Slow Burn Green Chili Stew
By
Christina Young
@Christina_Young
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After waiting too long and not getting my whole order from a eatery here, I found that their raved about Green Chili Stew was no more than a flour and water concoction with GCs added. I vowed that I would figure out how to make a better version. This is the outcome. If you like a little kick in the back of your throat, this one's for you, too!
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Serves:
4-6
Prep:
20 Min
Cook:
4 Hr 30 Min
Method:
Slow Cooker Crock Pot
Ingredients
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14 ozfrozen green chilies
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3 can(s)hatch green chilies (4 oz)
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1 can(s)vegatable broth
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1 1/2 cwater to start, add as needed
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4carrots
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2small to med. sized potatoes
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1cube beef boullion
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1handful of corsely chopped garlic cloves
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1 cdried onion pieces
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1 Tbspliquid smoke flavoring
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1ham bone or other meat bone you desire
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1lime, cut and juice (~1/4 cup)
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1 tspdried jalapenos
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3/4 cbulgur wheat, uncooked (can be left out or substituted
How to Make Slow Burn Green Chili Stew
- In crock pot, toss in ham bone. I used one from my spiral cut ham that was cooked night before and frozen overnight.
- Dump in frozen green chilies straight from tub, if you can get it to pop out.
- Add dried onions. We love them, so 1 cup may seem like quite a bit. I promise that this will not be what you taste in the end. :)
- Add one and half cup of water and liquid smoke.
- Add the can of veg broth.
- Chop up the carrots. I didn't even peel these suckers. Sliced them up and tossed 'em in the pot.
- Clean up the 2 small- medium (depends on your taste, I didn't want them to take over with their consistency when blended). Chop potatoes into about 1/4" cubes. Not terribly important, will be blended. I didn't peel these either.
- Toss in cube of beef bouillon.
- Roll lime around a bit to make it juicy. Cut in half and squeeze into pot. Watch for seeds.
- Toss in the teaspoon of dried jalapenos, if you can handle them. The kind that I buy are kinda hot when simmered.
- Coarsely chop garlic cloves. We LOVE garlic, too, but use the amt makes you feel comfortable. I assure you that this also will not be what you taste in the end. :)
- I buy a large bag of peeled garlic cloves from Sam's. It's a lovely short-cut, but the garlic must be inspected for white spots when buying. Learned that the hard way.
- Set Crock pot for 3 hours at high. Mine has programming so I am able to also add 1 hour at low.
- Remove ham bone or other bones used.
- Scoop most of the hot stew into a blender or processor. Pulse until smooth. I left about a cup to two cups of stew in the crock so that there is a little chunky texture in the end.
Add smooth mixture back to the crock pot. And set it for another couple hours. - Add Bulgur Wheat or other grain.
- Dump in 3 cans of Hatch green chilies and stir pot up. I added an extra splash of water here.
- Allow pot to cook until grain is hydrated. This took mine less than half hour.
- I served the stew over Frito Corn Chips with cheese grated on top. To mine, I added the little bit of ham that cooked on the bone
