Lamb Carnitas With Green Chiles

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 lbs boneless lamb shoulder, cut into bite-size pieces
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 large yellow onion, cut into thin slivers
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies, undrained
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• flour tortillas or corn tortilla
• shredded cheddar cheese
• chopped tomato
• sour cream

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in an ovenproof, heavy, large covered pot over high heat.(if you don't have a large pot that goes from stovetop to oven, simply prepare on stovetop, and then transfer to a covered casserole before baking).
• 3 add half of the lamb cubes; sprinkle with half of the salt and half of the black pepper. cook lamb until starting to brown, stirring often. remove lamb.
• 4 repeat with remaining lamb cubes, salt and black pepper, adding more oil if necessary.
• 5 drain drippings from pot.
• 6 heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the same pot over medium heat. cook onion in hot oil until tender.
• 7 stir in undrained chiles and garlic; cook for 2 minutes.
• 8 return lamb to pot. add chicken broth.
• 9 cover and put in oven to bake for 1 hour.
• 10 serve lamb in tortillas topped with cheddar cheese, tomato and sour cream if desired.