New Mexico Green Chili Stew

KS Farmwife's Note:

This came from a distant relative who used to have a Charlois ranch in New Mexico. Not too spicy-just plain good!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 ½-2 lbs ground beef
• 3 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 large onion , chopped
• 1 large potato , peeled & chopped in bite size pieces
• 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans , drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes
• 3 (4 ounce) cans chopped green chilies
• 6 -8 cups water (add to your own personal liking for thickness of soups)
• salt and pepper (keep tasting to adjust)

Directions:

1. In large pot brown meat with onion, drain.
2. Add all other ingredients and stir well.
3. Bring to a boil then simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour (or until potato is fork tender).
4. You must keep tasting this to get the salt and pepper right.
5. Fabulous with cornbread!

Reviews

[Barb Gertz]

Delicious, great recipe easy to make. I did cut the size of the recipe down for the 2 of us. Making the recipe as stated using 1/2 pound ground turkey & 1/2 pound ground beef the 1 onion, 3 cloves garlic, we love garlic, 1 meduim potato, 1 can pinto beans 1 can Italian style stewed tomatoes. 1 1/2 cans greens chiles.I put the other 1/2 can chilies in the cornbread that I made to serve with the stew. Thank you for posting this yummy easy to make recipe.

[scarletscorpion]

This is really good! Very similar to other stews I make, but I had never combined potatoes and beans. Silly me! I did make one substitution: I didn't have Italian-style tomatoes, so I used Rotel.

[Margie Brock]

Very much enjoyed this one. Added a minced chipotle for a little zing. Thank you! Margie