Pork With Green Chile Sauce Recipe - Cooking Index
Pork With Green Chile Sauce Recipe - Cooking Index
Pork shoulder is a lean but not very tender cut. The slow cooking of the pork, which is accented with an abundance of spices and seasonings, helps make the meat tender and tasty. Serve with hot cooked rice or use as a filling for warmed flour tortillas. Add 1 starch exchange for 1/2 cup of rice or one 7-inch tortilla.
Type: Pork| 3 lbs | 1362g / 48oz | Lean boneless pork shoulder or butt - well trimmed, |
| And cut into 1" cubes | ||
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Canola or corn oil |
| 1 cup | 62g / 2.2oz | Chopped onion |
| 2 | Garlic cloves - minced | |
| 3 | Green chiles - (4 oz ea) - seeded, chopped | |
| = (or one 10-oz can jalapeño peppers | ||
| Or 6 to 7 large fresh Anaheim or | ||
| California peppers) | ||
| 3 | Tomatoes - seeded, chopped (medium) | |
| 1/2 cup | 8g / 0.3oz | Chopped cilantro - (packed) |
| = (or 2 tbspns ground coriander) | ||
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Wine vinegar |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Salt |
| 1 tablespoon | 15ml | Chopped fresh oregano |
| = (or 1 tspn dried oregano) | ||
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Dried cumin |
Brown the pork in the oil in small batches in a large nonstick skillet or Dutch oven. Remove and set aside.
Saute the onion and garlic in the pan about 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the pork and all the remaining ingredients, plus 1/4 cup water.
Cover and simmer on top of the stove, or bake in a 325 degree oven, for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until the pork is tender. Skim any fat from the surface before serving.
This recipe yields 7 servings. Serving size: 1 cup.
Exchanges Per Serving: 2 Vegetable, 4 Lean Meat.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 257; Calories from Fat 86; Fat 10g; Saturated Fat 3g; Cholesterol 92mg; Sodium 624mg; Carbohydrates 8g; Dietary Fiber 2g; Sugars 5g; Protein 33g.
Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org
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