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Pork Chile Verde

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 5 hours
Servings 8 -12

Ingredients
  

  • 2-3 # of Pork Shoulder or Pork Butt
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1-2 Tbsp flour
  • 3 Anaheim or Hatch Chiles or a comparable weight of canned, roasted, skinned chiles.
  • 2 Serrano or Jalapeno peppers
  • 6 tomatillos
  • 1 small white or yellow onion split
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 2 cups of water or beer
  • 1 chicken bouillon cube
  • 2 bay leaves

Instructions
 

  • Cut the pork up, either into cubes, or into 3-4” chunks if you prefer to shred the pork.
  • Season with salt and pepper, and then dust with the flour
  • Brown the pork in batches, don’t stir it, let it sit and brown.
  • Chop half of the onion and mince two of the garlic cloves. Add to the pork when the pork is half done and cook until the onion is softened.
  • Roast the chiles, peppers, tomatillos, the other half of ½ the onion and 2 of the garlic cloves on a grill or on a gas stove. You want to char them for flavor but just the very outside.
  • Peel the Anaheim or Hatch Chiles and remove the seeds if you want to reduce the heat.
  • Combine the chiles, peppers, tomatillos, charred onion and garlic in a blender. Add the cumin, oregano, and cilantro and blend until smooth.
  • Put the pork into a slow cooker, and pour the salsa verde over the top.
  • Place a couple of bay leaves on the top.
  • Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.
  • Serve with Mexican Rice and tortillas, along with lime wedges and hot sauce.