Originating in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, Chile Verde is a hearty and flavorful stew typically prepared with chunks of stewed pork, roasted tomatillos, onions, and a variety of zesty peppers in a succulent green sauce. While pork is the traditional meat of choice, this versatile dish can also be made with chicken, beef, or even tofu for a vegetarian option. Chile Verde is commonly served alongside warm corn tortillas, rice, or beans, making it a perfect meal for any occasion. In this comprehensive guide, we present a collection of delectable Chile Verde recipes, each offering unique twists and variations on this classic dish. From traditional pork Chile Verde to creative vegetarian versions, our recipes cater to diverse preferences and dietary restrictions. Explore the vibrant flavors and aromas of Mexican cuisine as you embark on a culinary journey with our Chile Verde recipes.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
COLORADO GREEN CHILI (CHILE VERDE)
My version of my mother's green chili. I like to serve it over oven-baked burritos or with beans and rice. If you can't find a chile roaster, look for frozen diced chiles at your supermarket. You can also freeze fresh roasted chiles for off-season use.
Provided by ROSIE55
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes
Time 1h35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Season the pork with salt and pepper to taste, then place into the hot oil. Cook until golden brown on all sides, about 7 minutes. Once browned, remove the pork and set aside. Reduce heat to medium, and stir in the onion and garlic. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Return the pork to the pot, and stir in the green chiles, diced tomatoes with juice, tomatillo salsa, and chicken broth. Season with oregano and clove. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, remove 2 cups of the soup (ensure there are no pork cubes in it), and pour into a blender. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree until smooth, then pour back into the cooking pot. This will create a thicker texture for your chili and will eliminate some of the chunky bits of chiles. Continue to simmer, stirring occasionally until the pork is very tender, at least 35 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 323 calories, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 67.9 mg, Fat 19.2 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 23.1 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 887.8 mg, Sugar 6.3 g
PERUVIAN GREEN CHILE SAUCE (AJI VERDE)
This is one of my favorite dips for bread. I also use it as a condiment for grilled steaks and pork chops. It's smooth, spicy, and very addictive! If you want even more spice, add additional jalapeno peppers.
Provided by t-licious
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Dips and Spreads Recipes
Time 10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine olive oil, cilantro, jalapenos, mayonnaise, and garlic in a blender and puree. Slowly add as little water as needed to create a smooth, creamy consistency. Season with white wine vinegar and salt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 151.4 calories, Carbohydrate 1.4 g, Cholesterol 3.5 mg, Fat 16.4 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 0.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 82.9 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
BRAISED PORK WITH GREEN CHILE SAUCE OF CHILE VERDE
My DD makes this chile verde whenever we get together for Mexican dinners. It is a family favorite. The recipe is from a Sunset Mexican Cookbook,from 1977. Mild canned California green chiles season this meaty pork stew. Serve it with rice or as a burrito filling. For Burritos, spoon pork into warm, soft flour tortillas, add sour cream, tomato wedges, and a squeeze of lime juice and fold to enclose. We also serve this Chile Verde with Tamales. This chile Verde is also good served with scrambled eggs, Enjoy!
Provided by Barb G.
Categories Stew
Time 2h
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Trim and discard fat and cut pork in 1-inch cubes.
- In a large frying pan, heat oil over mediun-high heat; add meat a few cubes at a time and cook until very brown.
- Push meat to side of pan and add onion, garlic and bell peppers; saute until limp.
- Stir in chiles, oregano, cumin, salt, cilantro, vinegar, and water.
- Cover and simmer until meat is fork tender(about 1 hour).
- Skim off fat & discard.
- Serve with rice or make burritos or serve in your favorite way.
EASY CHILE VERDE (GREEN CHILE PORK STEW)
My favorite chili is chile verde. I just love the taste of the green chiles. This is an easier version than many for this stew and is ideal for the crockpot! Recipe is from a book of favorite crockpot recipes.
Provided by Lorraine of AZ
Time 8h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a 3-1/2 quart crockpot, combine the pork, potatoes, onions, green chiles, and corn kernels.
- In a bowl, combine the sugar, cumin or chili powder, oregano and salsa verde. Mix well to combine and pour over contents of crockpot. Mix entire contents by stirring gently.
- Cover crockpot and cook until tender on LO heat for 6-8 hours. Or cook on HI heat for 4-5 hours.
- Serve stew over hot cooked rice and garnish with chopped cilantro.
CHILE VERDE (GREEN CHILI WITH PORK) RECIPE - (4/5)
Provided by mkuchel
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Simmer roast in a large pan until meat is tender and removes from the bone easily. (You can also use diced pork, or pork cube steaks (cut to bite size pieces), browned in the pot with the onion and garlic before adding the rest of the ingredients). Cool meat enough to handle. Cube cooked pork into bite size pieces. Process 1/2 of the green chilies until smooth. In the same large pan, heat oil. Add onions and garlic; sauté until tender but not brown. Stir flour into the onion, garlic and fat until flour absorbs the oil or fat. Add broth. Cook and stir until mixture comes to boil and is slightly thickened. Add cubed meat, drained tomatoes, chopped tomatillos, all of the green chilies and jalapeños. Add the spices a little at a time until you get the taste you like, bringing to a simmer before each addition. Simmer for at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pan. If you want more of a stew type chili, add cubed potatoes 20 minutes before serving; serve with warm tortillas. Serve over burritos and garnish with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
SLOW COOKER CHILE VERDE (GREEN CHILE)
Good for burritos; use flour tortillas and sour cream. If you want it less spicy, add less jalapeno pepper.
Provided by Alison Bradley-Carver
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 6h30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Spread flour into a shallow bowl. Dredge pork cubes in flour to coat.
- Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Add pork; cook and stir until pork is browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Transfer pork-and-onion mixture to a slow cooker. Stir salsa verde, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, diced jalapeno peppers, diced green chiles, garlic, oregano, and cumin into the pork mixture.
- Cook on Low for 6 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 505.3 calories, Carbohydrate 25.5 g, Cholesterol 112.8 mg, Fat 26.8 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 36.7 g, SaturatedFat 8.5 g, Sodium 989.3 mg, Sugar 5.9 g
NEW MEXICO GREEN CHILE SAUCE/CHILE VERDE
Steps:
- Place all ingredients except the vegetable oil and flour, in a large saucepan over medium heat. Simmer uncovered, until juice has thickened and is opaque, 20-30 min. Stir occasionally, taking care that the chiles do not burn or stick to the bottom of the pan. In a small bowl, whisk together the oil and flour until smooth and well blended, to form the base for a roux. Place in a saucepan over medium-high heat until hot and bubbling. Reducer the heat to low and whisk constantly until roux is slightly brown and has a nutty flavor. Remove from heat. Add 1/2 c of the green chile mixture to the roux and whisk thoroughly until smooth. Add the roux to the remaining chile mixture and cook over low heat untl the sauce thickens and the flour taste disappears (about 15 min) Add salt to taste. Cool , coer and store in non reactive container in refry until needed up to 4 days. Check that it does not sour. Can be frozen up to 2 mo. To serve, reheat over low heat. VARIATION : CHILE VERDE Prepare sauce as directed. Cut 1 lb pork shoulder in half and trim off fat. Place pork in a saucepan with 2 white onions, quartered, 1.5 t. salt, 2 t cumin seeds, 2 t dried Mexican oregano, 12 whole black peppercorns, and water to cover about 8 cups. Cover and simmer over low heat uti meat is tender, about 1 hr. Drain,and with two opposing forks , shred the meat into long strings, Chop the shredded meat with a cleaver into 1/2 inch lengths and stir into prepared green chile sauce.
PALO VERDE'S GREEN CHILE CORNBREAD
Not just another corn bread recipe. This recipe comes from The Boulder's, a 5 star resort in Scottsdale, Arizona
Provided by Galley Wench
Categories Breads
Time 1h15m
Yield 9 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degree f.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs slowly, one at a time.
- Add chiles, corn and cheese, mixing well to incorporate.
- Sift together dry ingredients, then add and mix until smooth.
- Pour into well-buttered, square 9 inch pan and bake about 1 hour.
GREEN CHILE (CHILE VERDE)
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine pork butt, salt and 2 cups water in an 8-quart stockpot over high heat and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook until pork is tender, 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine garlic cloves, serranos, cumin, black peppercorns, onion quarters, the chopped Anaheims and 2 cups water in a blender. Blend well until mixture is liquid, then slowly add cilantro. Continue to blend until mixture is completely liquid, then add mixture to stockpot (at whatever point the stockpot is at). Bring stockpot back to a boil, then, reduce heat back to a simmer.
- Combine tomatillos and 1 cup water in blender and blend well until mixture becomes liquid, about 5 minutes. Add to stockpot and bring mixture to a boil again, then reduce the heat to medium.
- Preheat the broiler.
- Roast remaining whole Anaheim peppers in broiler, turning occasionally, until charred. Remove skin under cool running water and slice thin. Add to the stockpot in the last 30 minutes of cooking time.
PAPAS CON CHILE VERDE (POTATOES WITH GREEN CHILE) FOR TWO
OK, tonight you have hamburgers or hot dogs and want a simple side dish. DO this--an authentic Mexican dish--and so tasty!
Provided by STARTERWIFE
Categories Vegetable
Time 15m
Yield 3 cups, 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Heat oil in pan, peel and slice potatoes.
- Add potatoes to pan; cover and cook on medium till done, about 10 minutes.
- Add diced chilies; stir.
- Serve warm.
CHILE VERDE CON CERDO (GREEN CHILI WITH PORK) RECIPE - (4/5)
Provided by gstark
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Directions:Prep Time: 1 hr Total Time: 1/2 day 1 Simmer roast in a large pan until meat is tender and removes from the bone easily. (You can also use diced pork, or pork cube steaks (cut to bite size pieces), browned in the pot with the onion and garlic before adding the rest of the ingredients). 2 Cool meat enough to handle. 3 Cube cooked pork into bite size pieces. 4 Process 1/2 of the green chilies until smooth. 5 In the same large pan, melt the lard or bacon grease (or heat oil). 6 Add onions and garlic; sauté until tender but not brown. 7 Stir flour into the onion, garlic and fat until flour absorbs the oil or fat. 8 Add broth or water. 9 Cook and stir until mixture comes to boil and is slightly thickened. 10 Add cubed meat, drained tomatoes, chopped tomatillos, all of the green chilies and jalapeños if desired (taste first). 11 Add the spices a little at a time until you get the taste you like, bringing to a simmer before each addition. 12 Simmer for at least 1 hour (longer if you can afford the time), stirring occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pan. 13 If you want more of a stew type chili, add cubed potatoes 20 minutes before serving; serve with warm tortillas. 14 Serve over burritos and garnish with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream. 15 Leave pork out for a vegetarian green chili sauce.
SPICY GREEN CHILE VERDE PORK
A Z'Tejas-inspired dish that will make your lips tingle! Serve it with warmed flour tortillas and plenty of sour cream which offsets and compliments the spiciness of this delicious chile verde.
Provided by Debs Recipes
Categories Stew
Time 2h15m
Yield 5 cups, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Place pork, onions, salt, pepper, cumin, and bay leaves into a large braising pan; cover with water; gently simmer over medium-heat 1 1/2 hours or until pork is tender; drain liquid from pork; remove bay leaves; trim pork into 1/2" pieces.
- NOTE: A portion of the pork may be cooled and frozen at this point, then used for making carnitas later on.
- Wipe braising pan dry; pour in vegetable oil and heat until oil almost smokes; brown pork in oil, stirring occasionally, for approximately 15 minutes.
- While pork is still cooking, prepare the sauce: Remove most of the membranes and most of the seeds from the jalapeno peppers; bring chicken stock to boil in medium saucepan; add tomatillos, jalapenos, and garlic cloves and boil 3 minutes; pour hot contents of saucepan into blender; puree.
- Pour sauce over browned pork; simmer 15 minutes over low heat; thicken, if desired, with a slurry of 3 tablespoons masa harina shaken with 1/4 cup water until smooth.
- NOTE: You may make your chile verde as spicy or as mild as you like by simply increasing or decreasing the amount of jalapeno pepper seeds and membranes included in the sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 292.8, Fat 16.6, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 87.1, Sodium 437.5, Carbohydrate 5, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 2.8, Protein 29.6
COSTILLAS VERDE (RIBS IN GREEN CHILE)
Simple basic fare; ribs smothered in Green Chile with potatoes. Easy to put in the crock pot and forget. The longer it cooks, the better it tastes. I first stumbled on this recipe in one of the local Mexican eateries, and just had to figure out how to make it at home. Make plenty; it tastes even better the second day. Pork chops or country style ribs may be substituted for pork short ribs, if desired. Buttered corn is a good vegetable to serve with this.
Provided by Jimbocous
Categories Pork
Time 4h20m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Remove excess fat from ribs as required. Cut rack of ribs only as needed to fit in large pot. Bring to boil and then fast simmer slabs of ribs in water, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, for 30-45 minutes. As ribs are boiling, place green chile in slow cooker. Heat to just bubbling, but do not allow to come to a boil.
- Remove ribs from boiling water, and slice into individual ribs. Arrange ribs in slow cooker, then place raw potato cubes on top, ensuring that ribs and potatoes are fully submerged in green chile.
- Simmer until potatoes are fully cooked, 2-3 hours. If the Green Chile gets too thin, thicken with a little Corn Starch.
- With slotted spoon, remove potatoes from cooker to plates, top each serving with shredded cheddar and place under broiler just long enough to melt the cheese.
- Arrange ribs on plates, and cover with ladled green chile. Serve with warmed tortilla to sop up the good stuff.
EASY GREEN CHILIE ( CHILE VERDE) OAMC
I love, love, love green chilies! This is my simple and GREAT tasting green chilie. I use ingredients that most everyone should be able to find in their hometown grocery stores. You can use this in so many different dishes. I like to eat is as just a soup on cold days. I also freeze any left overs to use in any Mexican dish that calls for salsa. Great over pork or chicken enchiladas, chimichangas, or you can melt with cheese to make a great dip. I do not use any oil in this recipe and you never even miss it.
Provided by Huskergirl
Categories Mexican
Time 1h15m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a non stick soup pot cook pork pieces, until browned.
- Add onions cook until start to turns transparent.
- Dice green chilies put half in soup pot and 1/2 in blender.
- Add jalapeno and water.
- Blend until smooth add back to pot.
- Add tomatoes, chicken stock and seasonings.
- Cook over med low heat for 1 hour. If soup starts to thicken up add more water or stock.
CHILI VERDE (GREEN CHILE)
This recipe is from La Bola Restaurant, Denver, CO. It is published in the Colorado Cache Cookbook from 1981. Don't eat dry burritos! This "gravy" is wonderful to smother burritos, rellenos, or just dip tortillas or chips into. I have been making this recipe since 1981.
Provided by Bonnie Porter
Categories Gravies
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Cut pork into 1/2 inch squares and with the pork bones fry over low heat until brown and the meat is slightly dry. If pork is very fat, pour off all but 4 or 5 Tbsp. of the grease.
- 2. Using a colander, strain tomatoes into an 8-quart saucepan and coursely chop tomatoes. Combine tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic, hot water and cooked pork and bones in the same saucepan. Bring to rapid boil and continue boiling for 20 minutes. Add spices, chopped jalapenos and chopped chili strips. Continue boiling another 20 minutes.
- 3. Finish by cooking on medium heat until desired thickness, usually about another 20 minutes. Remove bones and green chili is ready to serve.
- 4. NOTE: May be kept refrigerated for a week or frozen for 3 months. Use to cover burritos, chili rellenos and most anything. Melt an equal amount of grated sharp Cheddar cheese and green chili for a chili con queso dip.
Tips
- Choose the right chiles: For a milder flavor, use poblano or Anaheim chiles. For a spicier flavor, use serrano or jalapeño chiles.
- Roast the chiles: Roasting the chiles brings out their flavor and makes them easier to peel.
- Remove the stems and seeds: The stems and seeds of the chiles are bitter, so it's important to remove them before cooking.
- Use a blender to puree the chiles: A blender is the easiest way to puree the chiles.
- Add a little bit of liquid: When you're pureeing the chiles, add a little bit of water or broth to help them blend smoothly.
- Season to taste: Add salt, pepper, and any other spices to taste.
- Serve with your favorite toppings: Chile verde can be served with a variety of toppings, such as sour cream, guacamole, and salsa.
Conclusion
Chile verde is a delicious and versatile dish that can be made with a variety of ingredients. It's a great way to use up leftover pork or chicken, and it's also a great dish to serve at parties or potlucks. Whether you like your chile verde mild or spicy, there's a recipe out there that's perfect for you. So next time you're looking for a delicious and easy meal, give chile verde a try.
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