Green-Chile Stew

6 - 8 fresh long green chiles, roasted, peeled, seeds removed
and cut into coarse chunks (note 1)
1 medium onion, chopped fine
3 to 5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp cumin
1 lb lean pork, cut into 1" cubes
Juice of 1/2 lime
Up to 1-1/2 cups chicken stock
Salt, black pepper, and hot green chiles to taste (see note 2)
1 tblsp olive oil

Heat Dutch oven or medium saucepan over high. Saute onion, garlic,
oregano and cumin until onion is clear. Add green chiles, saute and
stir. Add pork cubes and stir to seize all sides of the pork; add lime
juice and mix.
Now add chicken stock, stopping when most of the pork cubes are covered
with liquid. Stir well, reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and set the
timer for 30 minutes. Check occasionally to make sure the stuff isn't
scorching on the bottom. When the timer goes off, check the consistency
and either add more stock if it's gotten thicker/drier than you like it,
or raise the heat and cook uncovered to thicken if it's too runny. Add
salt and black pepper now.
Serve with fresh corn tortillas, a pepper-garlic-onion garnish I'll
describe shortly, and lots of cold beer, horchata, or jamaica. You can
also serve this with sour cream, which is nice.

Garnish:
I've taken to chopping up fresh chiles to make my own food hotter, since
the kids max out at Anaheim chiles. My base mild mix is to cut up an
ancho or poblano chile (the dark green glossy ones, triangular and
medium-pungent) into 1/4" dice, as well as about a quarter of an onion
and a clove of garlic. Add a little olive oil and some dried oregano,
stir well and salt to taste. Sprinkle this on the chile verde, roll it
up in your tortillas, use it in omelettes or even on Texas-style chili.

Notes:
1. Long green chiles: if you can't find them fresh, you can use canned
but the taste will be slightly different; the canned variety add lots of
citric acid as a preservative. You might want to cut down on the lime
in that event. I used fresh Anaheim chiles from my garden last year,
and will do so again this year as the Anaheim is producing earliest
(four chiles!) but I'm anxious for my New Mexico varieties to get going.
The original poster is in the center of the universe for this stuff,
though, and frankly you'd probably get better recipes asking your
co-workers, fellow students, or the janitorial staff there than the net;
if you do, please post it! :-)

2. Hot chiles: The Anaheims are pretty mild. Some people like to add
jalapenos to this, but I preferred the serranos when we had the pepper
garden last year. I liked six Anaheims and six serranos when it was
just for me and Kim, but the girls wouldn't touch it, which is why I
started making the garnish. You can also garnish with chopped fresh
cilantro or epazote if you can find it; we're growing that and I love it
so far, it's like a cross between cilantro and sorrel in flavor.


Gail
Lindale, Texas
I buy cookbooks!


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