Green Chili

[tuselton]

I had this dish at a little cafe and I decide to try and make it. I have made it twice now and it is a winner, so I thought I would share it with you guys. Now I use pork loin but you can do it with any kind of meat I suppose in a crock pot or on the campfire in a bean pot.

Boil 3 to 4 lbs of meat, when it falls apart remove any bones and fat, shred it up really well.  Add the meat back to the stock you boiled the meat in and add 2 or 3 cans of diced green chiles and 2 cans of Rotel tomatoes w/chiles.
Bring this to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer, add some garlic and pepper, now comes the good stuff, add 1 8 ounce block of cream cheese, also add 3 lbs. of any type of cheese whether it cheddar, goat or imitation.  Let it simmer until the cheese is all melted.  Serve with tortilla chips or flour tortillas heated on a dry skillet.

Enjoy,

Terry L. Uselton

[Matt E]

I think you have something there! I will try it but I am  going to make a smaller batch. Your recipes would be for a ships whole crew.

[mdwatts]

This sounds like a dandy.  I'll be trying it very soon.  Thanks for posting it.

[SOS]

Terry,
Sounds close to a traditional NM dish, green chilie stew.  A good addition that helps make it an even hardier dish is diced potatoes, just don't add them too early so they get too mushy.  Some chopped onion is good, oh and add another can of green chilies - never too many chilies!  If you cook it awhile, you can get buy with the lesser cuts of hog.  I usually use shoulder or ham and save my piggie loins for the grill.
Yum.  I miss living in NM!
Steve