Flavor explosion! These Stuffed Poblano Peppers with Chicken and Corn are packed with flavor – chicken, corn, cheese and salsa all inside a mild poblano pepper. Don’t skip the lime cream!
If you love stuffed peppers, you can also try these Stuffed Bell Peppers.
I have always had a thing for stuffed peppers. And you will, too, after trying these babies!
I know that right now, you should be able to find fresh local corn and chiles, but this stuffed chile recipe would be good year round since you can usually buy poblano peppers year round, and frozen corn could sub in for fresh.
These stuffed poblano peppers are packed with flavor, and are the perfect dinner idea. I love them because they are the protein and vegetable in one!
Super easy and full of flavor – dinner is served!!
Ingredients:
- Poblano Peppers: Poblanos work well in this recipe, as well, because they have lots of great flavor, but they aren’t too spicy, so you are keeping the meal family friendly.
- Chicken: This is another recipe that is made easy by using cooked, shredded chicken. I’ve talked about this about a million times, but I love to keep cooked, shredded chicken on hand at all times. It freezes really well, and it is the best time saver ever. If you don’t have any on hand, or if you don’t feel like cooking up some chicken, a rotisserie chicken works just as well!
- Corn: I love using in-season corn, but frozen corn does work, as well. If you are using fresh corn, you can just use it straight off the cob, or you can cook it first. I usually add it raw, since the stuffed poblanos will be going into the oven anyway.
- Cheese: I love using mozzarella cheese, but you could also use monterey jack cheese.
- Salsa: My favorite salsa to use is my homemade tomatillo salsa verde, but any green salsa will work.
- Sour Cream & Mayonnaise: I like using a combination of sour cream and mayonnaise – it makes the sauce a bit tangy, but also thick and smooth.
- Lime Zest & Juice: This is what flavors the cream sauce.
- Cilantro: I like to add lots of fresh cilantro. If you don’t care for cilantro,
More Recipes Using Poblano Peppers
Shrimp Pasta with Poblano Cream Sauce
Poblano Pepper Slider Burgers
Chicken Tostadas with Poblano Cream Sauce
Egg Scramble with Poblano Peppers
Potato Salad with Corn and Poblanos
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Stuffed Poblano Peppers with Chicken and Corn
Ingredients
- 4 large poblano peppers
- 1 1/2 cups cooked shredded chicken (rotisserie chicken works great!)
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup tomatillo salsa homemade or store bought
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- zest of 1 lime
- juice of 1/2 lime
- paprika and fresh cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Cut a wide strip across the top of each pepper to create a “boat”. Remove the ribs and seeds from the pepper.
- In a large bowl, combine the chicken, corn, cheese, and salsa. Divide the mixture evenly, filling each pepper. Place the peppers on a baking sheet. Roast until the chiles are tender and the filling is browned, about 25 minutes.
- While the chiles are cooking, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, lime zest and lime juice in a small bowl.
- To serve, drizzle the chiles with the sauce and sprinkle with paprika and cilantro.
Chrissie Stanton says
I have made this recipe many many times and I just shred my chicken in my instapot and I do add a can of diced green chilies and jalepenos to the mixture. I always make extra sour cream sauce because it’s sooooooo gooooood! Hands down one of the best recipes and it’s good for you!
Deborah says
Yay! I love this. Thank you so much for the rating and the comment!
Jan says
I boiled my chicken and seasoned the water with garlic and chicken bouillon. I also diced and added the extra pepper pieces to the mix. For the tomatillo sauce I used frontera tomatillo salsa. Came out delicious!!
Shelly says
This is very good. I couldn’t get fresh corn so I used canned and it made the filling somewhat watery, which in turn sort of lost the cheese. But overall it was delicious, thank you.
Joanne Bruno says
I will never stop being obsessed with southwestern flavors and stuffed peppers…especially when you combine the two! Sounds awesome.
Chels R. says
Woah! That looks amazing!!! I’ll bet the flavor in those is incredible!