chile relleno
noun
chile re·lle·no -rā-ˈyā-(ˌ)nō 
plural chiles rellenos also chile rellenos
: a stuffed chili pepper that usually contains cheese or meat and is fried or grilled
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Entree options include paella with green chile cornbread, chicken chile relleno with Cuban black beans, vegetable enchiladas or pernil asado, a marinated and slow-roasted pork served with rice and peas and corn tortillas. 
Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2022 Graham Bartlett calls it a deconstructed chile relleno, but his taco is more an abstract take on the Puebla dish, kind of like the final drawing in Picasso’s bull series, in which the beast has only a passing resemblance to the real thing. Washington Post, 15 June 2022 At Understory, the menu is an unapologetic mélange of culinary influences, designed by the staff to mirror their identities: Filipino adobo, Burmese semolina cake, Moroccan lamb tagine, a Mexican chile relleno. Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2022 But Garcia powered through it to ultimately win the challenge with her take on a chile relleno with nopal cactus and her judge-favorite dessert. Emma Balter, Chron, 26 May 2022 The chile relleno sausage, also a fixture, is a link stuffed with chile and tons of cheese. Emma Balter, Chron, 4 Apr. 2022 Chano’s produces a burrito stuffed with a whole chile relleno — and, totally true story, it’s been known to raise the dead. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021 CBS News Enter through these old doors, and the lines that divide us disappear almost as fast as their famous chile relleno on a hot plate. CBS News, 21 Nov. 2021 Casual Chiapan dishes like chile relleno and chicharrón de queso are served with flair, as is a regional take on a tuna tartare. Pilar Guzman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021 See More
Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2022 Graham Bartlett calls it a deconstructed chile relleno, but his taco is more an abstract take on the Puebla dish, kind of like the final drawing in Picasso’s bull series, in which the beast has only a passing resemblance to the real thing. Washington Post, 15 June 2022 At Understory, the menu is an unapologetic mélange of culinary influences, designed by the staff to mirror their identities: Filipino adobo, Burmese semolina cake, Moroccan lamb tagine, a Mexican chile relleno. Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2022 But Garcia powered through it to ultimately win the challenge with her take on a chile relleno with nopal cactus and her judge-favorite dessert. Emma Balter, Chron, 26 May 2022 The chile relleno sausage, also a fixture, is a link stuffed with chile and tons of cheese. Emma Balter, Chron, 4 Apr. 2022 Chano’s produces a burrito stuffed with a whole chile relleno — and, totally true story, it’s been known to raise the dead. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021 CBS News Enter through these old doors, and the lines that divide us disappear almost as fast as their famous chile relleno on a hot plate. CBS News, 21 Nov. 2021 Casual Chiapan dishes like chile relleno and chicharrón de queso are served with flair, as is a regional take on a tuna tartare. Pilar Guzman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Spanish, stuffed chili pepper
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above