Pressure Cooker Chili Verde

Is this chili? I mean…it isn’t red.

Meat simmered in a chile based sauce? Of course it’s chili. It is just…different.

Chili Verde, or Green pork chili, is a staple of the Southwest. Once you leave Texas and its dried ancho based chiles, you get into long green chili territory. The most famous long green is the Hatch chili of New Mexico, which is the start of Chili Verde territory, but Chili Verde stretches north to Colorado, and west through Arizona and in to California.

I’m sharing two different versions of the Salsa Verde recipe – one is the real deal, with home-roasted chiles. If I can get New Mexico or Anaheim long green chiles (and fresh tomatillos), I use them – the results are fantastic.

At least, that’s what I do in the summer. For all my talk of the Southwest, I only get to visit; I live in Ohio. In the winter, long green chiles are hard to come by – and ridiculously expensive when you can find them. That’s when I have to improvise, and canned green chiles and jarred tomato salsa have to be good enough for my Salsa Verde.

Recipe: Pressure Cooker Chili Verde (Green Pork Chili)

Equipment

6 quart or larger Pressure Cooker (I love my Instant Pot electric PC)

clock clock icon cutlery cutlery icon flag flag icon folder folder icon instagram instagram icon pinterest pinterest icon print print icon squares squares icon Pressure Cooker Chili Verde (Green Pork Chili) ★★★★★ 5 from 35 reviews Author: Mike Vrobel

Mike Vrobel Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Yield: 8 – 12 1 x Print Recipe Pin Recipe Description Pressure Cooker Chili Verde (Green Pork Chili) recipe – green pork chili from the great American Southwest, sped up using the pressure cooker. Scale 1x 2x 3x Ingredients Homemade Salsa Verde 1 pound tomatillos, husked and rinsed

pound tomatillos, husked and rinsed 2 pounds Anaheim chiles, halved, stemmed and seeded (or New Mexico chiles)

pounds Anaheim chiles, halved, stemmed and seeded (or New Mexico chiles) 2 jalapeño peppers, halved and stemmed

jalapeño peppers, halved and stemmed ½ cup cilantro leaves and stems

cilantro leaves and stems 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt Quick Salsa Verde (from cans) 27 ounces mild fire roasted diced green peppers (one 28 ounce can, or 6 (4-ounce) cans)

mild fire roasted diced green peppers (one can, or 6 (4-ounce) cans) 16 ounce jar tomatillo salsa or salsa verde Chili 4 pounds pork shoulder, cut into 1½-inch cubes (trim off as much fat as possible)

pounds pork shoulder, cut into 1½-inch cubes (trim off as much fat as possible) 2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal Kosher salt

Diamond Crystal Kosher salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

vegetable oil 1 large onion, diced

large onion, diced ½ teaspoon Kosher salt

Kosher salt 4 cloves garlic, crushed

cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon ground cumin

ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground coriander

ground coriander 1 tablespoon dried oregano (preferably Mexican oregano)

dried oregano (preferably Mexican oregano) 1 cup chicken stock (preferably homemade) or water

chicken stock (preferably homemade) or water Juice of 1 lime

lime Salt and pepper Instructions Option 1: Homemade Salsa Verde: Spread the tomatillos, anaheim chiles, and jalapeno peppers skin side up on a rimmed baking sheet. Put the baking sheet 6 inches below a broiler set to high, and broil until the tomatillos and peppers are blackened in spots, about 5 minutes. Flip the tomatillos and broil until the tomatillos are browned on the other side and the skins of the peppers are blackened all over, about another five minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the peppers cool for a few minutes, then peel the blackened skin from the peppers and discard. (A little leftover blackened skin is fine.) Pour the contents of the baking sheet into a blender or food processor, including as much of the liquid as possible. Add the cilantro and the teaspoon of Kosher salt, then blend until smooth, about 30 seconds. Option 2: Quick Salsa Verde: Mix the canned diced chiles and tomatillo salsa in a medium bowl. Brown the pork: Sprinkle the pork with the 2 teaspoons kosher salt. Heat the oil in the pressure cooker pot over medium-high heat until shimmering. (Saute mode in an electric PC). Brown the pork in two to three batches – put pork cubes in the pot without crowding, and brown each batch of pork on one side, about 4 minutes. Transfer the pork to a bowl with a slotted spoon, leaving as much fat behind as possible. Saute the aromatics and toast the spices: There will be extra fat in the pot from the pork; pour out the fat to get down to 1 tablespoon. Add the onions to the pot and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon of kosher salt. Saute the onions until softened and starting to brown around the edges, about 5 minutes, scraping often to release any browned pork bits from the bottom of the pot. Make a hole in the middle of the onions and add the garlic, cumin, coriander, and oregano. Cook until you smell the garlic and spices, about one minute, then stir into the onions. Pressure cook the chili for 30 minutes with a Natural Release: Stir the chicken stock, salsa verde, pork, and any pork juices in the bowl into the pot. Lock the lid and cook at high pressure for 30 minutes in an Instant Pot or other electric PC, or for 25 minutes in a stovetop PC. Let the pressure come down naturally, about 20 minutes. Serve the chili: Stir in the lime juice. Taste and add more salt and pepper if it needs it. (Homemade salsa verde will need more salt; the quick version from cans probably does not – canned ingredients already have a lot of salt. Go by taste; If the chili tastes flat, it needs more salt.) Serve. Notes Why brown only one side of the pork? I find it the best compromise between flavor and speed. Browning one side of the pork gives me the browned bits on the bottom of the pan that build flavor in a chili; browning only one side means I don’t spend forever browning pork.br][br]Like beans in chili? Serve with [Pressure Cooker Pinto Beans and stir in as much as you want. (In the Southwest, beans are a condiment, added in as needed.) Category: Pressure Cooker

Cuisine: American

Blackening the chiles for real deal, homemade Salsa Verde

…or, opening a bunch of cans for cheater Salsa Verde

What do you think?

Questions? Other ideas? Leave them in the comments section below.

Related Posts

My Top 5 Pressure Cooker Chilies

Pressure Cooker Texas Red Chili

Slow Cooker Chili Verde

My other Pressure Cooker Recipes

Enjoyed this post? Want to help out DadCooksDinner? Subscribe to DadCooksDinner via eMail or RSS reader, recommend DadCooksDinner to your friends, and buy something from Amazon.com through the links on this site. Thank you.

Sharing is caring!