A little while ago, I did an article on roasting green chilies:
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/grilling-bbqing/hatch-green-chili-roasting/msg124549/#msg124549Now that I have 10 lbs of roasted green chilie in the freezer, its time to cook! I thought I would start with a staple; Green Chilie Stew
For ingredients, I cubed up 4 boneless pork chops, a couple of cups of chopped/roasted chilie, diced a medium onion, diced 6 cloves of garlic, and used a can of whole peeled tomatoes:
Bisbee gets the call.
For this cook, I used my new weber gourmet grill (courtesy of my buddy
@argentflame ), and dropped a lodge 6 quart dutch oven into the center. For heat, I used 1/2 chimney of KBB distributed around the outside of the charcoal grate (nothing directly under the dutch oven. I let the oven come up to temp and rendered some bacon fat:
I tossed the cubed pork with a light coating of flour/salt/pepper and browned it in batches:
I removed the pork and threw in the onion, garlic, green chilie, and tomatoes and let them deglaze the oven.
I added a couple of cups of chicken broth, salt, pepper, and a 1/4 cup of sugar. Placed the lid on the oven, and placed the lid on the kettle. Simmered the stew for an hour and a half, The kettle temp was 375 when I started and slowly dropped to 225 by the end:
At the end of the cook, I thickened the stew with some cornstarch dissolved in cold water, and re-seasoned the stew with salt and pepper:
The payoff:
I have to say this is one of the best batches of green that I have done. The heat is just right; not so hot that was unpleasant to eat, but hot enough that the heat lingered on my lips for a good hour after I was done with the bowl. This dish really makes me miss New Mexico. I'm going to have to learn to do soapapillas one day. A soapapilla dipped in honey would be a perfect side dish for this stew.
Winz