Don't be put off by the suspicious blob that is the sauce. That right thar is some good stuff. I do admit up front that it looks suspect, but please accept my promise that it's tasty and only made of stuff you really want to eat. I wouldn't lie to you.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? So the fact that I feel compelled to go home and try to recreate dishes I loved is really a compliment and should not be seen as lost business? Even when I share the secrets to restaurant-worthy meals at home?
Tom and I like to go to a cute Tex-Mex place known as Los Jalapenos whenever we get a hankering for Tex-Mex. Los Jalapenos has good frozen margaritas for 2.50 and a wealth of tasty food. However, I can't really speak to too many of the dishes because I always get the same thing: the pollo poblano. Best I could tell, this was grilled chicken breast topped with sauteed poblano strips and onion and smothered with a poblano cream sauce and jack cheese. Heavy but heavenly, heavenly but heavy.
I remade this recently and will actually have to find a new dish at Los just because mine was so tasty and much healthier, not to mention it was a breeze to whip together. I use pork loin instead of chicken because that was what I had in the freezer, dusted with cumin, salt and pepper and roasted. This is a pretty basic meat swap, but I feel this sauce is pretty universal and would go with fish, shrimp or steak. I also used jalapenos instead of poblanos because they were cheaper, and I roasted them before creating the sauce. This is the reason the sauce looks... questionable... but I promise it was a good move. I served this along with some cilantro lime rice.
Ingredients:
12 jalapeno peppers, roasted and seeded
1/2 c light sour cream
1 clove garlic
1) Blitz it all together in a food processor. Pour over meat of choice. Devour. Repeat if desired.
This provided enough sauce for 6 meals.
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