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Home » Mexican Recipes » Green Chile Pork

Green Chile Pork

Published: Feb 25, 2022 · Modified: Feb 24, 2022 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Green Chile Pork is tender melt in your mouth cubed pork slow roast with a perfect combination of spices, spicy chiles, and poblano peppers.

A terra cotta bowl filled with tender Green Chile Pork served with white rice and topped with Salsa Verde.

Green Chile Pork goes by a few names. You may have seen it called Green Chile and Pork Stew, Green Chili Pork or Salsa Verde Pork.

This classic Mexican meal that goes by many names is easy to make and delicious!

What is Green Chile Pork?

Cubed boneless pork shoulder roast is slow cooked with green chiles, Salsa Verde, poblano peppers, onion and garlic with the perfect combination of spices.

This spicy pork dish tastes amazing and can be the base for many of your favorite Mexican recipes.

Green Chile Pork Ingredients

The recipe for green pork only requires 6 ingredients and some spices you already have in your pantry.

Ingredients to make green pork chili in individual bowls.
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 lbs. boneless pork shoulder roast, cut into 2 inch cubes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 medium poblano peppers, diced
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 5 medium cloves of garlic, minced
  • 7 oz. can chopped green chiles
  • 1 cup Salsa Verde
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano flakes
  • 2 ½ cups chicken broth

Recipe Prep

Prepping the meat and vegetables before you start cooking is a great way to save time in the kitchen at dinner time.

The meat and vegetables can be prepped the night before and refrigerated over night if you are short on time.

Cubed boneless pork shoulder roast in a bowl.
  • Cut the pork shoulder roast into to 1 ½ to 2 inch cubes. Trim most of the fat as you are cutting up the pork roast.
  • Dice the poblano peppers and onion and set aside.
  • Mince the garlic.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 F. degrees.

Cooking Methods

Cook in a cast iron Dutch oven, slow cooker or Instant Pot.

How to make Green Chile Pork

Step 1: Season the cubed pork with salt and pepper on all sides.

Step 2: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Sear the cubed pork on all sides.

Overhead image of a cast iron skillet with cubed pork that has been browned.

Step 3: Transfer the golden browned pieces of pork to a 5-quart Dutch oven or other oven safe 5-quart pot with a lid. You can also cook it in a slow cooker.

Overhead image of a blue 5 quart Dutch oven hald way filled with seared cubed pork.

Step 4: Add the chopped onion, dice poblano pepper, minced garlic, canned chiles, and Salsa Verde to the Dutch oven.

Dutch oven pork chile recipe ingredients in the pot.

Step 5: Sprinkle the ground cumin, chili powder and oregano flakes over the ingredients.

Image of adding the spices to the dutch oven for pork chile.

Step 6: Pour the chicken broth in to the pot and stir with a wooden spoon.

Green Chile ingredients with broth added before cooking.

Step 7: Place the lid on the Dutch oven or pot and slide it into the oven on the middle shelf.

Step 8: Cook the pork for 1 ½ to 2 hours until it is fork tender. Remove the pot from the oven and carefully lift the lid.

Overhead photo of thick and rich Green Pork Chile stew.

How to thicken the sauce

If you want to thicken the juices add a slurry of 2 tablespoons of corn starch and 2 tablespoons of water. Mix in and return to the oven for 10 more minutes to thicken.

Serving Ideas

This pork recipe can be used to make many different meals. Once you cook the cubed pork roast you can serve it right from the oven.

Or you can shred the meat to use as a filling for other pork recipes like pork tacos, nachos, pork burritos, enchiladas and quesadillas.

  • Make Green Chile Pork Tacos: Serve with warm tortillas. Using a slotted spoon scoop the tender pork and allow to drain before using as a taco filling. Top with your favorite taco toppings like homemade salsa and pickled jalapeno peppers.
  • To make Green Chile Pork Stew: You can add cubed potatoes and a canned beans. Drain and rinse black beans or pinto beans and add to the pot one hour before the end of cook time. 10 minutes before done mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoon water together and add to the pot to thicken the gravy. Serve over cooked white rice.
  • Pork Enchiladas: Shred the pork meat and use as enchilada filling.
Vertical image of pork recipe.
What to serve with pork green chile?

Green Pork Chili can be served with white rice or shredded and used as a taco filling.

How do you thicken pork green chili?

A slurry of 2 tablespoons of corn starch mixed with 2 tablespoons of cool water is the perfect thickener for green pork chili.

Recipe Expert Tips

  • type of pork: the recipe calls for boneless pork shoulder roast but you can also trim the meat off a bone-in pork roast instead.
  • spices: ground cumin, oregano and chili powder are traditional Mexican spices used to season green Chile.
  • canned Chile peppers: Use hot instead of medium Chile peppers to make it spicier. Use canned Hatch Chile peppers if available.
  • thickening the gravy for pork stew: cornstarch and water slurry is used to thicken a stew. It is gluten free, never leaves lumps and does not change the flavor of any recipe.
Mexican pork stew with rice in a bowl.

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  • Instant Pot Spicy Shredded Pork
  • Crock Pot Pork Black Bean Corn Soup
  • How To Make Homemade Horchata
  • Mexican Crock Pot Carnitas Recipe

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A terra cotta bowl filled with tender Green Chile Pork served with white rice and topped with Salsa Verde.

Green Chile Pork

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face
Green Chile Pork is tender melt in your mouth cubed pork slow cooked with a perfect combination of spices, spicy chiles, and poblano peppers. Thicken and serve as a green pork stew or use the tender pork meat shredded for taco, enchilada, or burrito filling,
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 2 hrs
Total Time 2 hrs 10 mins
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 311 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 5 Quart Dutch Oven

Ingredients  

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 lbs. boneless pork shoulder roast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 medium poblano peppers, cored, seeded and diced
  • 1 medium white onion, peeled and diced
  • 5 medium cloves of fresh garlic, peeled and minced
  • 7 oz. can medium diced green chiles
  • 1 cup Salsa Verde
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano flakes
  • 2 ½ cups chicken broth
  • 2 cupa cooked white rice (optional)
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Instructions 

Recipe Prep

  • Cut the pork shoulder roast into 1 ½ to 2 inch cubes. Trim most of the fat as you are cutting up the pork roast.
  • Dice the poblano peppers and onion and set aside.
  • Peel and mince the fresh garlic or measure jarred mince garlic.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 F. degrees.

How to make Green Chile Pork

  • Season the cubed pork with salt and pepper on all sides.
  • Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Sear the cubed pork on all sides.
  • Transfer the golden browned pieces of pork to a 5-quart Dutch oven or other oven safe 5-quart pot with a lid. You can also cook it in a slow cooker.
  • Add the chopped onion, dice poblano pepper, minced garlic, canned chiles, and Salsa Verde to the Dutch oven.
  • Sprinkle the ground cumin, chili powder and oregano flakes over the ingredients.
  • Pour the chicken broth into the pot and stir to combine.
  • Place the lid on the Dutch oven or pot and slide it into the oven on the middle shelf.
  • Cook the pork for 1 ½ to 2 hours until it is fork tender. Remove the pot from the oven and carefully lift the lid.
  • Shred the cooked pork and use to make pork tacos, nachos, enchiladas, or quesadillas. Or follow the directions below to thicken for Green Pork Stew.

How to thicken the sauce for stew

  • Combine 2 tablespoons of corn starch with 2 tablespoons cool water. Mix until lump free. Add the the pot ten minutes before the end of cook time and mix. Return to the oven and allow to thicken.
  • Serve with white rice if making a pork stew.

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Recipe Expert Tips

  • type of pork: the recipe calls for boneless pork shoulder roast but you can also trim the meat off a bone-in pork roast instead.
  • spices: ground cumin, oregano and chili powder are traditional Mexican spices used to season green Chile.
  • canned Chile peppers: Use hot instead of medium Chile peppers to make it spicier. Use canned Hatch Chile peppers if available.
  • thickening the gravy for pork stew: cornstarch and water slurry is used to thicken a stew. It is gluten free, never leaves lumps and does not change the flavor of any recipe.

Nutrition

Serving: 8Serving | Calories: 311kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 986mg | Potassium: 805mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 462IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 3mg
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  1. Chris David

    March 11, 2022 at 12:51 am

    5 stars
    Its really a nice recipe and mouth watering.

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