Authentic New Mexico Green Chile Stew Recipes

GREEN CHILE STEW

Steps:

• Cut pork chops into bite-size pieces.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, ground cumin, and pepper. Add pork to the bowl and mix to coat pork pieces.
• Peel and dice onion. Peel and mince garlic. Peel and dice green chile. Peel and cube potatoes.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onions and saute until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add in garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add in pork and continue cooking until pork starts to brown.
• Add chicken broth, scraping the bottom of the pan to get all of the brown bits. Add in green chile and potatoes.
• Simmer about 30 minutes, until pork is cooked through and potatoes are tender (but not falling apart). Season with salt, pepper, and cumin, to taste.

GREEN CHILE STEW

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy stock pot, heat the oil over medium-high temperature. When the top of the oil is shimmering, add half of the pork. Allow it to sit in the hot pan to develop a sear before stirring; allow to brown. Remove from pan to a plate. Repeat for the second half of the pork.
• Add the onions to the pan and sauté until softened (2-3 minutes). Add the garlic and stir together.
• Return the meat (and any accumulated juices on the plate) to the pan along with the chicken stock, potatoes, salt and green chilies. Bring to a boil, reduce temperature to allow stew to simmer. Simmer for 1 hour.
• Serve garnished with torn cilantro leaves, diced red pepper and a bit of grated cheese if desired.

NEW MEXICO GREEN CHILE STEW

Steps:

• Heat a large stock pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Brown ground beef.
• Add the onion and season with salt and pepper. Once you start to see some color on the onions and the beef is caramelizing on the bottom of the pan, add in the garlic, oregano and cilantro.
• Sprinkle the flour over the top of the mixture and stir for a few minutes.
• Add the potatoes and green chile.
• Add the water and bouillon. Stir and scrape the bottom of the pot until it feels smooth. This is to mix in all that caramelized goodness into the broth.
• Cover and simmer on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes or until potatoes are done.
• Stir in yogurt and garnish with shredded cheese if you like.

NEW MEXICO GREEN CHILE STEW

Steps:

• Place the beef tenderloin cubes, pork loin cubes, and masa harina in a plastic bag, and shake to coat the meat. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and cook and stir the meat cubes until evenly browned, about 10 minutes.
• Place the meat, red onion, tomatoes, green chile peppers, beef broth, cumin, potato, garlic, oregano, cilantro, cayenne pepper, salt and white pepper in a slow cooker. Cook on Low until the meat is tender, about 8 hours.

GREEN CHILE CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Season chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess. Brown chicken well on both sides, then remove and set aside.
• Add onions to pot, season lightly with salt and cook, stirring, until softened and beginning to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and cumin, and cook for 1 minute. Then add chopped chiles and chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Return chicken to pot; reduce heat to a brisk simmer, and cook, covered with lid ajar, for 30 minutes. Add potatoes and carrots and cook for 20 to 25 minutes more, until vegetables are soft but not falling apart.
• Skim fat from surface of sauce. Taste for seasoning and adjust salt. For a thicker sauce, add dissolved cornstarch and stir well. Cook for 1 minute more.
• Serve in deep wide soup plates with plenty of sauce. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Serve with warm tortillas and lime wedges.

AUTHENTIC NEW MEXICO GREEN CHILE STEW

Steps:

• Broil green chiles in the oven turning often to evenly darken skin making sure they don't burn.
• Remove from oven and cover with a dish cloth for 10 minutes to steam the skins off.
• While the chiles are resting, cube the meat, sprinkle with salt & pepper and brown with onions & garlic in oil in a large pot for 5 minutes.
• add jalepeno, broth, half a can of beer, spices.bring to a simmer.
• let simmer for 1 hour.
• Peel skin from chiles, chop and add to the pot (including the seeds).
• Let simmer for 30 minutes then add the tomatoes & potatoes (add a cup of hot water if needed).
• Simmer until potatoes are done.
• melt butter in a small skillet & add flour, cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly -- add to the pot.