Espagueti Verde (or Mexican green spaghetti) features pasta covered in a creamy poblano sauce.
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Other than espagueti rojo,this recipe is a great way to use up leftover spaghetti or extra roasted poblanos.
Add shrimp or chicken to make it a complete main course. Deliciousness on a plate!
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Ingredients
- Roasted poblano peppers (or chile poblano)
- Cream Cheese
- Mexican crema (or you can use whole milk)
- Garlic clove
- White Onion
- Salt (or chicken bouillon)
The cream cheese will add a lot of creaminess to the dish. However, you can swap it for more dairy – Mexican sour cream, heavy cream, or use greek yogurt.
The Name Game
- Espagueti in Spanish means “spaghetti.” Verde means “green.” Literally, this dish translated means “Green Spaghetti.”
- You might also hear green pasta, spaghetti verde, pasta poblana, creamy green poblano sauce spaghetti. All of these names refer to this dish.
Roasting Poblano Peppers
- Roast poblano peppers on a baking sheet under the broiler until they have blackened skin.
- Steam them in a plastic bag, cover with plastic wrap, or place in a ziplock bag.
- Remove the skin, stem, and seeds.
Poblano chile gives the green color to the sauce and are mildly spicy in flavor.They are low on the Scoville Scale.
They are also NOT spicy especially when combined with cream cheese and crema mexicana.
Check out how to roast a poblano pepper to learn how to roast peppers on an open flame.
- Add the roasted poblanos, crema mexicana, garlic, and onion to a blender.
- Blend until smooth. To make a thinner sauce, add ¼ cup of vegetable stock.
- Set the green, rich sauce aside until ready to use.
Adjusting The Sauce
Like it spicier? Roast one to two serrano peppers (or jalapeño peppers) along with the poblanos and add to the blender.
For my fellow sneaky moms with picky eaters at home, add spinach, cooked broccoli, even peas to the blender. The kiddos will never know the difference.
- Add butter to a large stock pot.
- Pour in the creamy sauce.
- Add the cream cheese and salt.
- Stir frequently until the cream cheese melt.
For a complete meal, add shrimp, chicken, or pork. This green spaghetti recipe also makes a tasty side dish.
Here you have a basic salsa poblana, or poblano sauce, hailing from the good State of Puebla.
Storing Instructions
- The sauce will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days in an airtight container.
- If you are going to freeze it, it will keep up to 5 months. Make sure you use a freezer bag and remove as much air as possible.
- Boil a large pot of water. Add salt.
- Cook the spaghetti noodles, according to the package directions, until al dente.
- Discard the pasta water.
If you have leftover spaghetti from another night, remember this recipe. Cover with oil so the pasta won’t stick.
I’m using plain spaghetti, but feel free to use whole wheat spaghetti, quinoa spaghetti, or whatever you prefer.
- Add the cooked pasta.
- Turn off the heat. Using a pair of tongs, toss to coat the noodles.
You want to make sure every noodle is covered with the creamy green sauce. Top the Espagueti Verde with Mexican cheese – queso fresco, queso añejo, cotija cheese.
There’s something so beautiful about a big bowl of spaghetti. However, you can use any type of pasta – penne, elbow, whatever your heart desires.
More Mexican Pasta Dishes
Garnish with parmesan cheese or feta cheese and top with fresh cilantro. The only thing left is to grab a fork and dig in. iBuen Provecho!
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Espagueti Verde
Ingredients
Instructions
- Roast the poblano peppers.
- Remove the stem, skin, and seeds.
- Rough chop or slice the poblanos.
- To a blender, add the roasted poblanos, garlic, onion, and crema mexicana.
- Blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Bring water to a boil in a large stock pot.
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions.
- Drain the cooked spaghetti.
- In a stock pot, melt the butter.
- Add the poblano sauce, salt, and cream cheese.
- Stir frequently until the cream cheese melts. About 5 minutes.
- Taste for salt.
- Add the cooked spaghetti.
- Toss the spaghetti with the poblano sauce.
- Make sure the sauce covers all the noodles.
- Serve and top with cheese.
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Notes
- The sauce will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days in an airtight container.
- If you are going to freeze it, it will keep up to 5 months.
Espagueti Verde is a delicious dish and our family friends have made something similar in the past and we loved it.
Easy and delicious!
I love green pasta and red pasta too. Actually, I love pasta way too much. Great recipe.
Then you will love this recipe! Hope you try it
This looks like a wonderful recipe, I have never made espagueti verde before so will have to try it out
It’s so yummy! Hope you try it
I would absolutely love to try this. It looks so healthy and delicious and fun to make!
Healthy and delicious indeed. Hope you try it!
Yum yum! This green spaghetti looks so delicious 😍 My husband and I both love mild spicy dishes, so gotta try this one!
Easy and delicious!
This looks so good. I have picky eaters, too. I would love for them to try this, so I can, too!
It’s delicious. Perfect for picky eaters!
This looks really good. I’ve never tried green pasta like this but I’d love to check it out.
Looks and tastes good!
I like a mild kick so this sounds perfect to me!
And it’s so easy to make!
I have never tried to taste an Espagueti Verde, and that one looks really delicious. I’ll be saving this recipe and will be doing it this weekend.
Easy and delicious. Hope you try it!
I can’t imagine how this would taste like but I’m a super fan of Jalapeno 😋
Then you would love this recipe!
My husband loves spaghetti, but I hate red sauce. This looks like something both of us will love!
A win win for both. Hope you try it!
This sounds like a delicious pasta. I know that my family will enjoy this
Glad you enjoyed this!
That is not your typical pasta and I love pasta. I will have to try this out on my son when I make spaghetti.
This recipe it’s so good. Hope you try it
I’ve never had that before. I know that I could eat my weight in it though. It looks amazing.
It’s so yummy! Hope you try it
We do love pasta! I don’t think we’ve ever had pasta like this, so I’m intrigued. I’m digging the color.
The color and the taste it’s amazing!
Wow, another great way to cook spaghetti! I’m gonna try this soon, thanks for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed this!
I am so curious to try this dish. My family will love it for sure!
They will! glad you liked it
This sounds delicious! I am going to bookmark this recipe for later.
So glad you enjoyed this!
Wow this looks great. I’d love to have this in a fancy restaurant. I’m gonna love this recipe thank you for sharing. I’m excited to make this!
Hope you try it! So yummy
Wow i love pasta. I never heard of this one before. I’m excited to try this! Looks delicious.
Easy and delicious!