No-Knead Green Chile Cheddar Bread

No-Knead Green Chile Cheddar Bread

from simplysogood.com
55 min

Simple no-knead crusty bread with roasted Hatch green chiles and white cheddar.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups + 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour ((450 gr))
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons Kosher salt ((10 gr))
  • 1/2 teaspoon Instant or Rapid-rise yeast ((3 gr))
  • 1 1/2 cups water cool ((315 gr))
  • 4 large Green chiles (roasted and peeled, cut into strips)
  • 1 cup white cheddar cheese (cut into 1/4-1/2 inch cubes)

Directions

  1. 1

    In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and yeast. Add chopped roasted chiles and cheddar cheese. Gently toss chiles and cheese into the flour mixture.

  2. 2

    Add water and mix until a shaggy mixture forms.

  3. 3

    Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for 12 - 18 hours. Overnight works great.

  4. 4

    Heat oven to 450 degrees. When the oven has reached 450 degrees place a cast iron pot with a lid in the oven and heat the pot for 30 minutes. OR pot can be placed in cold oven while the oven is preheating leave in oven for 30 minutes.

  5. 5

    Meanwhile, pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let set while the pot is heating.

  6. 6

    Remove hot pot from the oven and drop in the dough. Cover and return to oven for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes remove the lid and bake an additional 15 minutes. Remove bread from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.