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Cannibal Pasilla Peppers

George Bryant
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Shredded Chicken

Pepper Stuffing

  • 3 pasilla peppers
  • 1 shallot diced
  • 1 serrano chile pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 lime
  • 2 tablespoon cilantro
  • 1 tablepsoon balsamic vinegar
  • lime avocado oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano

Instructions
 

Shredded Chicken

  • Combine the chicken, lime juice, and salt in a medium saucepan.
  • Add in enough chicken broth to almost completely submerge all the chicken
  • Simmer over medium low heat until 90% of the chicken broth has evaporated, this should take 25-35 minutes
  • Let your chicken cool. Using your hands or a blender or any other inventive means you have shred your chicken and set aside

Pepper Stuffing

  • Set your oven broiler on high and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil
  • Place your pasilla peppers and your serrano pepper on the baking sheet and place under the broiler
  • You want to roast your peppers until the skin is charred on all sides turning the pasilla peppers probably every 5-7 minutes and the serrano every 3-4 minutes
  • Keep a close eye so you don't turn your peppers into mush, remove from the oven and place in a bowl covered with plastic wrap to cool for 15 minutes
  • Once cool, you need to peel the skin off of your peppers using your hands. Set 2 Pasilla peppers aside and dice the other Pasilla and the 1 serrano
  • Heat a saute pan over medium heat and saute the shallots, garlic, and peppers in lime avocado oil or any oil of your choice
  • Once the shallots are cooked, add in your shredded chicken, cilantro, and all your spices and mix well in the pan
  • Once everything is mixed well, add in juice of half of a lime and the balsamic vinegar ensuring you scrap all the food off the bottom of the pan to mix in
  • Remove from heat and season to taste with salt and pepper
  • Take your 2 Pasilla peppers that are about to be stuffed with their brother and make a slit down the middle, remove the seeds and plate
  • Spoon his/her lunch into the cavity of the Pasilla peppers and use your remaining half of 1 lime to sprinkle lime juice over
  • Garnish and enjoy