Serve this spicy dish over hot, fluffy white rice or with warm corn or flour tortillas.
Yields: Makes 4 servings
Preparation time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 pound boneless pork shoulder, trimmed of fat and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 1 large can (about 28 oz.) tomatoes
- 2 medium-size onions, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced celery
- 1 teaspoon dry oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 2 dry bay leaves
- 1 large green bell pepper (about 8 oz.), seeded and chopped
- 2 medium-size fresh green Anaheim, poblano, or other mild chiles (3 to 4 oz.), seeded and chopped
- 4 cups hot cooked rice
- Cilantro sprigs
Place pork in a wide nonstick frying pan. Drain about 1/2 cup liquid from tomatoes into pan. Bring to a boil over high heat; then reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Uncover pan; add onions, celery, oregano, and sage. Cook over high heat, stirring often, until liquid has evaporated and drippings are browned (8 to 10 minutes). Add bay leaves. Cut up tomatoes; then add tomatoes and their remaining liquid and stir to scrape browned bits free. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 30 more minutes. Stir in bell pepper and chiles; cover and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until pork is very tender when pierced (about 15 more minutes). If chili is too thin, uncover and simmer until it's as thick as you like. Skim and discard fat, if necessary.
To serve, spoon chili over rice and garnish with cilantro sprigs.
Nutrition information: Per serving: 541 calories (17% fat, 60% carbohydrates, 23% protein), 10 g total fat (3 g saturated fat), 80 g carbohydrates, 31 g protein, 76 mg cholesterol, 458 mg sodium
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