505 Southwestern Recipes – Green Chile Sauce

1. Colorado Green Chile Sloppers

1 lb ground beef

4 hamburger buns

1 16 oz jar 505 Green Chile Sauce

1 small diced onion

1 cup oyster crackers

Beer (optional)

Form hamburger meat into a patty and cook as usual. Put hamburger bun in a bowl, place cooked hamburger on top of bun and smother it with the 505 Green Chile Sauce, then top it with diced onion and oyster crackers. Serves 4. They are great served with a beer!

2. Chilaquiles [chee-lah-KEE-lays] - Chilaquiles are tortilla chips (or fried, stale tortillas)

cooked in a green chile sauce and topped with cheese. • 2 cups tortilla chips (this is a good recipe for old or stale chips*) • 2 cups 505 Green Chile Sauce • 1 cup shredded white cheese (queso, quesadilla or mozzarella) • Oil for pan

Lightly coat a medium frying pan with oil. Heat over medium-high heat and add in tortilla chips. Quickly pour sauce over chips and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer chips in sauce (but do not stir them) until the chips have absorbed enough liquid to become soft. Sprinkle cheese on top and let cheese melt. Serve immediately. Serves 2.

3. Chile Verde Con Queso • 1 lb Velveeta Cheese • 1 oz diced jalapenos • 6 oz 505 Green Chile Sauce

Combine all ingredients in crock pot or microwave safe bowl. Heat at medium to medium high until cheese is melted. Stir while heating. Add additional 505 Green Chile Sauce for desired taste and consistency. Serve with veggies or tortilla chips. Great over chimichangas!

4. Mexican braised pork with green chili sauce

2 tbsp. salad oil

3 lbs. pork butt, boned & cut into 1 inch cubes

1 lg. onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 lg. green peppers, chopped

1/4 c. water

505 Green Chile Sauce

In 12-inch frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat; add meat and lightly brown. Add onion, garlic and green pepper. Sauté until limp. Stir in 505 Roasted Green Chile Sauce and water. Cover and simmer until meat is tender when pierced, about 1 ½ hours or more. Serve with rice and garnish with tomato wedges and sour cream. Also, great spooned into warm flour tortillas.