Chili Verde
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 376.2
- Total Fat: 19.6 g
- Cholesterol: 59.0 mg
- Sodium: 317.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 25.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
- Protein: 18.7 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Chili Verde calories by ingredient
Introduction
It isn't green, so I've been asked why I call it Chili Verde... until they taste it. You can always spice it up, with either medium or spicey green chilies or other types of spices, but this is a family favorite. Even my picky eater (ds) loves it! It isn't green, so I've been asked why I call it Chili Verde... until they taste it. You can always spice it up, with either medium or spicey green chilies or other types of spices, but this is a family favorite. Even my picky eater (ds) loves it!Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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Pork Roast (Left Overs from a Crock Pot Roast is the best) shredded or diced (we prefer shredded).
Diced Tomatoes (no salt added preferred)
Green Chili Peppers (mild or medium, lowest sodium content available)
ColbyJack Shredded Cheese (or cheddar mix if you like)
Bell Peppers, we usually use green and red, and a yellow one if there's one available in the garden.
Mushrooms (finely chopped so the picky eaters don't notice.
Fresh Tomatoes (dont bother peeling or seeding them, just dice and go)
Tomatillo (I dice em and fry them up with onions and garlic)
Onion, 1 med, diced. Doesn't matter, yellow, white, red, what ever your preference is. Again it is usually w hat ever comes out of the garden or is already on the shelf.
Flour Tortillas
Salsa or Picante Sauce
Sour Creme
Tips
This is a real yummy/easy recipe, and you can shred chicken as your meat if you want to just change it up a bit. My family loves it both ways!! You can even make it a little healthier with small modifications (low fat cheese, low or no fat sour creme, etc).
If I use pork I call it Chili Verde and if I use chicken I call 'em Chicken Enchalalas.
Let me know what you think and how you changed it up for your family!
Directions
This is a left over pork roast recipe from a crock pot meal. I shred it and put it in a pot with water, I like it to boil down, so I am generous with the water. I season it with what ever is handy, usually garlic, ground pepper, cummin, sometimes montreal steak seasoning (reduced salt of course), chili powder and what ever else hits the mood, cayene peppers, etc.
Add the canned tomatoes, green chilis, fried tomatillos (or fresh is ok), onions, peppers, heck you can throw in diced or shredded zucchini if you like (I've been known to sneak the whole vegetable bin in there when no one is looking).
Boil at a low roll, until it reduces down to a stewy consistency. I tend to put it on med-med/hi and just stir it every so often to make sure it isn't sticking to the pan. (Leave the lid off so everyone can smell it cooking!
I add the fresh tomatoes after the pot is off off to cool, they keep some texture that way.
Let it cool long enough to be able to handle while you fill your tortillas and roll them without melting your fingertips.
I like to microwave the tortillas two at a time for 20-30 seconds to make them roll easier. Don't over fill your tortilla so much that you can't roll it, and leave enough room to top it before rolling with a small amount of cheese (1/2 - 1 TBSP each or so).
Coat a lasanga dish with a small amount of the juice left in the meat mixture so the tortillas don't stick too bad to the dish (or use a light coat of olive oil).
Lay your burritos side by side and then coat with a little of the meat mixture and then top with the rest of the cheese.
Tent a piece of foil over the top (to allow it to vent) and cook in the oven for 45-55 min at 350. I like to take the foil off for the last 10 minutes or so to finish off the cheese.
Serve with your favorite salsa and sour creme if you like. I also like to add tortilla chips to the mix to catch anything that falls off the fork.
Serving Size: Makes dinner for 8 servings or better depending on how big you make the burritos (enchiladas, what ever you want to call them). One dinner to eat and one to freeze for later if it suits you. It really stretches out a pork roast!
Instead of using all of the mix to make more burritos, we've been known to use it to dump over chips and make some yummy nachos for lunch or dinner the next day. The possibilities are endless!
Add the canned tomatoes, green chilis, fried tomatillos (or fresh is ok), onions, peppers, heck you can throw in diced or shredded zucchini if you like (I've been known to sneak the whole vegetable bin in there when no one is looking).
Boil at a low roll, until it reduces down to a stewy consistency. I tend to put it on med-med/hi and just stir it every so often to make sure it isn't sticking to the pan. (Leave the lid off so everyone can smell it cooking!
I add the fresh tomatoes after the pot is off off to cool, they keep some texture that way.
Let it cool long enough to be able to handle while you fill your tortillas and roll them without melting your fingertips.
I like to microwave the tortillas two at a time for 20-30 seconds to make them roll easier. Don't over fill your tortilla so much that you can't roll it, and leave enough room to top it before rolling with a small amount of cheese (1/2 - 1 TBSP each or so).
Coat a lasanga dish with a small amount of the juice left in the meat mixture so the tortillas don't stick too bad to the dish (or use a light coat of olive oil).
Lay your burritos side by side and then coat with a little of the meat mixture and then top with the rest of the cheese.
Tent a piece of foil over the top (to allow it to vent) and cook in the oven for 45-55 min at 350. I like to take the foil off for the last 10 minutes or so to finish off the cheese.
Serve with your favorite salsa and sour creme if you like. I also like to add tortilla chips to the mix to catch anything that falls off the fork.
Serving Size: Makes dinner for 8 servings or better depending on how big you make the burritos (enchiladas, what ever you want to call them). One dinner to eat and one to freeze for later if it suits you. It really stretches out a pork roast!
Instead of using all of the mix to make more burritos, we've been known to use it to dump over chips and make some yummy nachos for lunch or dinner the next day. The possibilities are endless!