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Hatch Chile Peppers
There comes a time each year, toward the end of summer when I know fall is growing closer. The weather is still warm, but starting to cool, and football is just around the corner. Each year this special shoulder season is started by the hatch chile release. On the West Coast there was an annual pilgrimage to the markets as they brought out the roasters, and people lined up to buy these special chiles by the box load. It seems that this trend is starting to catch on elsewhere as well. This year in the Kansas City area, I was pleased to see several stores offering Hatch Chile roasting. The store closest to me had a roasting event this year and sold out of over 250 pounds of Hatch peppers in 15 minutes.
I was lucky to be one of the last people to get my 20 pound box of peppers, and thus before the stores (and my wife) start to pumpkin spice everything, I get to begin my annual rite of Hatch peppering every food I can think of. Over the years, we have tried adding America’s best chile to everything and a number of those recipes are in the works for future posts (Mike I am still trying to get the wife to let me try that Hatch Chile Apple Pie recipe). Perhaps the most quintessential Hatch Chile recipe, however, is Hatch Chile Verde. Each year we like to try a different recipe for chile verde. The following recipe is a compilation of several of our favorites, with a few personal tweaks.
Preparing the Hatch Chile Verde
Cut the pork shoulder into 1/2-1 inch cubes, depending on preference. If you are unable to find a small pork butt, or want to decrease the recipe, you can also use pork steaks, which come from the shoulder.
Add 1/2 cup flour with 1 tablespoon of salt, in a large bowl. Then toss the meat chunks in the flour mixture.
Meanwhile, heat 1/4 cup canola oil in a dutch oven or large stock pot, over medium heat.
Without overcrowding, work in batches to fry the pork until just browned, about 5 minutes. Remove the pork to a paper towel lined bowl or pan.
Random Fact..did you know chili pepper was used to feed flamingos in zoos to keep them pink?
Next, add the sausage to the pan and cook until browned, then remove and transfer to the bowl/pan with the pork.
After removing the sausage, gently toast the spices, oregano, and pasilla for about 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Add the hatch and bell peppers, green onion, tomatillos, jalapenos, and onion and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
When the vegetables are softened, add the meats back to the pot, along with the chicken stock, and enchilada sauce. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer the hatch chile verde for about 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.
Serving Time
Serve the hatch chile verde piping hot with some fresh cilantro, some shredded cheese, and possibly a squeeze of lime.
Still have room for dessert? How about whipping up a fresh batch of Blackberry Slump.
The hatch chile verde also freezes well so don’t be afraid to make a big pot of it. We love to use leftovers to top the world’s best breakfast burritos.
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Hatch Chile Verde
Equipment
- Dutch oven or stock pot
Ingredients
- 2.5 pound Boneless Pork Shoulder cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 8 oz Breakfast Sausage
- 1/4 cup Canola Oil
- 1/2 cup Flour
- 1.5 Tab Cumin
- 1 Tab Smoked Serrano or Mild Hatch Chile Powder or other green chili powder
- 2 fresh Pasilla Peppers seeds and stem removed, diced
- 1/2 cup Green Onion diced
- 6 Tomatillos chopped
- 2 Yellow Onions diced
- 6 Mild Hatch Green Chiles Roasted, skin and seeds removed, diced
- 1 Hot Hatch Green Chile or Large Jalapeno Roasted, skin and seeds removed, diced
- 1 Green Bell Pepper seeds and stems removed, diced
- 2 cups Chicken Stock
- 10 oz Green Enchilada Sauce
- 1/2 cup Cilantro for topping and garnish coarsely chopped
- 1 tea Oregano preferably Mexican
Instructions
- Cut the pork shoulder into 1/2-1 inch cubes, depending on preference.
- In a large bowl, add 1/2 cup flour with 1 tablespoon of salt.
- Meanwhile, heat 1/4 cup canola oil over medium heat, in a dutch oven or large stock pot.
- Toss the pork chunks in the flour mixture, then in batches without overcrowding, fry the pork until just browned, about 5 minutes. Remove the pork to a paper towel lined bowl or pan.
- Add the sausage to the pan and cook until browned, then remove and transfer to the bowl/pan with the pork.
- Gently toast the spices, oregano, and pasilla for about 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add the hatch and bell peppers, green onion, tomatillos, jalapenos, and onion and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add the meats back to the pot, along with the chicken stock, and enchilada sauce. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for about 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.
- Serve in a bowl topped with cilantro or use as a topping for the worlds best breakfast burritos.
This sounds like a bowl of rich goodness. The herbs and spices with the sausage makes my mouth water. This is perfect for every season of the year. Never use hatch chile peppers before; seems like an interesting ingredient.
What a superb delicious looking recipe! Your photos are superb along with your detailed description for preparing. Will definitely try this out, even if we have to substitute some ingredients. Great Post! 🙂
Very interesting! I bet this would be awesome for Sunday game days in place of traditional chili. Looking forward to trying it
Always keen to try new recipes with lots of flavor and spice. This looks like a great meal to have while watching games or spending time with friends.
Love to have new ideas for spicy recipes!
Looks amazing, I remember seeing all sorts of signs and ads for hatch chiles while in Kansas. Thanks for sharing!
Never heard about this recipe, but it looks lovely. I love tex mex food.