Chili Verde Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, brown pork in oil; drain. Stir in the beans, soup, tomatoes, chiles, rice, water, salsa and cumin. , Pour into an ungreased 2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, until bubbly, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese; let stand 5 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with jalapeno slices. Freeze option: Sprinkle cheese over cooled unbaked casserole. Cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°. If desired, serve with jalapeno slices.

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.

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.

Steps:

• 1. Chile Verde: Cube pork into 1 inch cubes. Heat 2 tbls oil in a large pot over Med heat. Brown pork on all side.
• 2. To pot add garlic, cumin, oregano, bay leaf, bouillon cubes and water. Cover and cook for 1 hour.
• 3. Halve and deseed all peppers. Remove husks, wash and quarter tomatillos. Place on sheet pan, skin sides up and broil until skins start to blister and brown. I do all the peppers in one batch and then the tomatillos. Be careful not to burn.
• 4. Place all the tomatillos, peppers and the cilantro into the blender and puree.
• 5. Pour blender mixture into the pot with the pork and cook uncovered for an addtional hour stirring frequently.
• 6. When Pork mixture is finished cooking, preheat oven to 400 degrees F, grease the sides and bottom of a 13x9" pan and make the cornbread mixture.
• 7. Cornbread: In a med skillet cook minced onion, chorizo and minced jalapeno until chorizo is fully cooked on Med-High heat. Set aside
• 8. Mix together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt until well blended.
• 9. Mix together milk, eggs and oil. Add to the flour mixture, stirring until blended.
• 10. Add chorizo mixture to the cornbread batter and spread 3/4 of the mixture evenly over bottom of 13x9" pan.
• 11. Pour entire Chile Verde mixture into pan, spreading evenly to cover bottom cornbread layer.
• 12. Top Chile Verde mix with remaining cornbread mixture. I drop by rounded spoonfuls so you can see the Chile Verde.
• 13. Bake for 35 minutes, or until cornbread is a golden color.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Add 1 pound of pork; cook and stir until lightly browned. Remove and set aside. Repeat with remaining meat, adding more oil as needed. Return all of the meat to Dutch oven. , Sprinkle flour over meat; mix well. Add the chiles, cumin, salt, pepper, garlic, cilantro, salsa verde and broth. Cover and simmer until pork is tender and chili reaches desired consistency, about 1-1/2 hours. Serve with tortillas. Freeze option: Place individual portions of cooled chili in freezer containers and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Drain the chili peppers and slice. Brown the ground beef. Mix together the eggs, milk and flour.
• Layer 1/2 of the chilies in the prepared baking dish. Top with 1/2 of the beef, then 1/2 of the cheese. Spread the remaining chilies over the cheese, then the remaining beef. Pour the egg mixture evenly over all. Top with the remaining cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.