New Mexican Chile Verde Recipes

EASY CHILE VERDE

Steps:

• Cook ground pork in a large skillet until no longer pink. Set aside.
• Add olive oil to skillet and warm over medium-high heat. Add in onions and saute for 8 - 10 minutes, or until soft and translucent. Add in garlic, saute another minute, then add in cooked pork, chicken broth, green chilies, potatoes, cumin, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 - 30 minutes, or until potatoes are softened.
• Serve with a warm flour tortilla

NEW MEXICO CHILE VERDE (GREEN CHILI)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the pork and 2 teaspoons of salt. Brown the pork on all sides, stirring regularly. Remove the pork from the pot and pour out all rendered fat, saving about 1 tablespoon.
• Add the onions, remaining salt, cumin, coriander, and oregano to the pot. Sauté for 3-5 minutes. Then add the garlic and peppers. Sauté another 3-5 minutes. Add the chopped tomatillos, bay leaves, and cilantro. Toss the pork with the masa and add back to the pot. Stir well.
• Finally add the water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for 3 hours, or until the pork is falling apart, stirring occasionally.
• Take 2 forks and break the pork up even more. Salt and pepper to taste.

NEW MEXICO'S BEST CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• lightly brown pork cubes in some olive oil and remove from pot.
• Brown diced onions for about 10 min or until onions are caramelized
• Add roasted garlic.
• Add back the meat.
• Add flour and cook it for a couple of minutes to remove the flour taste then Add tomatoes and Roasted dry chilies.
• Pour chicken broth in a blender and blend chili and broth. Add the chili chicken broth to stew.
• Bring mixture to boil and simmer.
• Add sugar, salt and pepper.
• Allow mixture to thicken and thoroughly finish cooking the pork.

NEW MEXICO GREEN CHILE SAUCE/CHILE VERDE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except the vegetable oil and flour, in a large saucepan over medium heat. Simmer uncovered, until juice has thickened and is opaque, 20-30 min. Stir occasionally, taking care that the chiles do not burn or stick to the bottom of the pan. In a small bowl, whisk together the oil and flour until smooth and well blended, to form the base for a roux. Place in a saucepan over medium-high heat until hot and bubbling. Reducer the heat to low and whisk constantly until roux is slightly brown and has a nutty flavor. Remove from heat. Add 1/2 c of the green chile mixture to the roux and whisk thoroughly until smooth. Add the roux to the remaining chile mixture and cook over low heat untl the sauce thickens and the flour taste disappears (about 15 min) Add salt to taste. Cool , coer and store in non reactive container in refry until needed up to 4 days. Check that it does not sour. Can be frozen up to 2 mo. To serve, reheat over low heat. VARIATION : CHILE VERDE Prepare sauce as directed. Cut 1 lb pork shoulder in half and trim off fat. Place pork in a saucepan with 2 white onions, quartered, 1.5 t. salt, 2 t cumin seeds, 2 t dried Mexican oregano, 12 whole black peppercorns, and water to cover about 8 cups. Cover and simmer over low heat uti meat is tender, about 1 hr. Drain,and with two opposing forks , shred the meat into long strings, Chop the shredded meat with a cleaver into 1/2 inch lengths and stir into prepared green chile sauce.

TOP SECRET AWARD-WINNING CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Fire-roast the peppers and tomatillos. You can do this on the grill, over a gas burner, or under your broiler turned on high. The goal is to char the skin of the vegetable. ROASTING THE PEPPERS AND TOMATILLOS ADDS TONS OF FLAVOR TO THEM! IT IS WORK BUT DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!
• Place the charred vegetables in a large heat proof bowl or pan and cover with foil. The steam from the vegetables will help the charred skin come off easily. Let sit covered 15-20 minutes and then the charred skin will easily peel off the peppers and tomatillos.
• In a large (6 to 8 quart) stock pot, over high heat, brown the bacon reserving the bacon drippings.
• Next, trim off any excess fat from the pork and cut into 1 inch squares. Liberally season the pork with salt and pepper and toss with flour to coat evenly.
• DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP! THIS IS WHAT ADDS THE MOST FLAVOR TO THE CHILI VERDE! Brown the seasoned pork in small batches, in the bacon drippings, being careful not to overcrowd the pot. Remove the pork from the pot and pour off the fat drippings, leaving two tablespoons of fat. Caramelizing the meat to a rich golden-brown is a key flavor step!
• In the same pot, over a medium heat, add the chopped onion, garlic, salt, and pepper and sauté until transparent, scraping up any browned bits. Add the cumin, pork, and chicken stock, and cook simmering over medium-low heat for 1 hour.
• Place half of the peppers, one bunch of cilantro, and half of the tomatillos in to a blender or the bowl of a food processor and pulse for a chunky puree. Add the puree to the pot with the pork and stir to combine, cooking on medium-low for an additional 30 minutes.
• Roughly chop the remaining tomatillos, peppers, and cilantro. Add them to the pot, stir, and simmer for an additional 30 minutes, for a total cooking time of two hours.
• Add the lime juice and adjust seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.

MEXICAN PORK CHILI (CHILE VERDE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine tomatillos, serrano peppers, and garlic in a bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat. Transfer to a baking sheet.
• Place in the preheated oven and roast until tender, about 30 minutes. Remove vegetables from oven, cool slightly, and transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Puree until smooth. Reduce oven temperature to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
• While vegetables are roasting, heat lard in a Dutch oven or heavy oven-safe pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle pork with garlic salt and pepper and add to the pot in batches. Cook each batch until browned, about 7 minutes, removing to a plate with a slotted spoon. Drain and discard all but 2 tablespoons pan drippings.
• Add onion and bell pepper to the pot. Saute, stirring occasionally, until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour wine into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir in browned pork, tomatillo puree, chicken stock, cilantro, oregano, cumin, and salt.
• Cover and cook in the oven until pork is tender, 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Allow to stand for 15 minutes, covered, before serving.

HATCH CHILE VERDE

Steps:

• Place Hatch chiles directly on the grates of a gas stove. Cook over medium heat, flipping with tongs occasionally, until blackened and charred, about 5 minutes. Place in a sealed plastic bag and allow to cool, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Peel off charred skins, remove seeds, and cut 1/2 of the chiles into 1-inch squares. Set aside. Place remaining chiles in a food processor and process until finely chopped. Add processed chiles to chopped chiles. Set aside.
• Combine pork cubes, water, and salt in a Dutch oven. Cover and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Uncover, raise heat to medium-high, and cook, stirring constantly until the water evaporates and the pork browns in its rendered fat, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove pork and set aside.
• Heat oil in the Dutch oven. Add onion; cook and stir until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and cumin and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add chiles, pork, chicken broth, canned tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pork cubes are fork-tender, about 1 1/2 hours.