Crystals Chile Verde Recipes

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:

• Peel and crush the roasted Anaheim chiles; set aside.
• Remove the fat from the pork shoulder and cut the fat into small pieces. In a large pan over medium-high heat, fry the fat until crisp, 4 or 5 minutes, and then remove the chunks of fat from the pan.
• Sweat the onions and garlic in the same saute pan, cooking them in the residual pork fat. Cut the pork shoulder into 1/4-inch pieces and add them to the pan and saute until browned. Add the bay leaves, oregano, tomatoes, and Anaheim chiles. Simmer over low heat for about 25 minutes. Add the water, chicken base, and salt, to taste. Bring to a boil and then cover and simmer for 2 hours or until tender.
• Slowly add the flour in small amounts, until the mixture has reached your desired thickness; do not exceed 1/4 cup flour. If desired, return the crispy fat to the mixture to add additional pork flavor. Serve in bowls and garnish with fresh cilantro leaves.

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• brown ground beef over medium heat, drain off fat. using fork crumble the beef into pea-size pieces, combine the beef plus all the remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer over low heat. cook, stirring every 15 minutes for 2-3 hours.

Steps:

• Mix all seasonings together in small bowl (except Salsa Verde).
• Mix Beef Boulion with water and pour in crock pot first.
• Rub meat with seasoning, place in crock pot, (for best results, I rub meat with seasoning the night before, let it sit in refrig to marinate).
• Cover and set on 6-8 hours. (Usually cooked within 6 hours).
• one hour before serving, drain pork drippings out leaving about 1/2 cup with meat. Pour Salsa Verde on top and stir to break up meat. Continue to cook. Just before serving I add a cornstarch slurry to thicken it up. (1 tblsp cornstarch, 1 tbls water).
• Serve with Spanish rice (Recipe #282467)and beans and enjoy!

Steps:

• To make the salsa verde: Put the tomatillos, chile, onion, and garlic in a medium pot and add water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the vegetables are soft and the tomatillos turn pale green, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
• Carefully transfer the boiled vegetables, along with the cooking water, to a blender. Puree for a few seconds to blend; be sure to hold down the lid with a kitchen towel for safety. Add the 1/2 bay leaf, oregano, thyme, salt, and broth. Continue to puree until smooth. You should have about 1 quart of salsa verde.
• Place a wide pot or pan over medium-high heat and coat with the corn oil. When the oil is hazy, pour in the salsa verde; it will bubble a bit. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is slightly thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Cover, reduce the heat to very low, and keep warm while you finish the chips.
• Pour the vegetable oil into a heavy-bottomed pot or countertop deep fryer to a depth of about 2 inches and heat to 375°F over medium-high heat. Stack the tortillas and fan them with your thumb to separate. Cut the tortillas into 8 wedges like a pie.
• Working in batches, fry the tortilla chips, turning them with a skimmer or slotted spoon so they don't stick together, until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the chips to a paper towel-lined baking pan or brown paper bag to drain and cool. (Let the oil return to the proper temperature between batches.)
• To finish the chilaquiles, uncover the salsa verde and raise the heat to medium. Just when it starts to bubble, stir in the beaten eggs. Cook and stir for about 5 seconds, until the egg feathers into the sauce, thickening and binding it. Immediately add the chips, tossing gently until they have absorbed enough sauce to become soft. Take care not to break the chips. Sprinkle the Jack cheese on top and let it melt.
• Divide the chilaquiles among 4 plates. Sprinkle with the queso fresco, chopped onion, and cilantro. Garnish with the crema fresca and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Cut meat into 2 inch pieces
• In a large stock pot or hot crockpot put oil, garlic and onion cook until lightly browned then add enough of the meat to cover bottom and brown the meat on all sides. Remove and do remaining meat as well.
• Return meat to pot after browned and put enough water to JUST cover the meat you do not want a lot of water in the pot.
• In a small frying pan fry the jalapeño until skin is lightly blackened on all sides then wrap in a cold hand towel to sweat the skin. I usually wet a wash cloth and put it in the freezer when I begin frying the jalapeños.
• In a small pot boil the tomatillos for about 20 minutes or until they are very soft, almost watery feeling. The skin should just slide off.
• Remove the skin of the jalapeño and slice open removing the seeds and top. Smash in a mortar stone or in a blender or food processor until it becomes a paste.
• Repeat these steps for the tomatillos, I usually just squish them by hand into the pot since they are so soft after you remove the filmy skin. Only put in the softest parts.
• Add jalapeño and tomatillo to pot. Also add cumin, salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook on medium heat about 4 to 6 hours or in a crock pot.
• Once meat is soft and shreds easily make a thin paste from the flour and pour it into the pot and gently mix into the juices. This will thicken the juices into a thin gravy.
• You can serve this with red rice and refried beans or in burritos with mozzarella cheese.