Award-Winning Chile Verde
Pork, roasted tomatillos, and chiles stewed to perfection!
Ingredients
2 pounds boneless pork shoulder cut into 1 inch cubes
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound tomatillos
1 poblano pepper
1 jalapeño pepper
1 white onion
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 small bunch cilantro
1 cup low sodium chicken broth
3 tablespoons sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. 
- Blot pork with paper towels so it’s completely dry. Season pork with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Heat vegetable oil over medium high (it should be shimmering and very hot). Sear pork on all sides. Pork cubes shouldn’t be touching as they sear - sear in batches if needed. Remove seared pork and place on a plate. Drain off oil from the pot. 
- Remove paper husks from tomatillos, rinse, and dry. Cut onion in half and remove skin. Place tomatillos, onion halves, poblano pepper and jalapeño pepper on a parchment lined baking sheet. Coat in olive oil and season with 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Roast for 30 minutes. Allow to cool and remove stem and seeds from poblano and jalapeño. 
- Place all roasted vegetables in a blender with the garlic, chicken stock, and cilantro and blend for about a minute (to desired chunkiness). 
- Add blended mixture to pot over medium low. Slide in seared pork and any juice that accumulated while the meat was cooling. Simmer for 2 1/2-3 hours until pork is completely tender. 
- Turn off heat and slowly mix in sour cream. 

Award-Winning Chile Verde
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Blot pork with paper towels so it’s completely dry. Season pork with 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Heat vegetable oil over medium high (it should be shimmering and very hot). Sear pork on all sides. Pork cubes shouldn’t be touching as they sear - sear in batches if needed. Remove seared pork and place on a plate. Drain off oil from the pot.
- Remove paper husks from tomatillos, rinse, and dry. Cut onion in half and remove skin. Place tomatillos, onion halves, poblano pepper and jalapeño pepper on a parchment lined baking sheet. Coat in olive oil and season with 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Roast for 30 minutes. Allow to cool and remove stem and seeds from poblano and jalapeño.
- Place all roasted vegetables in a blender with the garlic, chicken stock, and cilantro and blend for about a minute (to desired chunkiness).
- Add blended mixture to pot over medium low. Slide in seared pork and any juice that accumulated while the meat was cooling. Simmer for 2 1/2-3 hours until pork is completely tender.
- Turn off heat and slowly mix in sour cream.
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