New Mexican Chile Verde Food

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.

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.

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.