Slow Cooker Pork Chile Verde
If you enjoy a no fuss slow cooker chile verde, this is the recipe for you! Use this same recipe for the chicken and the beef versions!
Servings 8 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 pounds pork shoulder or boneless pork steaks sliced into 1 inch cubes
- 2 teaspoons salt plus 1 tsp. separated
- 2 teaspoons black pepper plus 1 tsp. separated
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic plus 1 tsp. separated
- 2 teaspoons cumin plus 1 tsp. separated
- ¼ cup grapeseed or Olive oil
- 4 cups Salsa Verde see link in the notes part
- 3 cups roasted green chiles, chopped 24 oz, canned or 8 Anaheim peppers roasted
- 1 cup white onion diced
- 2 jalapeños minced
- 1/3 cup cilantro chopped fine
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Mexican oregano
- 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespooons cold water
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine the 2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. pepper, 2 tsp. granulated garlic and 2 tsp. cumin. Mix well. Set aside.
- After slicing the pork, season all over with the spice blend you mixed. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- In a large skillet, add ¼ cup of canola oil and preheat for 3-4 minutes.
- While oil preheats, to the slow cooker, add the salsa verde, green chiles, onion, jalapeños, cilantro and reserved spices. Turn heat to high.
- Once oil is hot, brown and sear the pork, in batches, and transfer to the slow cooker until it's all the meat is done browning.
- Stir all the ingredients in the slow cooker until well combined. Cover and cook on high for 5 hours.
- After 5 hours, mix the cornstarch with the cold water until it's smooth. While stirring the chile verde, pour in the cornstarch slurry and the Mexican oregano. Stir well, cover once again and continue cooking on high for 1 more hour.
- Serve with rice, beans and warm tortillas.
Notes
The pork can be substituted for chuck roast or boneless chicken thighs. The beef will take the same time as pork to cook. The chicken cooks in 5 hours total time compared to the pork version. If you are roasting your own Anaheim or Hatch green chiles, make sure you remove the stems, seeds and veins before you add them to the recipe.
Tomatillo "Salsa Verde" Recipes. Choose a basic salsa verde for this recipe
https://pinaenlacocina.com/2016/06/16/tomatillo-salsa-recipes/