This easy crock pot recipe creates a great green chili that has a spicy, unique flavor, but one that isn't too hot on the palate. Although this recipe makes a great chili to eat alone or with other foods, its tasty green result also works great as a salsa with tortilla chips and numerous other Mexican dishes.

Slow cooker green chili is a wonderful winter dish, but it also can be enjoyed year-round as a salsa with chips. The basic ingredient in this wonderfully spicy and flavorful dish is tomatillos. Tomatillos are a wonderful type of green tomato covered in a loose skin that is easily peeled. Tomatillos originated in Mexico and are often called Mexican tomatoes.

Cooked for hours in the slow cooker, these green tomatoes soften and cook to a wonderful flavor, along with several other mostly green ingredients. This recipe, with tomatillos, green chilies, jalapenos, cilantro, and more, ensure that this recipe definitely goes green!

This tasty green dish is great with added white accompaniments, complements that top off this dish. Items like sour cream take the edge off the spicy heat, even though the chili itself really isn't too hot to eat alone.

I've also found that pouring some green chili over a burrito--perhaps with grated cheese and sour cream--is very tasty, too. This green chili recipe is easy and versatile. If you like spicy Mexican food, you won’t be disappointed!