Here are two recIpes for you... straight from New Mexico. Green Chile - From The Range Cafe Recipe By: Raven Published in: The Range Cafe - Santa Fe Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds mild green New Mexico chiles* -- roasted, peeled, seeded and chopped to measure 2 cups 3/4 pounds hot green New Mexico chiles -- roasted, peeled, seeded and chopped to measure 1 cup 4 cup chicken stock 2/3 cup white onion -- diced 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 6 clove garlic -- minced 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 tablespoons lard 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour Instructions Place all ingredients except the lard and flour in a large saucepan over medium heat. Simmer uncovered, stirring frequently until juice has thickened, about 20 to 30 minutes. Make a roux with the lard and flour and brown slightly in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 1/2 cup of the green chile mixture to the roux and whisk thoroughly. Add the roux to the remaining chile mixture and cook over low heat until the sauce thickens and the flour taste disappears, about 15 minutes. Adjust salt to taste. * may use all hot chiles if desired Exported from A Cook's Books -- Recipe management for Macintosh Green Chile Stew from Raven Recipe By: Raven from FoodWine Ingredients 3 -4 pounds pork stew meat 10 tomatillos, husked and chopped 6 cloves garlic chopped olive oil 1 onion chopped 5 jalapenos (or serranos if it's just me) 2 roma tomatoes roasted 2 potatoes cubed (don't always use them) beef stock to cover(trick I learned from the fabulous Della) Instructions Sometimes I will puree half the tomatillos with some of the onion. Sometimes not. Note that I don't use soap-weed (cilantro), but will sometimes put some parsley in. I often brown the meat and then throw everything into the slow cooker so it's ready when I get home in the evening. ~ Raven Recipe Notes This is the way Raven originally wrote the recipe. 3-4 pounds pork stew meat probably about 10 tomatillos, husked and chopped a lot of garlic.... maybe 4-6 cloves chopped olive oil 1/2 - 1 onion chopped 4-5 jalapenos (or serranos if it's just me) a couple roasted roma tomatoes if I feel like it a couple potatoes cubed (don't always use them) beef stock to cover(trick I learned from the fabulous Della) Exported from A Cook's Books -- Recipe management for Macintosh http://www.terryanddave.com/Terry "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling, chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book fill the air around me." Ruth Reichl