Mexican Chile Verde Food

MEXICAN CHILE VERDE

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, heat 3 tablespoons of oil.
• Season the pork with salt and pepper.
• Add the pork to the stock pot.
• Sear on all sides.
• Stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile preheat the broiler on high.
• Place the tomatillos, ½ onion (chopped), 2 garlic cloves, and 2-3 serrano chiles on a sheet pan.
• Note: if you like it spicy, use 4 to 5 serrano chiles.
• Drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil over all the ingredients and mix well.
• Add salt over everything.
• Place the sheet pan inside the oven.
• Broil for 4-5 minutes until the tomatillos are black and charred.
• Add all the tomatillos and cilantro into a blender.
• Blend until smooth.
• If there is excess fat, remove the seared pork from the pot.
• Drain any excess fat.
• Place the remaining 1/2 onion chopped and 1 finely minced garlic into the pot.
• Stir and cook for 1 minute.
• Return the pork to the pot.
• Add the salsa verde from the blender.
• Add 1 cup of chicken broth to the blender to get any remaining salsa verde.
• Add the liquid from the blender and remaining chicken broth to the pot.
• Stir to combine.
• Cover with a lid.
• Cook for 1 hour on low.
• Taste for salt.Note: If using potatoes, add 30 minutes before turning off the heat.
• Serve with Mexican rice and beans.

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.

SPEEDY CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to the package instructions.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil and butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. When the oil is hot and the butter has melted, add the garlic, poblanos, onions and jalapenos, then stir to combine. Add the sausage meat and season with the salt and pepper. Cook the sausage, crumbling it as you go, until browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the enchilada sauce, salsa verde and green chiles with their liquid. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, to thicken and develop the flavors. Stir in the lime juice. Taste and adjust the seasonings as needed.
• Serve alongside the rice and garnish with the sour cream, radish, cilantro and hot sauce.

NEW MEXICAN CHILE VERDE

Steps:

• Over gas flame or on barbecue grill roast chiles until charred on all sides. Place in a paper bag for 20 minutes. Peel off blackened skin, remove seeds and membranes and chop into coarse pieces.
• In a large heavy stew pot heat bacon over high heat and saute until 3 tablespoons of fat are rendered. Reserve bacon for another use or discard. Add onion and garlic and saute until onion browns. In a large bowl mix together ancho chile molido, salt and masa harina. Add pork and toss to coat in spice mix. Push onion to sides of pot and add seasoned pork cubes, turning several times until well-browned. Stir together pork and onions, add stock, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmering and add roasted poblano. Stir well, cover and cook about 2 hours, or until pork is very tender. If using cumin, add 5 minutes before end of cooking. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Serve with warm corn tortillas and garnish as desired with cumin, posole, lime juice, cilantro, or extra chopped roasted chiles.

CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add 1/2 cup of olive oil. Stir in the onion, garlic, serrano and jalapeno peppers and cook until soft. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Place the pork shoulder in a large heavy bottomed pot, coated with oil, over medium heat and sear until well browned on all sides. Deglaze with the chicken broth, and then add sauteed onions and peppers. Turn heat to low, cover and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the Anaheim peppers on a sheet pan.
• Peel the outer paper skins off the tomatillos, then coat with olive oil and place on another sheet pan. Place both pans in the preheated oven and roast until the peppers are nicely charred and the tomatillos are soft, about 20 minutes.
• Remove pans from the oven and place the peppers in a plastic bag to let them steam for 5 minutes.
• Peel and seed peppers, and then puree them with the tomatillos in a food processor. Add the puree to the pork mixture, stir, and then let simmer on low heat.
• Combine the garlic powder, black pepper, ground cumin, Mexican oregano, ground coriander and salt in a small bowl, then add to pork mixture and stir well.
• In a small saute pan, mix 1/2 cup olive oil with the corn flour, stirring over low heat for 2 minutes to make a masa roux.
• Let the chili mixture simmer for approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours on medium-low heat, or until pork is nice and tender. Then stir in masa roux and simmer for 10 more minutes.