Navajo Green Chili
Title: Navajo Green Chili
Categories: Meats, Texmex, Chili, Amerindian
Yield: 6 servings
3 lb Pork shoulder, trimmed
2 c Stewed tomatos
3 tb Bacon grease
6 oz Tomato paste
1/3 c Flour
3 c Water
3 ea Medium onions chopped
2 1/2 ts Salt
4 ea Garlic cloves, minced
1/2 ts Oregano
32 oz Green chiles, canned
1. 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 and
evenly. Remove the meat to a 5 qt. Dutch oven.
2. Add the onions and garlic to the skillet and saute until
transluscent, do not burn garlic. Add these to the pork in the pot.
3. Stir in the remaining ingredients, bring pot to a boil, and
keep stirring every 2-3 minutes. When boiling, lower heat to low and
simmer for 45 minutes. Taste, adjust seasonings as per personal
taste, and cook for 30 mins. or more.