Costillas de Puerco en Chile Colorado
Recipe by
Karina Valladares
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs. pork short ribs
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt
- 8 chiles guajillo
- 2 chiles pasilla
- 2 chiles ancho
- 6 tomatillos
- 1 1/2 cups of water (from where we boiled the chiles)
- 3 garlic cloves
- Small piece of white onion
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tbsp Better than Bouillon
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Set pan to medium high heat and add pork short ribs.
- Add bay leaves, salt, and water until meat is fully covered.
- Cover and cook until water dries up and meat starts frying.
- Remove seeds from chiles using scissors.
- Boil tomatillos in water until they change color (about 3 minutes).
- Transfer tomatillos to blender.
- Boil chiles in the same water for about 6 minutes.
- Transfer chiles to blender along with 1 1/2 cups of the water.
- Add garlic cloves, white onion, oregano, Better than Bouillon, and salt to blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- After ribs have cooked for 1 hour and 20 minutes, remove excess grease.
- Add salsa to ribs and mix well.
- Check for more salt or bouillon, then reduce heat, cover, and let simmer for 5 minutes.
- Serve with Mexican rice.