The fruit and vegetable store by me has a clearance rack for less-than-perfect produce. I've gotten some amazing deals, like 4 very ripe mangos for $1 (!!!). There is almost always a package of 4 or 5 poblanos on the clearance rack priced around 75 cents, so I've tried to come up with new uses for poblano, one of which is this chili. The rest of the chili ingredients are pretty inexpensive too, so the small amount of manchego as garnish doesn't add much to the total cost.

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