Navajo Green Chili Recipe

Navajo Green Chili
 
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 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Meats                            Regional
                 Chili
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    3      pounds        Pork shoulder -- trimmed
                         fat
    2      cups          Stewed tomatos
    3      tablespoons   Bacon grease
    1                    6oz. can tomato paste
      1/3  cup           Flour
    3      cups          Water
    3                    Medium onions chopped
    2 1/2  teaspoons     Salt
    4                    6 cloves of garlic -- minced
      1/2  teaspoon      Dried -- ground Mexican
 					
    2                    16 oz. cans of whole green -- chiles
 
 Melt bacon grease in a skillet over med-high heat. Put flour into a paper bag
and shake the meat with the flour to coat meat. Add the meat to the bacon
grease a little at a time and brown well & evenly. Remove the meat to a 5
qt. Dutch oven. Add the onions & garlic to the skillet and saute until
transluscent. Add these to the pork in the pot. Stir in the remaining
ingredients, bring pot to a boil, and keep stirring every 2-3 minutes. When
boiling lower heat to low & simmer for 45 minutes. Taste, adjust seasonings
as per personal taste, & cook for 30 mins. more.
 
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