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Green pork chili with pumpkin seeds


Green pork chili with pumpkin seeds



Ingredients:

2-3 pounds pork roast
6 - 8 poblano chilis
2 garlic bulbs
1 T cumin
1 T sea salt
3 onions
1 cup raw unsalted pumpkin seeds
A few cups of stock
Some corn tortillas
Bunch of cilantro

Cover the smoke detector. Trust me on this.

  1. Remove all the fat you can, then cut the pork into cubes about half the size of your thumb. Try not to actually cut your thumb. In a heavy skillet, pout in some olive oil, brown the meat. When done, toss it in a big soup pot. Cover with non or low salt stock an inch or two higher than the meat. Boil.

  2. Chop up the onions, fry in a little olive oil on high head until browned, toss in with the pork. Put a ladle worth of the stock on the skillet and deglaze the pan, pour into the pot.

  3. Char the chilies. Stick them right on the stove, heat on high, until the skin blackens then turn them over; blacken all the skin. This part really smells great. Your neighbors will love you, especially if they're Mexican.

  4. Put the chilies in a paper bag, close it. It doesn't have to be a paper bag parchment paper will do, a glass or ceramic bowl with a lid will do. But no plastic. It will melt or give off toxic fumes in that heat. let them sit for 10 minutes or so. After that, peel off the skin. Chop the tops off the chilies, slit them open and remove the seeds. Cut into strips.

  5. You want to boil the pork till its tender - an hour, two hours, three hours, whatever. If you want you can let it cool and skim the fat off. Bring it to a boil again if you do.

  6. Bring the pork to a boil again, add garlic that you've crushed, pressed or grated. Add the chilies, cumin and salt.

  7. In a heavy skillet on high heat, toast the pumpkin seeds until they begin to brown. Stuff them in a blender with some water and a handful of cilantro. If you want this chili hot, add as many Serrano or jalapeņo chilies you think you need, unseeded. If you're really insane or from South Carolina, don't de-seed them. Blend for a minute, dump in the pot.

  8. Cook for about 10 minutes.

  9. Serve in bowls in which you've shredded a corn tortilla and put it in the bottom.