Mexican
Rajas con Crema (Poblano Strips in Cream)
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Rajas con Crema (Poblano Strips in Cream) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Blister the poblanos over an open flame or under a broiler until the skins char all over.
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Steam them in a covered bowl for 10 minutes, then peel, seed, and slice into thin strips.
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Saute the onion in the oil for 3 minutes until soft, then add the corn and cook 3 minutes more.
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Add the poblano strips and salt and cook 2 minutes.
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Stir in the crema, warm through gently without boiling, and serve in warm tortillas.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Rajas con Crema (Poblano Strips in Cream), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Rajas con Crema (Poblano Strips in Cream) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 18 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 310 mg
- Saturated fat
- 14 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Rajas con Crema (Poblano Strips in Cream) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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