cobalt

Help needed-I feel like a newbie. This is the recipe and I got it a week ago after 2 people I follow made it. But of course after I got the link to the Sweet Chipotle Chili recipe I promptly forgot who helped me. @TheJen or @Waitnwallflower maybe? My questions are 2 here, see photos. Could not find pork shoulder roast boneless anywhere so I got the pork loin roast boneless in second photo, hoping it will work.

Unsure though. And how the heck do I dice up a whole pork roast? Do I sorta cut out all the fat and somehow cut up as small as I can the pieces? I have everything now but I’ll have to go to a different store to get red lentils and fish sauce. I’m guessing since they are listed ingredients, they may be important. Help?
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Oct 23 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadEmily VelascoOct 23
@cobalt123 Is this the chili that has the sweet potatoes in it? I was the person making that.
Show threadcobaltOct 23
@MLE_online Yessssss! Was you! And you got the recipe that was online from _______? Now I’m getting somewhere. Now that Dave P and a few others told me to cut that roast into slabs first, I am now left only with having to get to a big grocery to find red lentils and fish sauce. Oh dear, reading the list again I see I forgot sweet potatoes, a poblano pepper and cilantro. Aargh, and ground dry mustard. Back shopping later today. Then tomorrow I attempt. #Chili #Recipe
Show threadEmily VelascoOct 23

@cobalt123 I didn't put lentils in mine, and I don't remember that being part of the recipe. It had black beans and kidney beans for legumes.

I did add fish sauce, but I think you could substitute something for that. It was a small amount. I would maybe just try an equal amount of soy sauce if you don't want to try tracking that down (I can walk across the street and get fish sauce here)

Show threadcobaltOct 23

@MLE_online Aha! Now I can scratch off the red lentils. They were on a different recipe I got from the same cooking website with this chili. Btw I liked that Isabel Eats food blog! She is a first gen Mexican born and raised in Texas I think, from a large family. She said she wants to recreate family food in a way others here in the US can do with depending on food we can get at groceries.

Thanks for the input. I think I’ll try the soy sauce. Don’t know that I’d ever use fish sauce again. I post a photo here in Mastodon a couple years ago of the insanity that is my condiment cabinet. So many of these I used only one time, for one recipe. Eek!

Show threadJulie WebgirlOct 27
@cobalt123 @MLE_online
I don't know if it would be any easier to find but you might try oyster sauce? It's my #1 ingredient in fried rice so if that's down the line to try out, at least it wouldn't be for just 1 recipe.
Show threadSnyperWolfOct 23

@cobalt123 @TheJen @Waitnwallflower

* disclaimer: I have not made pork chili, but I cook and develop recipes when I have time *

I think the pork you got will be just fine. You can certainly throw away larger chunks of fat, but I would want most of the pork fat in the chili.

Since it looks like that pork has already been deboned, I would take a chef knife and cut or shave large slabs. Maybe 8mm thick at most. From there, dice into cubes. Be sure to cut up the fat as small as possible

Show threadjustmichelleOct 23
@SnyperWolf @cobalt123 @TheJen @Waitnwallflower Chili is very forgiving. Once, for family meal, I made it with a jar of fermented black beans. It was delicious. I was operating under the assumption that at least one military man from Texas returned home from an overseas assignment with a wife.