New Mexican food craving satisfied! and some junk food :(

Ok so today was frustrating. I wanted to go for a hike, but i got up to late and by the time i got out of the house and lunch eaten it started to rain right as I got to the place I was going to wander around the woods in. So i went to the store and while wondering around aimlessly looking for something interesting to cook I saw some pork stew meat on sale. Bought some cans of green chili and a few other ingredients and made a green chili stew without a recipe.


Breakfast:
Does toothpaste and mouthwash count?

Lunch:
Cheeseburger and fried at burger king
Vanilla ice cream cone (Kimball farms not BK)

Snack:
Funny bone (peanut butter filled chocolate covered Hostess snack)

Dinner:
Green chili stew (recipe below)




Green Chili Stew
1.5 lb pork cut into bite sized pieces
1 lb baby red potatoes cut into 1/8ths
3 onions chopped
1.5 tbsp minced garlic
32oz chicken broth or stock
12oz canned green chilis
1 can red beans
salt
pepper
chili powder
oregano

Saute the pork and onions with just a little bit of canola oil to help keep it from sticking. The pork will render plenty of oil but to start with it will be sticky and dry. once the pork looks half cooked and the onions are starting to get transparent add the rest of the ingredients starting with the chicken broth. I like to add the chilis last, saving 1/3 of them until the simmering is half done, but that isn't strictly necessary, just looks nice with slightly green bits left. Cook time is up to you ... basically all you NEED to do is soften the potatoes to the point where you can eat them, but i think it tastes really good with about 2 hours of simmering.

This is NOT overly spicy but that will depend on the green chilis you use. I used (because all i could get) Ortega fire roasted greenchilis in 4oz cans. It tastes good, there is a tiny little bit of heat but it is hardly noticeable. If you want it more spicy move up to a hotter pepper. I plan to do this again this fall when I am back home in austin, with hatch which will likely bring the heat up some but not terribly. I like the result of the mild chili flavor but to each their own... fire it up with a little ground chipotle would be good for a smokey heat.