Chile Verde

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Chicken or Pork Loin or Butt
  • 1.5 lbs tomatillos
  • 2 green bell peppers
  • 2 jalepenos
  • 2 serranos
  • 2 yellow chile peppers
  • 1 large white onion
  • 2 tbsp crushed garlic
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Tools

  • One large dutch oven or instant pot
  • One large stockpot
  • Blender
  • Strainer (optional)

Method

  • An alternative to making this sauce is to make a batch of my Picante Verde and use that
  • Chop your meat into 1″ cubes, season with salt and pepper
  • Brown the meat in your dutch oven or another pan in batches.
  • If you are using the dutch oven, remove one batch and set aside in a bowl, if you are using another pan, put all cooked meat into your dutch oven or instant pot
  • While browning your meat, cut the onion and peppers in half, deseed your peppers, and peel your tomatillos
  • Boil all of your vegetables in the large stockpot until tomatillos are done (about 8 minutes of a rolling boil)
  • Take all of the vegetables and place in blender, add in ~1tbsp of salt as well as the 2 tbsp of crushed garlic to the blender
  • Blend until smooth, this may take a few batches
  • Optionally, strain your sauce mixture to remove seeds. This does not impact flavor as much as appearance and I hardly ever do it
  • Add the sauce to your meat. If using instant pot, put on stew setting for 1.5 hours. If using dutch oven, cook on low for at least 3 hours
  • Serve over rice and our homemade beans, or put in burritos or even over scrambled eggs

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