Slow Cooker Chili Verde
Chili verde is a delicious variation on tomato based chili. This great recipe is easy to make in a slow cooker and makes a delicious burrito topping or filling.
Cooking MethodSlow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 bell pepper, green, coarsely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 ounces green chile, canned diced
- 1 jalapeno, diced (optional)
- 7 tomatillos
- 2 pounds pork, lean, trimmed and cubed
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 2 teaspoons sage
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup beer
Instructions
- Sauté one onion and one green pepper with three or four cloves of garlic in olive oil. Throw into the slow cooker. Also add a small can of diced green chiles.
- Depending on your propensity for spicy food, you may add from one to three jalapenos.
- Add tomatillos in the pot. Peel off the husk and coarsely chop.
- Take pork and brown in the pan that you sauteed the onion, etc. in. Add into the pot.
- Grind up in my mortar oregano, some dried red chile peppers, sage, and cumin seed and black pepper. Add to slow cooker.
- Simmer for 2 hours or allow to cook all day in slow cooker.
- Serve in bowls, with hot flour tortillas, salsa, and cilantro. You can also add sour cream, grated cheese, olives, pickled carrots or jalapenos.
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