How to Roast Green Chilis

Roasted green chilis - the kind most commonly found in cans - are a delicious addition to Mexican favorites like nachos, chili, and fish tacos. You can easily make them at home by roasting fresh Anaheim peppers. Make a large batch and store the roasted green chilis in the freezer for later use.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• fresh Anaheim peppers
• an oven with a broiler
• a paper bag

1. Wash the Anaheim peppers and pat dry. Leave peppers whole and place on a baking sheet, leaving at least 1/2 inch of space between peppers.

2. Turn your oven to broil and move the oven rack to the highest setting (closest to broiler).

3. Place peppers in the oven and broil until the pepper skins have blistered and turned black in places (about 3 minutes).

4. Turn peppers over and broil until the skin is spotted with black (about 2 minutes).

5. Remove baking sheet from oven and immediately place peppers in a paper bag. Fold top of bag over to seal. Let sit for 10 minutes.

6. Remove peppers from bag. The skin will be easy to remove from the peppers. Skin and seed peppers.

7. Coarsely chop green chilis. Use right away, or store in small plastic bags and freeze.

[TimmieL]

on 11/15/2008 I love this method of roasting green chilis! It's so easy! Putting them in the paper bag and letting them steam for 10 minutes is the trick! Thanks for the great ehow! 5 stars

[amylaine]

on 10/2/2008 Great to know.