Pork Chili Verde

Ingredients:

30 New Mexico chiles, roasted
5 lbs pork shoulder
4 medium white onions, chopped
10 whole garlic cloves, crushed
4 bay leaves
4 Tbsp dried oregano
28-oz can of whole tomatoes, crushed by hand, and the juice (I like San Marzano)
4 cups water
1 1/2 Tbsp Better Than Bouillon, Base Chicken
Salt
Flour tortillas
Sour cream
Fresh cilantro leaves, for garnish

Instructions:

Remove the stems and seeds from the chiles and coarsly chop, set aside.

Remove the fat from the pork shoulder and cut the fat into small pieces. In a large dutch oven over medium-high heat, fry the fat until crisp, 4 or 5 minutes, and then remove the chunks of fat from the pan.

Sweat the onions and garlic in the same saute pan, cooking them in the residual pork fat. Cut the pork shoulder into 1/4 – 1/2 inch pieces, add them to the pan, and saute until browned. Add the bay leaves, oregano, tomatoes, and Hatch chiles. Simmer over low heat for about 25 minutes. In the meantime, heat the water and chicken base in a medium saucepan and then pour it into the chile. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours or until tender. Remove the bay leaves.

Serve in bowls, and garnish with sour cream and fresh cilantro leaves. I also served homemade pinto beans on the side.

Serves 15.

From newfinmysoup.blogspot.com