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Navajo Green Chili Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Chili Recipes   |   Meat Dishes
Average Rating: (4 votes)
Yield: 6 servings
 
Ingredients
  3  lb Pork shoulder, trimmed  
    -of fat  
  2  c Stewed tomatos  
  3  tb Bacon grease  
  1   6oz. can tomato paste  
  1/3  c Flour  
  3  c Water  
  3   Medium onions chopped  
  2 1/2  ts Salt  
  4   6 cloves of garlic, minced  
  1/2  ts Dried, ground Mexican  
    -oregano  
  2   16 oz. cans of whole green  
    -chiles  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Melt bacon grease in a skillet over med-high heat. Put flour into a paper bag and shake the meat with the flour to coat meat. Add the meat to the bacon grease a little at a time and brown well & evenly. Remove the meat to a 5 qt. Dutch oven. Add the onions & garlic to the skillet and saute until transluscent. Add these to the pork in the pot. Stir in the remaining ingredients, bring pot to a boil, and keep stirring every 2-3 minutes. When boiling lower heat to low & simmer for 45 minutes. Taste, adjust seasonings as per personal taste, & cook for 30 mins. more.

 
  This recipe comes to us from the Native Americans we call the Navajo. They call themselves the Di-neh. It is a great chili and deserves your attention! Enjoy!

 
  *Source: Mary R. Neh, Home Economist, Navajo Cultural Center

 
   


 



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