Green chile with pork

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  • Number of Servings: 15
Ingredients
Pork, fresh, composite of trimmed retail cuts (leg, loin, and shoulder), separable lean only, cooked, 5.5 lbs. *Whole Wheat Flour, 3tbsp*Crisco Pure Vegetable Oil, 5 tbsp Onions, raw, 3 large, dicedSalt, 1 tsp Pepper, black, 1 tsp Tomatillos, 3lbs, husked, cored and quarteredCinnamon Stick, 1 Oregano, ground, 1 tbsp Ground Cumin, 1 tbsp*Sprite, 16 ozChicken Broth6 poblano chiles, halved, seeded and sliced into half inch strips Yellow Peppers (bell peppers), 2 pepper, large (3-3/4" long, 3" dia) seeded and cut into 1 inch squaresCilantro 1 cup fresh, chopped3 tsp. grated orange zest
Directions
Season pork with salt and pepper; dust with flour. Heat 4 tablespoons oil, brown pork in batches, transferring pork to bowl when browned. Heat remaining oil in pot, add onion, sauté 3-4 minutes, until soft. Stir in garlic and sauté one minute more. Add tomatillos, cumin, oregano, cinnamon and pork. Add sprite and broth, bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer, partially covered, 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add chiles and yellow peppers, simmer partially covered for 30-45 minutes more, until Chiles are tender. Discard cinnamon stick. Stir in cilantro and orange zest. Serve.

Serving Size: makes 15-2cup servings

Number of Servings: 15

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JUJUELLIOTT.

Servings Per Recipe: 15
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 480.4
  • Total Fat: 22.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 144.2 mg
  • Sodium: 991.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 18.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
  • Protein: 50.7 g

Member Reviews
  • CD3431501
    We love this I added green onion and red bell pepper and beef kalbasa my husband bragged about how good it was on facebook so you know it was good. - 8/1/11