Pork Meat With Verdolagas Recipes

Steps:

• Combine pork ribs, pork shoulder, water, and salt in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Uncover and increase heat to medium-high. Continue cooking and stirring constantly until all liquid has evaporated and pork has browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Combine onion, tomatillos, serrano peppers, and cilantro in a medium saucepan. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until tomatillos are tender and have changed color, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer vegetable mixture to a blender; add garlic and and blend carefully until sauce is smooth.
• Pour sauce into the Dutch oven, season stew with salt and pepper, and simmer for 1 hour. Add purslane and simmer until pork is tender and purslane is soft, about 20 minutes more.

Steps:

• In a skillet heat oil over medium;when hot add chiles and saute quickly,removing after thirty seconds,turning the chiles so they toast evenly.Add to a bowl with hot water and vinegar,cover and soak 1 hour.
• Meanwhile,place all remaining ingredients,except purslane into a pot,cover with about 6 cups of water and bring to a boil.Cover and let simmer for 45 minutes.
• Place chiles and 1 cup of the water they were soaked in into a blender and puree until smooth.Add to the soup.(original recipe says this will make 1 1/2 cups of chile paste and to only use 1 cup of it)Cover and continue simmering about 10 minutes.
• Uncover and bring soup back to a boil before adding the purslane.Cover and simmer 10 more minutes.Serve with hot corn or flour tortillas.

Steps:

• 1) In a stock pot add water almost mid-way. When the water has come to a rolling boil add all the pork meat, ground cumino, seasoning salt, and black pepper to taste.
• 2) When the pork meat has turned color lower to medium heat and let simmer.
• 3) In a sauce pan fill the pot half way add the quartered onion, jalapenos, tomatillos, cilantro, and boil until the skin falls off of the tomatillos. When ready place them in the blender and liquify.
• 4) Add the sauce to the pot, make any adjustments to the seasonings at this time. Let simmer for 15 minutes and then add the verdolagas (after rinsing them) and let simmer for another 30 minutes or until meat is tender and verdolagas are soft.
• 5) Prepare the refried beans and flour tortillas. Serve hot. Enjoy!