Petes Olgas Chili Verde Food

EN FUEGO CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Roast poblano chilies over an open flame or a BBQ until skins turn black. Put in a plastic bag and seal to steam. After 15 minutes remove skins and seeds; chop into small pieces and set aside.
• Brown Pork in pan with small amount of oil. Set aside.
• Heat onions and garlic in a large (5 qt) Dutch oven until shiny.
• Add epazote and jalapenos stir until heated through.
• Add pork, cumin, tomatillos and two cups of chicken broth.
• Cook covered on low for two hours, adding broth as needed. (Don't add too much, it will be too thin.
• The last 30 minutes, add poblanos.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• The longer it cooks on low the better it is.
• Serve by itself with warm buttered tortillas or over rice.
• Great the next day.

PETE'S & OLGA'S CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Boil pork gently for 20 minutes.
• Sauté boiled pork in 3 tbsp olive oil until browned and almost crusty, and set aside.
• Sauté onion, in stock pot, in 3 tbsp olive oil, adding green pepper, serrano pepper, cumin, oregano, and garlic as you go- in that order.
• Add pork.
• Then add enchilada sauce and green sauce.
• Simmer, covered about 45 minutes.
• Just before done check for seasonings and add cilantro.

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.

CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine oregano, cumin, and chile powder. In a chili pot, combine enchilada sauce, tomatillos, and salsa verde. Press tomatillos against the side of the pot to crush. Add the oregano mixture to the liquids. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently.
• Brown the meat in lard or oil in batches with onions and pressed garlic. Drain meat and add to chili pot. Add diced green chiles. Return pot to simmer.
• After 2 hours, add half of finely minced green peppers. Add salt, as desired. Taste and adjust, adding additional minced peppers as desired. After 2 1/2 hours thicken or thin, as needed. After 2 3/4 hours, adjust salt and other seasonings as needed.
• Just before serving, add lime juice and cilantro.

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.

FIREHOUSE PORK CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Cube pork and dredge it lightly with salt and peppered flour. Brown pork in large pot with olive oil. Add diced yellow onions and garlic to pot. Simmer uncovered until onions are translucent.
• Add roasted, peeled, deseeded and deveined Anaheim chilies, jalapeños, Poblanos, tomatillos and Serrano peppers to food processor and pulse. Take pepper mixture and add to pot with pork.
• Add cumin and chicken broth then stir. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Let chili Verde cook uncovered for 4 hours; stirring lightly and occasionally.

PORK CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Cut the pork into small chunks. You can use pork roast, pork loin, or Boston butt.
• Husk the tomatillos, de-stem them, and cut them into large chunks.
• Cut the jalapenos, Anaheim peppers, and Serrano peppers into large chunks.
• Put tomatillos and peppers and cilantro in a food processor, puree them all.
• Add the can of green chilis, diced tomatos, and tomato sauce to the food processor.
• Continue blending until the mixture is a consistent color.
• Add the chicken broth, oregano, cumin, and chili powder.
• Turn the crock-pot on high and cover.
• Dust the pork with flour, salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil, shortening, or lard in a frying pan.
• Add the garlic and onions, sauté until the onions are tender.
• Add the pork, brown it thoroughly.
• Pour the entire pan's contents (including drippings) into the crock-pot.
• Cook in the crock-pot on high for 2 hours.
• After 2 hours, reduce the heat to medium or low and cook for at least another 2 hours. For very tender pork, cook on low heat for 8 or more hours.
• 30 minutes before serving, mix the cornstarch with 2 ounces of cold water, and add it to the crock-pot. Add more if you want to thicken it further.
• Serve over bean burritos. I used flour tortillas, with refried beans, chopped onions, and cheese wrapped inside. Bake the burritos in the oven at 400 for 15-20 minutes (until the tortilla just barely starts to dry out). Cover them with the chili verde and pork, then garnish (or further smother) with onions and cheese.

PRESSURE COOKER CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Seed and chop all your veggies. Put them in the pressure cooker and saute (this brings out the juices - if you don't do this you won't have enough liquid to come to pressure).
• While they are heating add all your spices. Then add the cubed meat. If your pork shoulder had a bone you can throw this in for flavor.
• Seal your pressure cooker, bring to pressure, and cook 25 minutes. Allow natural pressure release.
• Remove the meat and puree the veggies and juice either in a food processor or blender. Add the meat back inches Top with cilantro, a squeeze of lime juice, and cotija, and enjoy!

CHICKEN CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until just smoking. Add chicken, skin side down, and cook without moving until skin is golden brown, about 4 minutes. Turn chicken and lightly brown on other sides, about 2 minutes each. Transfer chicken to plate; remove and discard skin.
• While chicken is browning, in food processor, process half of poblano chiles, Anaheim chiles, and onions until consistency of chunky salsa, ten 1-second pulses, scraping down sides of workbowl halfway through. Transfer mixture to medium bowl. Repeat with remaining poblano chiles, Anaheim chiles, and onions; combine with first batch (do not wash food processor blade or workbowl).
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from Dutch oven (adding additional vegetable oil if necessary) and reduce heat to medium. Add 2/3 minced jalapeños, chile-onion mixture, garlic, cumin, coriander, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, about 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat.
• Transfer 1 cup cooked vegetable mixture to now-empty food processor workbowl. Add 1 cup beans and 1 cup broth and process until smooth, about 20 seconds. Add vegetable-bean mixture, remaining 2 cups broth, and chicken breasts to Dutch oven and bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until chicken registers 160 degrees, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to large plate. Stir in remaining beans and continue to simmer, uncovered, until beans are heated through and chili has thickened slightly, about 10 minutes.
• When cool enough to handle, shred chicken into bite-sized pieces, discarding bones. Stir shredded chicken, lime juice, cilantro, scallions, and remaining minced jalapeño into chili and return to simmer. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper and serve.

VEGAN CHILI VERDE

Steps:

• Set an oven rack 4 to 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Place tomatillos, garlic cloves, and poblano peppers on a baking sheet.
• Broil in the preheated oven until the peppers start to blacken and blister, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove garlic and transfer to a plate. Turn tomatillos and peppers over and broil until peppers are blackened and tomatillos are soft, 5 to 6 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in oregano, cumin, and chili powder; cook for 1 minute. Add 3 cups vegetable broth, great Northern beans, pinto beans, kale, corn, bulgur wheat, and salt. Return to a simmer.
• Transfer roasted garlic, peppers, and tomatillos to a blender. Add remaining 1 cup vegetable broth. Cover and blend until just smooth. Pour into the simmering pot.
• Simmer chili gently until bulgur is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

PEASANT SOUP (LIKE OLGA'S)

Steps:

• In a large pot, brown lamb, onion and celery only until lamb is no longer pink.
• Drain off fat.
• Add tomatoes, garlic, bay leaf and broth.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add Quick barley, zucchini, frozen vegetables, thyme, oregano, and parsley.
• Then reduce to simmer for 30 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve with toasted pita bread triangles.