Milk/Cream

New Mexico Green Chile Scalloped Potatoes

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September 10, 2013
4.8
4 Ratings
  • Serves 6
Author Notes

Home tastes like green chiles, which is why I add them to everything. Breads, vegetables, sides and even dessert; you name it, I've tried it. Since moving to Texas, my freezer has become a hoard of precious chiles that seem to dwindle much too quickly, thanks in part to recipes like this. These potatoes get jazzed up with the addition of spicy Hatch green chile and New Mexico red-chile powder. I love paring this dish with a good Texas brisket so that my husband gets his southern fix while I get my beloved chiles. —Katie

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 pounds russet potatoes- washed, peeled and thinly sliced (1/8 in thick)
  • 1 cup HOT New Mexican green chile- roasted, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated gruyere cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon mild New Mexican red chile powder
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Rub butter on bottom of 8 x 11 inch baking dish
  3. Whisk together cream with pepper and salt in medium bowl. Put sliced potatoes in cream mixture so that all potatoes are covered with cream.
  4. Pour enough of cream mixture to cover the bottom of baking dish with a thin layer of cream, then arrange a layer of slightly overlapping potatoes atop the cream.
  5. Sprinke 1/3 cup chopped green chile over potatoes, then sprinkle 1/3 of each cheese over chiles. Continue layering potatoes, chile, cheeses and cream until you've used them all, ending with remaining cream mixture poured over final top layer of potatoes (evenly poured over entire dish).
  6. Sprinkle red chile powder over top layer of cream.
  7. Bake 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 hours, or until potatoes are tender and golden brown on top. (Cook time will vary depending on the thickness of potatoes. Check dish at 1 hour to determine cook time)
  8. Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes, enjoy!

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4 Reviews

Regine November 18, 2013
Why don't you enter the best potato dish contest which ends tomorrow.
 
Katie November 18, 2013
Regine, thank you for the suggestion! I'll submit it now. I appreciate your thoughtfulness!
 
JanetFL September 19, 2013
Katie, great recipe! Due to my wimpy tastebuds, I will use the mild Hatch roasted chiles and know that we'll love it! If I am in Colorado for Thanksgiving this year, it's on my menu.
 
Katie October 1, 2013
I'm so glad you're going to try it out! It's foolproof and absolutely delicious.