Southwestern Green Chile Cheese Bread

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Category:	Savory Breads
Collections:	Favorite Breads
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	25 Min

Ingredients

1 pkg	Active dry yeast
2/3 c	Lukewarm apple juice or water (l05-ll5 degrees)
1 c	Whole-wheat flour
1/4 c	dry milk powder
1 tsp	Salt
1 tsp	Green chile powder, optional
1	Beaten egg
1 c	Grated Cheddar Cheese
1 can(s)	Chopped Green Chile, drained
1-1/4 c	Whole-wheat flour or all purpose flour
1 Tbsp	Olive Oil

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Reta Smith

Well Seasoned

Liberty, MO (pop. 29,149)

bob

Member Since Nov 2009

Reta's Notes:

This is worth the trouble. It is most flavorful and the taste and aroma is fantastic!

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

This is a wonderful bread to pair with any southwestern dish! It is pretty labor-intensive, but the reward is well worth it.

We kept the leftover green chilis and put them on top of the bread, and it turned out well. We did try locating the green chili powder, but to no avail. To be honest, though, I cannot imagine that it could have made this bread any better. A real winner!

Directions

Stir yeast & juice (or water) in a large bowl until dissolved.

In another bowl, stir together the 1 cup flour, milk powder, salt and chile powder, if used. Stir in yeast mixture & beat with electric mixer until it forms a sticky mass, about 3 minutes. Cover & let rest for 1 hour. Beat in egg & additional flour until dough begins to come together.

Plop onto a lightly floured counter & gradually knead in additional flour only as needed to prevent sticking and forms a soft dough. Too much flour will make your bread dry. Knead until soft & smooth, about 5 minutes. Knead in cheese & chile.

Coat ball of dough with olive oil and place in bowl. Cover with damp cloth & let rise in a warm spot until doubled, about 1 hour.

Reshape into a ball tucking in the ends & place on a greased cookie sheet. Let rise again until almost doubled, 15 to 30 minutes. Preheat oven 425 degrees & place baking pan filled with 1-1/2 inches of water on the lowest shelf of oven.

Sprinkle loaf with additional grated cheese, if you wish and place in middle of oven. Immediately reduce temperature to 375 and bake 20-30 minutes until golden brown & bread sounds hollow when tapped with your fingers. Remove from oven & cool somewhat, for better slicing. It is great served warm but great at any temperature.

DON't worry if you can't find the Green chile powder, it will work without it.

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Vic Stoklosa Vstoklosa

Jan 12, 2010

cant find green chile powder. is there a substitute?

Reta Smith bob

Jan 12, 2010

You can try a Mexican Grocery Store but if you can't find it (I had to go to Albuquerque!) you can just omit it. It will still turn out well. Thanks for trying it out. Reta

Jan Mullikin jmulliki

Jun 22, 2010

We'll have to try the Mexican grocery here in Florence or Jungle Jim's. It's only a teaspoon, though, so probably not a lot of difference. It looks marvelous! Gotta' try it!

Shannon Smith Shannon

Jun 22, 2010

Congrats mom! I'll have to try this one with my moms club.

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Nancy R Robeyone

Oct 16, 2010

Rita, this looks great and congrats on your Blue Ribbon. I shared this with some of my groups!

Kathy Schleicher lakotakat

Jan 15, 2011

There is a store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and they also do business on the web! Here's the site addy:

Use either.... www.hotchile.com - and do a search, OR
go to....
www.hotchile.com/cgi-bin/sh...

Barbara Eaton raeofsunshine

Feb 5, 2011

Absolutely can't wait to try this.

Karla Everett Karla59

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Kathy Schleicher lakotakat

Mar 21, 2011

Went to the link I posted earlier (cut & paste for your address bar, all in one line)...
www.hotchile.com/cgi-bin/sh...

- AND here's what I found (as of 3/21/2011):

New Mexican Green Chile Powder 8 oz. $17.00

Pure, ground New Mexican green chile. Not always available all year long, so don't wait to try this! Price includes shipping charges for locations within the US. 20% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU ORDER ANY COMBINATION OF TWO OR MORE DRIED CHILE ITEMS OR CHILE IN JARS!
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This spice seems a bit pricey to me, but you DO get a 20% discount when ordering more than 1 item - and they DO have a lot of salsas and other interesting items! Besides that, the shipping/handling costs are ALREADY INCLUDED in the prices...