New Mexican Green Chili

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 lbs boneless lamb shoulder, trimmed and cut into 3/4 inch pieces
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 3 serrano chilies or 3 jalapeno chiles, seeded and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 2 lbs tomatillos, husked, rinsedl, and cut quarters
• 4 poblano chiles or 2 green peppers, roasted, seeded, and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 (15 1/4-16 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• sour cream (optional)
• flour tortilla, warmed (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 chop cilantro leaves and stems, 1/2 cup. reserve a 1/4 cup for garnish.
• 3 mash chopped garlic and salt, to paste, put into 5-quart dutch oven.
• 4 add lamb,onions,serranos,cilantro leaves and stems, cumin,cayenne pepper; toss to combine.
• 5 cover and bake 1 hour.
• 6 after an hour, stir in tomatillos and roasted poblanos.
• 7 cover and bake until lamb is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours more.
• 8 skim off fat and discard.
• 9 stir in corn and heat thourgh.
• 10 sprinkle with reserved cilantro and serve with sour cream and tortillas.