/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Practicing my chili relleno for a future date night. This one turned out pretty subpar.
Sauce was tomato based with chipotle peppers and a splash if cream. A little too smokey from the canned Chipotles, and the cream didn't really work. Need some tips on this.
Peppers were stuffed with Monterey jack, white cheddar, and queso fresco. Turned out perfect.
Batter was a mix of egg, cream, cornmeal, and seasoning. This was not great. It was dense and didn't crisp up well. It was like the whole pepper was wrapped in a hush puppy. I want something a little lighter but still crunchy. Any tips? I tried the method of beating egg whites then mixing in yolks, but I didn't think that turned out too great. Too light and didn't stick to the pepper well.