juice of one lime. Process, adding 1 T. of water at a time until you get a creamy sauce consistency.
Corn and red pepper salsa
Mince one red bell pepper, add the cooked kernels from one ear of corn (or about 1 C. frozen corn, cooked), mince some cilantro. Mix well. Add sea salt and black pepper to taste.
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Stuffed Hatch Chile Peppers | Cilantro-Lime Cream Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup cashews raw (130 g)
- 1 tsp flax seeds (ground)
- 2 tsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp lemon juice (fresh)
- 1 bunch cilantro coriander, Chinese parsley
- 1/2 cup quinoa red or tan
- 1 limes
- 2 ounces mushrooms cremini
- 3 ounces zucchini summer squash (1 small)
- 1 carrots
- 1 onions red, small, finely chopped
- 6 chile peppers (Hatch or Anaheim mild)
- 1 bell peppers red
- 1 ear corn 1 cup frozen kernels (90 g)
Notes
- 251 calories
- 11 g fat
- 2 g saturated fat
- 5 g monounsaturated fat
- 2 g polyunsaturated fat
- 0 g trans fat
- 0 g cholesterol
- 101 mg sodium
- 506 mg potassium
- 33 g carbohydrate
- 5 g fiber
- 7 g sugars
- 10 g protein
- 7 Weight Watchers Points Plus
If you can’t find hatch chile locally, you can actually order it from a couple of vendors online. Be warned though, only the Hatch Chile Express and the Hatch Chile Store are actually from here in hatch. Take a look at http://hatchnmgreenchile.com for both fresh and frozen hatch green chile right from the farm if you want authentic Hatch Chile :)
Hi Preston, thanks for letting my readers know where they can get those wonderful chiles! Thanks for reading.
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I love this idea! There are so many peppers at the farmer’s markets right now too. Great post!
Thanks Betsy! Let me know if you try it.
YUM! This looks delicious!
Laura, thanks so much. Hubby really liked it too!