SLOW COOKER CHILE VERDE (GREEN CHILE)

Slow Cooker Chile Verde (Green Chile) image

Good for burritos; use flour tortillas and sour cream. If you want it less spicy, add less jalapeno pepper.

Provided by Alison Bradley-Carver

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican

Time 6h30m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour, or as needed
5 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into cubes
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 (16 ounce) jars salsa verde (such as Herdez®)
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®)
1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeno peppers, or to taste
1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin

Steps:

Spread flour into a shallow bowl. Dredge pork cubes in flour to coat.
Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Add pork; cook and stir until pork is browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes.
Transfer pork-and-onion mixture to a slow cooker. Stir salsa verde, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, diced jalapeno peppers, diced green chiles, garlic, oregano, and cumin into the pork mixture.
Cook on Low for 6 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 505.3 calories, Carbohydrate 25.5 g, Cholesterol 112.8 mg, Fat 26.8 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 36.7 g, SaturatedFat 8.5 g, Sodium 989.3 mg, Sugar 5.9 g