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Chile Verde

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This Chile Verde is so flavorful and has just the right amount of heat.

Ingredients

  • 1-½ pound Pork Shoulder Or Butt, Cubed
  • 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
  • 2 whole Fresh Poblano (or Hatch) Chile Peppers, Seeded And Halved
  • 1 whole Fresh Jalapeño Pepper, Seeded And Halved
  • 1 whole (green Or Yellow) Bell Pepper, Seeded And Halved
  • 1 pound Fresh Tomatillos, Husks Removed And Quartered
  • 1 whole Large Yellow Onion, Chopped
  • 3 cloves Garlic, Minced
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • Kosher Salt To Taste
  • Freshly Ground Pepper, to taste
  • 2 cups Chicken Stock
  • 1 whole Bay Leaf
  • ½ bunches Cilantro Leaves, Coarsely Chopped Plus Extra For Garnish
  • 2 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour, If Needed

Preparation

Turn oven broiler to high.

In a large stock pot or Dutch Oven, over high heat, sear the pork in the vegetable oil until well-browned. Season with a pinch of kosher salt and pepper while searing.

Arrange the cut up chiles, jalapeño, bell pepper and tomatillos on a baking sheet lined with tin foil. Place under the broiler and allow to blacken on top, then flip and blacken the other side. Just char the skins, don’t burn them. Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool. Once cooled, dice chiles and bell pepper into bite-size pieces and finely chop the jalapeño. Set tomatillos aside.

Remove the pork from the pot, reserving the drippings in the pan, and cook the chopped onion in the drippings until tender. Add garlic, cumin, oregano and a pinch of both kosher salt and black pepper and cook for an additional minute. Return the pork to the pot and add chicken stock and bay leaf. Simmer, covered, for 1 – 1 1/2 hours, until the pork starts to fall apart.

Then stir in the chiles, jalapeño and bell pepper. Puree the tomatillos and cilantro in a food processor and then add them to the pot. Cook an additional 45 minutes, uncovered.

If, after 45 minutes, the mixture is not quite thick enough, add 2 Tablespoons of flour to 1/4 cup of the sauce (mix them together in a small cup) and then return the mixture to the pot. Season to taste.

Enjoy!

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derbyq on 10.29.2013

Here in Colorado, we are able to buy roasted Hatch (Anaheim) chiles from street vendors. I used about 10 of these peppers, and omitted the bell pepper and jalapeno. I also used canned tomatillos instead of fresh. The recipe turned out great! Thank you for posting this!

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roz451 on 3.25.2013

Made this last night for dinner! OMG…absolutely divine. I did have to substitute pasila chilies for the poblano and they worked just fine.

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Not much of a cook! on 4.15.2012

We liked this a lot!! We had a pork sirloin roast that we used and instead we made pork soft taco’s. Keeper!! Thanks.

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Thisgrandmascookin on 11.12.2011

This is better than any I have gotten in a resturant. I will make this often with pride. Thanks for sharing!

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