Title: Chiles with Beer and Cheese (Rajas Con Cerveza)
Categories: None
Yield: 4 Servings

3 tb Vegetable oil
1 c Thinly sliced white onion
Salt
1 lb Poblano or Anaheim chiles;
-(about 6 medium chiles) -
-charred, peeled, with
-stems, seeds and veins
-removed and flesh cut into
-narrow strips
1 c Strong beer
6 oz Medium-sharp Cheddar or
-domestic Muenster cheese;
-cut into thin slices

The following are from the April 1996 issue of Food & Wine in an article by
Diane Kennedy.

6 appetizer or 4 first-course servings

1.Heat the oil in a deep, nonreactive, medium skillet or shallow
flame-proof casserole. Add the onion, season with salt and cook over
moderate heat until translucent.

2.Add the chile strips, cover the pan and cook until just tender but not
soft, about 4 minutes. Add the beer, increase the heat to high and boil,
uncovered, until it is absorbed by the chiles, aobut 7 minutes.

3.Spread the slices of cheese over the chiles and heat until melted.

Serve immediately.
Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by Judy Howle on May 23,
1998