Don Fernando's Green Chile Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb ground chuck
• 1/2 lb ground lamb
• 1/2 lb boneless sirloin, cubed
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup mexican (not dark)
• 2 lbs poblano peppers, roasted, peeled, and chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 2 1/2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1/8 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons flour

Recipe

• 1 in a medium skillet cook the ground chuck, ground lamb, and cubed sirloin until it is done. remove meat with a slotted spoon and place in a heavy, large soup pot.
• 2 add the chicken broth, , poblano peppers, and tomato. bring to a boil, lower heat and reduce to a simmer.
• 3 in another skillet add 2 tablespoons butter and heat over medium heat till melted. add the onions, garlic and cilantro. saute for 3 to 5 minutes or until onions are softened.
• 4 add the tobasco, oregano, cumin, parsley, salt, pepper and the first 1-1/2 tablespoons of flour. stir constantly and cook for 3 minutes. add this mixture to the soup pot and mix well.
• 5 bring the soup to a boil again and then reduce the heat to low. simmer the soup for 2 hours stirring occasionally.
• 6 in a small bowl place the other 2 tablespoons of butter and the other 1-1/2 tablespoons of flour and knead them together.
• 7 while stirring constantly, add tiny bits of the butter and flour mixture to the soup. simmer the soup for 15 minutes more.