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Pork Chili Verde

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 # boneless pork shoulder cubed
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 1 onion diced
  • 4 poblano peppers roasted, skinned and diced – or 1.5 cups of chopped green chilies from a jar.
  • 2 jalapenos seeded & diced
  • ½ Tbsp Cumin
  • ½ Tbsp Dried Cilantro or Oregano
  • 1-2 tsp hot sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 # tomatillos husked and diced
  • 8 oz pale beer
  • 1 cube chicken bouillon
  • For serving: tortillas fresh cilantro, & limes; other options include avocado slices & oranges

Instructions
 

  • Start 24 coals, or start a fire to pull the coals from. You will need 3 batches of coals (about 1 per hour) to finish this dish.
  • Cube and season the pork with salt and pepper.
  • Cut the poblano’s in half and remove the seeds and the ribs. Roast over the fire or over a stove burner, and then remove the skins & the stems. Dice. This is the most authentic, but time-consuming part of the recipe. For camping, there’s no shame in using chopped green chilies from a jar.
  • Set the Dutch Oven over the coals, and add the oil & pork shoulder to brown, wait 3 minutes before turning to get a good sear.
  • When the pork is about half done, add the onions and poblanos.
  • Add the cumin, oregano, hot sauce and garlic, stir through and cook until fragrant.
  • Warm the beer in a sauce pan and dissolve the bouillon in the beer. Stir into the pork in the Dutch oven.
  • Add the diced tomatillos and stir through. Put the lid on the Dutch Oven and move 6 of the coals to the lid.
  • Cook for 3 hours, stirring occasionally and replacing coals as needed.
  • You can warm your tortillas just before serving, by heating them on a low stove burner or over the fire. Do each side for 10 seconds, twice; so heat, flip, heat, flip, heat, flip, heat and off.
  • Serve on warm tortillas, with lime and orange wedges, avocado and cilantro on the side.