Green Chili Pork Burritos Recipes

GREEN CHILI BURRITOS

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat, brown pork in oil; drain. Add the next 10 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until pork is tender. , Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into pork mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , In a small saucepan, cook refried beans until heated through; spread evenly on tortillas. Spoon pork mixture down the center of each tortilla. Fold sides and ends over filling and roll up.

GREEN CHILE PORK BURRITOS

Steps:

• On a shallow plate, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Dredge each piece of the pork with the flour mixture and coat well. Discard any excess flour mixture.
• Heat 4 Tbsp canola oil over medium-high in a large Dutch oven or braising pan. Add the pork and brown well on all sides. Remove pork and set aside.
• Drain all but about 1 Tbsp of the oil from the pot and reduce heat to medium. Add onions to the pot, and cook until onion is translucent, adding a bit more oil if necessary. Add garlic, cumin, oregano, and cinnamon and cook 1 minute longer. Add about 1/4c of the broth and stir to scrape up any browned bits that have stuck to the bottom of the pot.
• Return browned pork to pot. Add tomatillos and the remaining 2 3/4c chicken broth. Cover the pot and bring the mixture up to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 2 hours.
• After 2 hours, add anaheim chiles, poblano chiles, bell pepper, and one jalapeno to the pot and continue simmering for 1 hour more. Taste sauce and add additional salt and pepper as desired.
• Remove pork from the sauce and shred, discarding any fatty bits. Working in batches, puree the sauce and transfer to a large bowl, adding cilantro, lime juice and the remaining 1-2 jalapenos to one of the batches (depending on how spicy you'd like it). After all the batches have been pureed, stir well to combine. (I ended up with almost 3 quarts of salsa)
• Toss some (3/4-1 1/2c) of the salsa with the shredded pork.
• To make burritos, fill tortillas with pork, beans, rice, and cheese as desired, then top burritos with salsa.

GREEN CHILE PORK BURRITOS WITH GREEN, GREEN, GREEN...

Steps:

• For the green chile pork: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the tomatillos, onion, garlic and chiles with a few tablespoons of oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast until slightly charred and soft, about 40 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a food processor, add the lime juice and cilantro and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
• Reduce the heat of the oven to 350 degrees F. Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a large Dutch oven over high heat until the oil begins to shimmer. Season the pork with salt and pepper and cook the meat in batches until golden brown on all sides, transferring to a plate as done. Remove any excess oil, then return the pork to the Dutch oven, add the tomatillo sauce and pork to the Dutch oven and toss to coat.
• Add enough chicken stock to cover the pork, and cook until fork tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Allow the pork to cool slightly, then shred with two forks. Heat some of the cooking liquid in a large saute pan, add the shredded pork and cook for a few minutes. Taste, and add honey if desired.
• For the green rice: Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Stir in the rice. Add 2 cups of water, season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until tender, about 18 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the cilantro and spinach, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.
• For the guacamole: Combine the avocados, onion, lime juice, jalapeno and cilantro in a bowl. Use a fork to mash to a chunky mix. Season with salt and pepper.
• For the white beans with onion vinaigrette: Combine the beans, onion and garlic in a large saucepan, cover with water and cook until just tender, about 1 hour. Drain and discard the onion and garlic.
• Combine the green onions, vinegar, a splash of water and salt and pepper to taste in a blender and blend until smooth. With the motor running, slowly add the oil to create an emulsified vinaigrette.
• Combine the beans and green onion vinaigrette in bowl.
• To assemble: Spoon some green rice on each tortilla, add some white beans with green onion vinaigrette, some green chile pork and top with guacamole. Garnish with Cotija cheese, queso fresco, hot sauce and cilantro. Fold the edges of each tortilla into the center and roll them up tightly.

GREEN CHILE BURRITOS

Steps:

• Simmer pork in broth until tender and thoroughly cooked.
• Add chiles and canned tomatoes.
• Simmer 15 to 20 minutes longer.
• Spread each tortilla with refried beans.
• Using a slotted spoon, put some pork mixture on each tortilla, reserving liquid to serve as sauce.
• Roll each tortilla and place in a shallow baking dish.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until hot.
• Thicken sauce with a little flour and spoon over burritos.
• Serve topped with grated cheese, shredded lettuce and chopped tomato.

SLOW-COOKER GREEN CHILE PULLED PORK BURRITOS

Steps:

• Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix chile pepper powder, oil and salt. Rub mixture over pork; place in slow cooker. Sprinkle with poblano chile. Pour salsa over top.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
• Remove pork from slow cooker to cutting board. Shred pork, using 2 forks. Return pork to slow cooker; mix well.
• Using slotted spoon, spoon about 1/2 cup pork mixture onto each warm tortilla; top with about 1 tablespoon each guacamole and sour cream. Fold 1 side of tortilla up about 1 inch over filling; fold right and left sides over folded end, overlapping. Fold remaining end down.