Secret Illuminati Colorado Green Chile

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs lamb
• 1 lb green chili pepper (hatch in this case)
• 1 large onion
• 32 ounces chicken stock
• 32 ounces beer (lager is fine, water is fine also)
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 1 1/2 tablespoons mexican oregano
• 1 tablespoon red chili pepper flakes
• 2 tablespoons garlic (minced)
• 1 tablespoon red pepper sauce, i use chipotle (of choice)
• 10 ounces tomatoes (ro-tel hot in this case with habenaros)
• 2 ounces milk chocolate (fun-size hershey's bar)

Recipe

• 1 peel, seed, and dice (roughly 1/4 inch) roasted green chile's and set aside.
• 2 peel and dice onion to roughly same as chile's.
• 3 in a 2-4 quart mixing bowl combine onions, chile's, oregano, pepper flakes, garlic, hot sauce, and cumin. set aside.
• 4 place cast iron dutch oven over medium heat.
• 5 brown lamb in small batches.
• 6 transfer to crock-pot or slow cooker of choice.
• 7 place cast iron back on burner (time to get the goodies off the bottom!).
• 8 add bowl of onions, chile's, oregano, pepper flakes, garlic, hot sauce, and cumin to the cast iron.
• 9 stir, cover and wait 5 minute (don't peek!).
• 10 open and add ro-tel tomatoes stir and cover 5 minute more. (dont peek!).
• 11 open and add beer, and chili powder. stir, cover, and simmer 5 more minutes.
• 12 transfer cast iron contents/ingredients at this point to crock-pot.
• 13 cover ingredients with remaining beer and chicken stock and on a cook on low setting for 6-8 hours.