Pork Green Chile

Happy Labor Day! I hope everybody enjoyed their long weekend and day off today :-) We spent the weekend at the lake and on Saturday night enjoyed famous "Taco Saturday". My Aunt Patti makes tons and tons of these delicious little fried tacos that are seriously the best tacos I've ever eaten. I don't know how she does it and I can't recreate them to taste exactly the same no matter how hard I try. So I make green chile instead; which may I add, pairs perfectly with these yummy little tacos. It is such a tasty meal and one that I could eat 3 times a week and never get tired of it. We also had some on our breakfast burritos the next morning, which I would totally recommend trying if you have left overs!

Tacos, on tacos, on tacos. Yum, yum, yum.

To make the green chile you will need:

4 lbs pork butt

1 large onion

1 7oz. can of jalapeno peppers

2 cans of diced tomatoes (I used one regular and one "tex mex" style)

1 batch of Oven Roasted Green Chiles (or 3 small cans of diced green chiles)

16 cups of water

2 cups of flour

 2 tablespoons cumin

2 tablespoons chicken bullion granules

2 tablespoons black pepper

1 tablespoon garlic salt/powder

1.Start by browning the pork in a large soup pot. Cook the pork over medium heat until brown.

2. In your food processor, finely chop the onions, jalapenos and green chiles.

3. Add the green chile mixture and both cans of diced tomatoes to the pork.

4. Add 12 cups of water and all the spices.

5. Cover and let simmer on low for 2 hours.

6. Whisk together two cups of flour with the remaining 4 cups of water to form a thin paste.

7. Whisk flour/water mixture into the chile to thicken.

8. Simmer another 30 minutes and serve

We eat our chile with the tacos, but I've also paired it with quesadillas which is really yummy too (I dip my quesadilla in the chile, kinda use it as my spoon). You can doctor up your chile however you want! We top with cheese, sour cream, and diced onion. Sometimes my dad will cook burgers and have Green Chile burgers....really the possibilities are endless! And you can never go wrong with just a simple bowl of this scrumptious chile!

Enjoy!!!