Chicken Chile Verde

Go to any good Mexican restaurant or taqueria and you’ll likely find Chile Verde (Green Chile) on the menu. Chile Verde is typically made with pork shoulder slow-simmered in a sauce of fresh green chiles and tomatillos. (By the way, for our non Spanish speaking readers, ‘tomatillo’ is pronounced ‘toe-ma-TEE-yo’.) It makes a fabulous filling for burritos,…

Turkey Bean Chili

Chile. Chili. Chilly. What’s the difference? Chile (pronounced cheé-leh in Spanish) refers to any one of hundreds of types of chile pepper. Chiles include Serrano, Guajillo, Chipotle, Habanero, and so on. The pepper is also referred to as chili or chilli in places outside of the American Southwest. Chili refers to a stew usually made with,…