Instant Pot Pork Chili Verde
Juicy tender pork in a flavorful green pepper broth make this insanely delicious pork chili verde.
Ingredients
- 3.5-4 lbs pork shoulder roast boneless
- 4 to tomatillos
- 2 poblano pepper
- 2 Serrano peppers
- 3 jalapeno pepper
- 1 yellow onion chopped, medium
- 5 garlic whole cloves
- 1 tbsp cumin seed whole
- 1 tbsp salt
- ½ cilantro bunch fresh
- lime juice from 1
Instructions
- Trim large pieces of fat from pork and cut into 2 inch chunks.
- Peel husks, wash and cut tomatillos into quarters. Wash all peppers, remove stems and seeds and roughly chop.
- Optional step: to add more depth of flavor, you can roast the peppers and tomatillos. Spray a foil lined baking sheet, place all peppers and tomatillos skin side up, lightly spray peppers with cooking spray. Broil for 3 minutes or until chard and bubbly. Cover to let them sweat, then when cool peel off the burnt skins and add the peppers to the instant pot.
MAKE IT NOW
- Add pork, tomatillos, poblano peppers, serrano peppers, jalapeno peppers, onion, garlic, cumin seed and salt to the Instant Pot or pressure cooker. Stir to combine.
- Put on the saute feature and when you hear it gently sizzling, about 3 minutes, place lid on Instant Pot and seal. Cook on High heat for 30 minutes, then do instant release to release the steam.
- Preheat oven to Broil. Using tongs, transfer pork pieces to a foil lined baking sheet. Lightly spray cooking spray over the pork pieces. Broil pork on top rack of oven for 2-3 minutes or until you see browned crispy edges of the pork.
- Add cilantro and lime juice to remaining contents of Instant Pot. Using an immersion blender blend together until smooth. Then add pork back into sauce.
MAKE AHEAD
- Roast peppers (optional) cool.
- Add meat to freezer bag. Add cooled chopped roasted or raw peppers. Freeze.
- Thaw. Then dump all of bag into instant pot. Bring to sizzle. Lid on and Cook. Broil and purée then serve
- Serve in fried corn tacos, or over rice, or make a burrito bowl with them.
My favorite way to serve it is to take a corn tortilla, fry it in oil until crispy and add the meat to those tacos. I also love to serve it over rice or in a burrito.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 198
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 198kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Protein | 24g | 48% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 81mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 967mg | 40% |
| Potassium | 523mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 205IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 33.4mg | 37% |
| Calcium | 33mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2.1mg | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.