Filete De Culichi (Tilapia W Mushrooms in Poblano Cream Sauce)
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
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Poblano Sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 poblano peppers
- 1⁄2 small onion, diced
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
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Tilapia
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
- salt and pepper
- 4 (5 -6 ounce) tilapia fillets
- 1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
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Topping
- 1⁄2 lb grated monterey jack cheese (about 2 cups)
directions
- Preheat Broiler.
- Poblano Sauce: Prepare Poblano chilies by roasting under broiler until they are fully blistered.
- Remove chilies from broiler and turn off oven.
- Put chilies in a brown paper bag to steam for 10 minutes. Allow to cool, then peel and remove seeds and stems. Cut peppers and put into medium sized bowl.
- In a saucepan combine oil, Poblano peppers, onions, cilantro leaves, garlic and seasoning. sauté over high heat, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Stir in stock, bring to a boil, and boil vigorously, 18 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, stir in heavy cream, and simmer 2 minutes. Transfer sauce to blender or food processor and puree until smooth. For a smoother sauce, you can strain sauce as well.
- Tilapia: Melt in a butter large heavy skillet. Add garlic and sauté for about 30 seconds. Season tilapia filets with salt and pepper and add to pan. Cook over moderately high heat until browned, 3 minutes per side.
- Remove tilapia filets from the pan leaving the garlic butter and arrange tilapia in a baking dish just large enough to hold them in a single layer. Add mushrooms to skillet. Cover and sauté for about 15 minutes.
- When mushrooms are close to done, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour mushrooms over tilapia. Pour sauce over tilapia and mushrooms. Sprinkle cheese over the top.
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until sauce is bubbling and tilapia is cooked through.
- Serve with rice and refried beans on the side and flour tortillas for dipping.
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Reviews
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OMG Sooz you are my hero this week.. I have had a hankering for mushroom cream sauce and wanted a change so came on here... and I happened to have Talipa in the freezer.. I threw this together in less than an hour and the house smells soooooo good. I didn't have the peppers but I did have some sun dried chilis I soaked in tequilla and followed directions... this is a sure keeper.. Thank you so very much for posting this recipe!
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OMG, this was so good! I love the shrimp with cilantro cream sauce at our favorite Mexican restaurant, and this was just as good...I didn't have any poblanos, so used a 27 oz. can of green chili peppers and added some butterflied shrimp to my tilapia. It was delicious! Thank you so much for posting the recipe!
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Recipe was a bit bland. I think I can keep the ingredients (maybe cut out the cheese) but change the way it is cooked as a whole and do better next time. Like saute the onions and garlic and use the oil for the fish and leave cilantro till the very end and just make a poblano and cream sauce. I will report back.
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