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One thing that I miss about New Mexico is the abundance of fresh green chiles We lived near Hatch New Mexico and reaped the benefit of fresh Hatch Green Chiles every fall.
When the chiles are roasted, the flame is turned off and the drum continues to turn so most of the seeds and skins fall off. We pack them in a big trash bag to take home to separate and freeze. The aroma of roasting green chile is heavenly and just hangs over the entire area and is one of my all-time favorite smells.
We separate our fresh chiles and freeze them with our Foodsaver Vacuum Sealer. This way we have fresh green chiles in our freezer all year for such things as our Chile Verde recipe.
How to make New Mexico Green Chile Stew:
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Start your New Mexico Green Chile Stew with 3lbs of pork shoulder cut into 1/2 inch cubes. We always cut away most of the fat but leave some for flavoring.
Liberally season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss the meat to cover all sides to make this chile Verde recipe.
Place pork cubes in a large dutch oven with the olive oil over medium-high heat until brown. You might have to do this in batches to make sure that it browns and not boils.
Remove the pork cubes from the dutch oven and set aside. We use a pie plate and cover to keep warm until all the pork cubes are cooked.
Chop 1 whole white onion to equal one cup and mince 5 cloves of peeled garlic. We use this rubber tubey thingy Garlic Peeler which works amazingly well. And we have thrown out all our garlic mincers since we purchased this Green Garlic Chopper. It’ makes my heart happy and makes using fresh garlic a breeze.
If you enjoyed this Green Chile Pork Slow Cooker Stew or Chile Verde Recipe then try these:
- Hatch Fried Green Chile Strips
- Chicken Enchilada Casserole with Green Chiles
- Chile Relleno Casserole
- Cheddar and Chile Bread
- Chicken and Green Chile Grilled Pizza
Click HERE to save this Green Chile Pork Slow Cooker Stew Recipe to Pinterest
Hatch Green Chile Pork Stew
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Pork shoulder cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6-7 Hatch green chile roasted and chopped into 1/2″ pieces or 1(14oz) can of chopped green chiles
- 1 large onion chopped (about 1 cup)
- 3 whole potatoes peeled and cubed
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 10 oz can green enchilada sauce
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- Flour Tortillas
Instructions
- Season pork cubes with salt and pepper and brown in a large dutch oven with the olive oil over medium-high heat until brown in batches.
- Remove the pork cubes and allow them to drain on paper towels.
- Add chopped onions in the dutch oven and cook until soft and translucent about 5-6 minutes.
- Add green chiles, garlic, cumin, oregano and cook for 1minute.
- Add vinegar and stir to deglaze the pan, pour in the enchilada sauce and chicken broth, heat.
- Place pork cubes in a slow cooker, pour the sauce from the Dutch oven over the pork, add the potatoes and cook for 3-4 hours on high.
- Pork will be tender and the sauce will be thickened.
- Serve with heated tortillas on the side
Nutrition
Yum, yum! I got the first green chile wiff at Albertson's this weekend! What a great time of year!
Honestly, I've always been kinda jealous of New Mexicans and their roasted chiles! My opinion is that roasting is just about the best thing that can be done to chiles. I've never had green chile stew…looks yummy!
This is our kind of stew, we would love your Green Chile Stew! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipe with us at Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you have a fantastic day and come back real soon!
Miz Helen
I love Green Chile Stew! This will be a wonderful meal for those cold winter nights! Yum! Thanks for linking to the In and Out of the Kitchen party. Your stew was the most viewed post from last week.
I bet this would be so warming on a cold night!!
Looks great, Evelyn ! I'm slowly getting to "like" chili meals 🙂
What size and type of potatoes do you use?
I use 3 medium potatoes usually russet potatoes but I have used small red skinned ones also. 3 medium potatoes is about 1 pound. Hopefully, this helps. Thanks
Thanks so much!
You are very welcome! Enjoy!
I cooked this and found it to be great
The only thing I would change is to cook it on high for 4 to 5 hours so that the meat will be tender I did and it was great.
Green Chile Stew and Chile Verde are not the same thing!
We are sure you know there are thousands of recipes for different versions of Green chile Stew and also Chile Verde. And our recipe has been called by both names by different people in various parts of this country for years. We are standing by this tried and true recipe. Thanks for commenting.
I pretty much made this the same. Adjusted spice to taste. I used maybe 1/4 can of the enchilada sauce because you listed it. But it seems out of place when all the other ingredients are pure. So I upped my homemade turkey-chicken broth, First time I’ve made hatch stew with potatoes. I’m curious how much liquid they will displace. The ACV deglaze was a nice touch as well.
It’s in the crock pot now. The green stew sauce is outstanding. 5 stars for the chile sauce taste alone—because that’s 99% of the dealio.
Thank you for the recipe.
Thanks so much for all your kind suggestions and comments. We sure hope you enjoy it!
This looks delicious. I’ve been looking for a good recipe to use the roasted chilies I bought. I do have a question. In the top of the recipe it says to cook 6 hours in the crockpot. In the instructions it says to cook on low for 3-4 hours. Which is it? I did see someone comment to cook it on high for 4-5 hours, so I’m guessing it’s 6 on low. Also, could you prep it the night before and just add the potatoes to the pot in the morning and cook?
Yes, it was an error on the recipe card concerning the time. Thank you for bringing that to our attention, we have corrected it now. I bet you could prep it the night before and add potatoes in the morning but we have never tried it that way. Please let us know if you do that, we would love to hear how it works for you.
Recipe looks great. Going to make it today. Still confused as to the cook time. It still says 3-4 hrs. on low. Should it be on high? Can’t wait to try it! Thank you!
It is on high, let me go back and double-check the instructions. Thanks for the question.
Oh made this green chili stew. To die for.
You make our hearts happy that you enjoyed it so much! Thanks so much for your kind comments.
Amazing! Just made this for the second time and it’s a hit! The green Chile’s are definitely the star of this stew! Thanks for a great recipe!
You are very welcome! We are so glad you enjoyed it.
I am making this as we speak. Couldn’t find Hatch chiles so i roasted under broiler a combination of Anaheims, Cubanelles, Poblanos, and a couple small Serano’s for some heat. Will let you know how it turns out. Thanks for the recipe!
Oh, I bet those chilies would also be delicious!