Stuffed Poblanos with Walnut Sauce

Chiles en Nogada

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

  • About

This dish originated in the Mexican city of Puebla with the colonial nuns. If is always associated with September, el mes de la patria, because it features the red, white, and green colors of the Mexican flag–the green of the pepper, the white of the sauce, and the red of the pomegranate seeds. Because it looks as good as it tastes, it is considered somewhat of a show-off dish, served at weddings and the like, and is more special than the standard Mexican chiles rellenos. The followi