Name: Chilito de Puerco (Pork in Chile Sauce)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 5 or 6 pulla, negro, or guajillo chiles, seeded (1½ ounces [40 g]); Tortillas and black beans, for serving; 1 medium onion, diced (1 cup [140 g]); 2 cups [480 ml] water; 1 tablespoon salt; 2 pounds [910 g] pork butt, cut into 2-inch [5-cm] pieces; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 pound [455 g] tomatoes (6 plum tomatoes); 4 garlic cloves (1 ounce [30 g]); 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 ancho chile, seeded (¾ ounce [20 g])

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

We Are La Cocina

By Leticia Landa and Caleb Zigas

Published 2019

About

This was the first dish that I ever made by myself. I made it when I was nine years old, without any supervision. I blended the ingredients in the metate by myself. I think about when I would sit and watch my mother cook. I left Mexico because I wanted to help my parents. My dad worked a lot. So one day, I just decided, I’m going. My mom cried so much when I was leaving. I told her that I was only going to leave for six months. Nobody wanted me to leave, but I had made my decision.</