Navajo green chili
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 3 lb Pork shoulder trimmed 3 Medium onions chopped -of fat 2 1/2 ts Salt
- 2 c Stewed tomatos 4 6 cloves of garlic minced
- 3 tb Bacon grease 1/2 ts Dried ground Mexican
- 1 6oz. can tomato paste -oregano
- 1/3 c Flour 2 16 oz. cans of whole green
- 3 c Water -chiles
Instructions:
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
