This Thanksgiving, we branched out from our favorite wild mushroom gravy to try this roasted poblano version. It was incredible. Because we roasted a much smaller turkey and made less mashed potatoes, I plan to gobble up any leftover gravy as a dip with tortilla chips. 🙂 It would also be wonderful in tacos or as sauce in a pot pie.
This recipe was adapted from Food and Wine, contributed by Javier Cabral and Paola Brinseño González. I incorporated a shallot as well as the roasted turkey pan dripping and juices. I also reduced the salt. Next time I will roast the poblanos in advance. I am going to start making it year-round!
Yield: about 2 cups
- 2 large (3 ounce) poblano chilies
- 1 T unsalted butter
- 2 T roasted turkey pan fat (can substitute 2 T unsalted butter)
- 1 large shallot, finely diced
- 1 1/2 cups roasted turkey pan drippings plus vegetable, chicken, or turkey stock, divided
- 1 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- kosher salt, to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Place chilies on an aluminum foil lined baking pan. Place under a broiler, rotating every 5 minutes, until skin is charred on all sides. (Alternatively, using kitchen tongs, hold 1 chile directly over a medium flame of a gas stovetop. Cook until skin is blackened, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining chile.)
- Wrap the blackened chilies in the aluminum foil to steam. (Alternatively, place chiles in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap.) Let steam for 10 minutes.
- Rub off skin from chiles, removing as much of the blackened skin as you can. (Don’t worry if all of the skin doesn’t come off.) Remove and discard stems and seeds.
- Finely dice the roasted chilies.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium skillet over medium-high. Add shallot and diced chiles. Cook until onion is soft, about 4 minutes.
- Combine shallot mixture and 1/2 cup stock in a blender, and process until smooth, about 30 seconds. (I used a Vitamix.)
- Place 2 tablespoons of fat from pan drippings (or 2 T butter) in same skillet over medium.
- Whisk in flour, and reduce heat to low. Cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Increase heat to medium and add shallot-chile puree and remaining 1 cup pan drippings with stock, and cook, whisking constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low; add buttermilk. Simmer gently to allow flavors to meld, about 2 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Note: Poblano peppers can be roasted, peeled, and cut 2 days ahead.
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Ooh, gravy. I never thought about that. 😋🍂
This gravy has made me a gravy-lover. 😉
I think Poblano’s are under utilized in cooking. Thanks for sharing, looks great.
Poblanos aren’t underutilized over here! We LOVE them. 🙂