Mild Pork Chile Verde

Pork Chile Verde

Okay. I love to try new recipes but this one worried me. Our teenage son LOVES this when he goes to any good Mexican food place so I had to make it good enough for my worst food critic - the teenager himself! He and a couple of his friends were over to "try it out". They all said it was as good as The Taco Man's - that a compliment I'll take any day. Wahoo!!!
*Warning: This takes a LONG time but is well worth it. It also makes a very large batch so you can freeze some for another day.



Mild Pork Chile Verde
4 lb. pork roast
2-3 tsp. salt
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
4 cups chicken stock
3 medium yellow onions, chopped
2 green peppers, chopped
1 can chopped green chilies (or 2 Anaheim chiles, finely chopped)
2-3 jalapenos, seeds removed, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled, finely chopped
1 1/2 lb tomatillos, roasted, peeled, chopped (or 2 small cans crushed tomatillos)
1 tbsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. ground cumin
2 bay leaves
1 bunch cilantro leaves, cleaned, chopped

Directions:
Season pork meat with salt and pepper; place in 5 quart crock-pot with chicken stock. Let cook until tender (4-5 hours). Remove; cool. Remove all fat and gross stuff off meat. Cut into small 1/2" pieces or shred. Skim off fat from broth and return to crock-pot along with cut up meat. Add all remaining ingredients. Simmer for 2-3 hours covered. Adjust the seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.

(I cooked the meat one day, cooled it in the fridge overnight to get all the fat and gross stuff off and combined everything the next day.)

Country Honey and Oats Wheat Bread

After fiddling with a few recipes for my new bread machine, I finally am satisfied, at least for this first recipe. This bread looks like white but.....guess again.

Country Oats and Wheat Bread

1 1/2 cup warm milk

4 tbsp butter, melted

2 tbsp honey

1 large egg, slightly beaten

1 tsp salt

2 cups bread flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup quick oats
2 tbsp vital wheat gluten

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

Measure and add milk, butter, honey and egg to bread machine pan. Add salt, bread flour, wheat flour, oats and gluten. Spread dry ingredients over liquid so yeast never comes in contact with the liquid. Add yeast last. 

Mix in machine on dough setting. Remove from bread machine and form into one or two loaves. Place in greased or sprayed bread pans. Let rise 1" above pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Rub top with butter. Let cool.