This collection of recipes with poblano peppers offers a variety of scrumptious meal ideas involving this renowned mild pepper. Except for a handful of them, most recipes on this list are suitable for busy weeknights with some taking as little as 25 minutes to make. More importantly, the recipes are easy to make. You will be surprised just how much there is to do with poblano, from stuffing them to creaming them in some of the most popular Mexican dishes. Cooking methods used in these poblano recipes include stovetop, oven, baking, and even slow-cooker. Enjoy!
Poblano Peppers Kitchen Gear
First, here is a quick list of cooking gear that you will need for many of the poblano recipes in this collection, and when preparing poblanos in general.
- Baking sheet – for baking the poblano peppers in the oven.
- Good Skillet – good-sized skillet for cooking the peppers on the stovetop.
- Cast-iron Skillet – for cooking the peppers in the oven.
- Good Broiler – for broiling poblano peppers to remove the skin.
- Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil – for lining the sheet pan for roasting or grilling the peppers.
Poblano Peppers Recipes
1. Simple Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipe
- Ready in: 45 minutes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American – Mexican
- Method: Oven and Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 15Calories: 384Carbs: 37g
Many of us are so used to stuffed bell peppers, alright. Well instead of green, orange or red bell peppers, surprise your diners by simply replacing the all too familiar bell peppers with poblano peppers. This poblano recipe is prepared in two parts. The peppers are baked in the oven while the filling or stuffing is, in the meantime, prepared on the stovetop in a skillet. You will need large enough peppers for this recipe as compared to the smaller ones which are not big enough for stuffing purposes. This poblano recipe produces a filling dish that has both starch and protein components. Other ingredients include cooked white rice, corn, ground turkey, cheese blend, beans and diced tomatoes among others. Lean ground beef or chicken mince can be used in place of the ground turkey so is brown rice or quinoa in place of the white rice. Once ready, serve as is or accompanied by tortilla chips and/or some salsa. Enjoy! View Recipe.
2. Creamy Poblano Pepper Strips Recipe
- Ready in: 25 minutes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 10
- Calories: 483
- Carbs: 22g
This recipe produces a tasty Rajas con crema a classic Mexican dish full of Mexican flavors. Rajas, as it is also well known for short, is a simple dish consisting of sliced poblano pepper strips and heavy cream. It is a popular Mexican dish to serve during taco parties, for example, alongside other interesting dishes such as Chilaquiles Rojos. Ingredients going into this creamy poblano pepper strips recipe include Mexican crema, shredded cheese, heavy cream, white onion, and vegetable oil. The corn gives the final dish an outstanding yellow color mix in the middle of the whitish scrumptious-looking cream. This same dish could be made using Anaheim peppers. However, it tastes much nicer when done using poblano peppers as in this case. Serve hot or warm with just about anything and enjoy. View Recipe.
3. Easy Roasted Poblano Peppers Recipe
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Method: Oven
- Course: Side Dish
- Ingredients: 1
- Calories: 24 per pepper
- Carbs: 6g per pepper
Sometimes there isn’t much more you need to do to enjoy poblano peppers than just to simply roast them. This is what this recipe is all about. It produces delicious roasted pieces of the peppers that can go well with scrambles, casserole dishes and even tacos. The gentle kick the peppers bring to the table makes them super suitable to add a nice flavor dimension to many different dishes. You could add them to scrambled eggs or roast potatoes, for example. There isn’t much to the recipe except the peppers themselves which will have their skins removed first and then broiled in a broiler (example). Once prepared, the roasted poblano peppers can be refrigerated for days or frozen for months. Nice! View Recipe.
4. Easy Slow-Cooker Poblano Peppers Recipe
- Ready in: 4 hr 40 minutes
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Method: Slow-Cooker/Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
- Calories: 400
- Carbs: 13g
This collection of recipes with poblano peppers would be incomplete without a delicious poblano slow-cooker recipe. This no-hurry, set, and forget recipe produces a slow-cooked Mexican chicken in about 3 hours. What you get in the end is a versatile dish that serves a family of 4. The peppers are first started on the stovetop in a non-stick pan before they are added to the boneless, skinless chicken thighs in the slow cooker and left to cook on low. The chicken itself would have been partially cooked in a skillet. Other ingredients going into this recipe include whipping cream, ground black pepper, garlic, and olive oil. If you enjoy chicken thighs in general, we also recommend this collection of recipes with chicken thighs. View Recipe.
5. Mexican Cheese & Chicken Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipe
- Ready in: 25 minutes
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Method: Oven/Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
- Calories: 216
- Carbs: 6g
This delicious recipe delivers cheesy flavored stuffed poblano peppers in just 25 minutes. The recipe is prepared using two methods, the stovetop, and the oven. The chicken is prepared in a skillet on the stovetop before it’s transferred to the baking sheet where it is stuffed into large poblano peppers. The peppers are topped with shredded cheese before being shoved into the oven for baking. The final dish with melted cheese is garnished with fresh cilantro before serving. Ingredients going into this scrumptious recipe include taco seasoning, unsalted butter, cream cheese, diced tomatoes and cheddar cheese among others. This is a Keto friendly super easy dish to accomplish for all skill levels. Yummo! View Recipe.
6. Grilled Skirt Steak Recipe With Poblano Peppers And Onions
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 20
This steak recipe brings poblano peppers and white onions to the fore in a very tasty way. The recipe is actually in two parts i.e. the steak preparation on its own and then the peppers and onions preparation. After the marinated steak has been grilled and done, it is transferred to a serving platter and surrounded by the cooked poblano peppers and onion. The steak can be accompanied by just about any favorite starch from roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes or rice. Ingredients used to prepare poblano peppers in this recipe include canola oil, lime, red mustard, thyme sprigs, and black pepper. This recipe calls for some long hours for steak marination and may thus be not suitable for time-limited weeknight dinners unless marinated ahead of time. If you enjoy steaks in general, we suggest this collection of recipes with steak. View Recipe.
7. Smoky Red Lentil Recipe with Poblano Peppers
- Ready in: 35 minutes
- Serves: 3
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Side-Dish
- Ingredients: 16
If you wish for a delicious, filling, and tasty soup this is exactly what you get from this recipe. Served topped with fresh avocado and cilantro, the smoky soup can be enjoyed as is as a full meal. The red lentils in the soup make it fiber-rich super filling. Do not be intimidated by the 16 ingredients going into this recipe. They actually combine fast and easily, producing this scrumptious soup. Some of the key ingredients going into this recipe are vegetable broth, mushrooms, cumin, coconut oil, and smoked paprika. Lentils are a key component in this poblano peppers recipe. If you enjoy lentils in general, we suggest this collection of recipes with lentils. View Recipe.
8. Shrimp-Stuffed Poblano Peppers Recipe
- Ready in: 35 minutes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 8
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop and Oven
- Course: Side Dish
- Ingredients: 17
- Calories: 361
- Carbs: 20g
Ever wondered if it was at all possible to bring poblano peppers into the mix with seafood? Well, it is scrumptiously possible as this shrimp-stuffed poblano peppers recipe shows. Instead of stuffing the peppers with cheese or egg as we have seen with other recipes in this collection of recipes with poblano peppers, the peppers are stuffed with pre-cooked and cut shrimp. Mexican cheese and rice will be some of the ingredients used in the filling alongside some butter, cilantro flakes, bread cramps, and lemon juice. What you have in the end are inviting peppers with golden brown toppings. If you are a seafood fan in general and enjoy shrimp in particular, we suggest these recipes with shrimp. View Recipe.
9. Chile Relleno Casserole Recipe
- Ready in: 55 minutes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 8
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main/Breakfast
- Ingredients: 14
- Calories: 212
- Carbs: 12g
Looking for something suitable for brunch, lunch, or dinner, this is it. There are limited recipes with poblano peppers done casserole style that produce such a tasty, flavorfully delicious dish. This recipe basically produces a Chile Relleno Casserole. In the traditional sense, Chile Relleno is simply stuffed chili pepper usually with cheese. This dish essentially puts a twist on the traditional approach by using poblano peppers in a casserole dish. All this in a single pan makes the dish super easy to produce and weeknight-friendly too when you do not wish to have a load of dishes to do. Apart from the 10 poblano peppers going into the recipe, other ingredients include olive oil, garlic cloves, cumin, eggs, and cheddar cheese. If you enjoy casseroles of all types, we suggest this collection of casseroles with chicken. View Recipe.
10. Poblano Peppers Meatball Soup Recipe
- Ready in: 70 minutes
- Serves: 4-5
- Cuisine: American-Mexican
- Method: Oven, Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 18
In this recipe, poblano peppers are removed of their skin and finely chopped and mixed with other ingredients including ground beef to create 1-inch diameter meatballs. The meatballs are cooked in a Dutch oven together with basmati rice to produce a soup with the rice and meatballs floating inside. The rice adds substance to the dish and helps create a filling dish which is typically served in bowls with tortilla strips as toppings. Some of the ingredients going into this recipe are zucchini, bread crumbs, dried oregano, and beef broth. View Recipe.
11. Mashed Potatoes Recipe with Poblano Peppers and Garlic
- Ready in: 30 minutes
- Serves: 8
- Cuisine: Texan
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Side Dish
- Ingredients: 7
Did you know you could add poblano peppers to mashed potatoes? Well, this super easy recipe does just that with delicious results. The recipe only requires two peppers which will produce a mashed potato dish that feeds as many 8 people. In essence, cooked garlic and poblano peppers are blended into the mashed potatoes. Other ingredients going into this recipe are buttermilk, unsalted butter, and black pepper. If you want the mashed potatoes to turn out hot, add a jalapeño to the poblano peppers as you prepare them. The final dish can be enjoyed as is or accompanied by roast chicken, pork, beef, or even just vegetables. View Recipe.
12. Poblano-Cucumber Salsa Recipe
- Ready in: 35 minutes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 11/2 cups
- Cuisine: American-Mexican
- Method: Broiling
- Course: Condiment
- Ingredients: 14
- Calories: 50
- Carbs: 2g
Ever thought of making a flavorful condiment using poblano peppers? This recipe will give you a delicious condiment that will add flavor to tortilla chips, for example. This will be a salsa in its own right. It takes no time to produce this recipe with much of the time spent getting the peppers ready by removing their skin using a broiler. Once the peppers are ready, they will be combined with other ingredients such as cucumber, garlic, lime, and avocado. The avocado will be folded into the other ingredients and that’s it. If you enjoy salsas, go further with it with this suggested chilaquiles rojos. View Recipe.
13. Smoky Grilled Poblano Corn Salad Recipe
- Ready in: 25 minutes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Grill
- Course: Side Dish
- Ingredients: 13
- Calories: 170
- Carbs: 23.2g
This collection of recipes with poblano peppers would be incomplete without a salad recipe involving poblanos. You can have a beautiful, colorful, and very tasty salad following this simple recipe. The peppers are charred first before they are diced and combined with other ingredients which include charred corn. Other ingredients going into this salad include diced avocado, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, cider vinegar, olive oil, and lime. At only 25 minutes total time, this salad is super suitable for weeknights. Furthermore, it can also be prepared up to 2 days in advance only requiring that the avocado be added at serving to avoid it turning brown. Serve the salad hot or cold. View Recipe.
14. Pork Chops and Charred Onion Recipe with Poblano Peppers
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Grilled
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 13
This is essentially a meat recipe that is enhanced by charred poblano peppers and some onion. The peppers are broiled together with other ingredients namely onion, pear, and olive oil. The pork is prepared in a skillet, the same skillet which is also used later to cook the roasted poblano peppers. The final dish will be scrumptious-looking full meal pork, rice, poblano peppers, and onion dish. Bone-in pork or pork loin will be suitable for this dish. If you enjoy pork dishes, we also suggest this collection of recipes with pork chops. View Recipe.
15. Roasted Poblano, Tomato and Basil Soup Recipe
- Ready in: 60 minutes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Side Dish
- Ingredients: 14
Many of us have a go-to favorite tomato soup. This recipe represents a delicious twist to all kinds of tomato soup recipes many of us may have been used to. The combination of poblano peppers and basil brings amazing flavor to the tomato soup. In fact, this recipe has a list of ingredients that carry a lot of flavor. These include Italian parsley leaves, thyme leaves, dried oregano, sweet onions, and red chili flakes. Before they are introduced in the recipe, the poblanos are first roasted, peeled, deseeded, and chopped into medium size pieces. The final soup dish can be garnished in a variety of ways including sour cream, croutons, and cheese dollop. View Recipe.
Breakfast Eggs and Ham Poblano Peppers Recipe
Breakfast Eggs and Ham Poblano Peppers Recipe
Course: BreakfastDifficulty: Easy2
servings10
minutes15
minutesIngredients
2 large poblano peppers
2 eggs
Cheddar cheese
Slice of Ham
Olive Oil
Salt
Water
Directions
- Get your ingredients together. Cut open the poblano peppers lengthwise to create a receptacle. Remove the seeds.
- Take a non-stick pan, pour half a cup of water, and put on heat.
Put the poblano peppers in the pan, add some salt, cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes - After 5 minutes remove the pan from heat. Open the pan and pour out any remaining water in the pan leaving the peppers in the pan.
- Slice some ham and shred some cheese and add to the inside of the peppers in the pan.
- Break an egg into each poblano pepper receptacle and top with more ham and cheese.
- Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil into the pan and cover the pan.
- Return the pan to the heat and cook for 5 minutes or more depending on how you want your yolk done.
Notes
- Double ingredients to double number of servings.
Conclusion
These recipes with poblano peppers show that there are endless ways to incorporate poblano peppers into dishes. Depending on the size, poblano peppers can be prepared into receptacles that can be filled with a variety of fillings to create unique dishes. Wherever bell peppers can be used, it is possible to substitute them with poblanos creating refreshing meal ideas.
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