Braised Pork Green Chili Recipes

GREEN PORK CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, toss the onions, tomatillos, jalapenos, and garlic with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and spread on a baking sheet. Roast until soft and starting to brown, about 20 to 30 minutes, stirring twice during roasting.
• Meanwhile, in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the oil and heat. Brown the pork, in batches, until well-browned. When browned, add all of the pork back to the pan and cover with chicken stock. Add the roasted vegetables, cover the pan and place in the oven. Cook until the pork is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• While pork is cooking, place the cilantro in a food processor. Add 2 tablespoons of water and puree. Remove the pork from the oven and stir in the cilantro puree. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve with warm flour tortillas.

CHILI-BRAISED PORK WITH GREEN BEANS AND MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Season pork with salt and pepper. In a large straight-sided skillet, heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium-high. Add pork and cook until browned on both sides, about 7 minutes total. Whisk together broth, flour, and 1/2 teaspoon chili powder and add to skillet. Bring liquid to a boil; reduce to a rapid simmer, cover, and cook 30 minutes. Uncover and cook until pork is tender and sauce is thickened, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium pot, bring sweet potatoes to a boil in salted water over high. Reduce to a rapid simmer and cook until tender when pierced with a knife, 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and return to pot; mash until fluffy and almost smooth. Stir in sour cream and sugar, season with salt and pepper, and keep warm over low heat.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add green beans and 1/4 cup water, cover, and cook 3 minutes. Uncover and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender and water is evaporated, 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve with pork, sauce, and sweet potatoes sprinkled with chili powder.

PORK GREEN CHILE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in cubed pork, and cook until nicely browned and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, and allow to cool briefly.
• Sprinkle flour over pork. With a wooden spoon, stir pork to coat, scraping the bottom of the skillet to loosen browned bits. Add chile peppers, jalapenos, and onions. Stir in tomato sauce and water. Season to taste with onion salt, garlic salt, and salt and pepper.
• Return skillet to medium heat. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove cover, and cook 10 minutes more.

PORK SHOULDER GREEN CHILI

Steps:

• Dredge meat in flour until evenly coated, shaking off excess.
• Melt shortening in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add meat and cook until thoroughly browned on all sides, 5 to 6 minutes. Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add water, tomatoes, green chiles, salt, and oregano.
• Cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender, 1 to 2 hours. Remove cover and simmer until green chili sauce reaches desired consistency, 5 to 10 minutes more.

BRAISED PORK WITH GREEN CHILE SAUCE OF CHILE VERDE

Steps:

• Trim and discard fat and cut pork in 1-inch cubes.
• In a large frying pan, heat oil over mediun-high heat; add meat a few cubes at a time and cook until very brown.
• Push meat to side of pan and add onion, garlic and bell peppers; saute until limp.
• Stir in chiles, oregano, cumin, salt, cilantro, vinegar, and water.
• Cover and simmer until meat is fork tender(about 1 hour).
• Skim off fat & discard.
• Serve with rice or make burritos or serve in your favorite way.

BRAISED PORK WITH RED CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown pork in oil. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute the onion, garlic, chili powder, oregano and cumin for 2-3 minutes or until onion is tender., Stir in the pork, water, tomato paste, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 18-20 minutes or until pork is tender. Stir in the cream; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

GREEN CHILI WITH PORK

Steps:

• In a large heavy duty casserole or Dutch oven (about 5 qt.) warm the Oil over medium heat.
• Add Onions, Garlic, Jalapenos, and carrots.
• Cook,stirring once or twice, for 10 minutes.
• Stir in Oregano and Pork cubes and cook until Pork has lost its pink color, about 20 minutes.
• Stir occasionally.
• Stir in the chicken stock, 1 tsp of Salt, crushed Tomatoes and the canned chilis.
• Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and cook partially covered, for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Cut the Poblano into 1/2" strips.
• Add them to the Chili along with the cubed potato and cook , stirring often, for another 30 to 45 minutes or until the Pork is tender and the Chili is thickened to your liking.
• Taste for correct seasonings and let cook another 5 minutes.
• Serve hot.
• NOTE: To roast Poblanos, stick them on a serving fork and turn over a gas burner until thoroughly charred.
• Wrap Chilies in a paper bag after you roast them.
• When cool, rinse under cold running Water, rubbing off the burned skin. ( I often just leave a bit of the char as it adds flavor).
• Pat dry and de-stem Chilies.