Chayote With Egg And Cheese Recipes

CHAYOTE WITH EGG AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the chayote into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and chop the chayote. Set aside.
• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped chayote, and season with salt and pepper. Break the eggs over the chayote mixture, and reduce heat to low. Cook and stir until the eggs have set, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish and top with American cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese has melted, about 5 minutes.

CHAYOTES RELLENOS (GUATAMALA)

Steps:

• Cover the chayotes with water, bring to a boil, and let them cook over a medium flame until they are tender (about 1 hour). Drain and allow to cool. Cut the chayotes in half, and scoop out the flesh carefully. Mash the flesh well and leave it to drain in a colander for a few minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Melt the butter and cook the onion and garlic gently, without browning, until they are soft. Add the eggs, and stir them as you would for scrambled eggs until they are just set. Add the mashed chayote and let the mixture dry out a little over a low flame (about 1 minute). Stir the crumbled cheese into the mixture, and stuff the chayote shells. Place on an ovenproof dish. Place a strip of Monterey Jack cheese on each chayote half, and cook in a 400 degrees F oven for about 15 minutes. NOTE: Queso fresco is available in most Latin markets that carry Mexican foods. It is a soft, salty cheese that looks sort of like compressed cottage cheese.

CHAYOTES RELLENOS AL QUESO (CHAYOTES STUFFED WITH CHEESE)

Steps:

• Split chayotes lengthwise in half. Put them in kettle of cold water with salt to taste. Bring to boil and let simmer about 10 minutes. Do not overcook or the vegetable will become mushy. Drain and run briefly under cold water. Drain again.
• Using spoon or melon-ball cutter, scoop out flesh and seeds of each half, leaving shell about eighth of an inch thick or slightly thicker. Set the shells aside. Chop flesh and seeds fine. There should be about one cup.
• When ready to cook, preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In mixing bowl combine the chopped pulp with cup of bread crumbs, two cups of cheese, egg, garlic, scallions, pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
• Use this mixture to fill chayote halves. Pile filling up and smooth over.
• Combine remaining half cup of cheese with remaining half cup of bread crumbs. Sprinkle tops with mixture, patting to help it adhere. Dot tops of each half with butter.
• Arrange stuffed halves on lightly buttered baking dish. Place in oven and bake 20 minutes.

CHAYOTE WITH EGG AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the chayote into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and chop the chayote. Set aside.
• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped chayote, and season with salt and pepper. Break the eggs over the chayote mixture, and reduce heat to low. Cook and stir until the eggs have set, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish and top with American cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese has melted, about 5 minutes.