Pork Ribs with Verdolagas (Purslane)
Pork Ribs with Verdolagas (Purslane)

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I could not find California chiles in my area ,and I just happen to really like pork necks,so they made it into my version. Purslane — known as verdolaga or verdolagas in Mexico, where it's a popular staple — turns out to be one of the healthiest foods to harvest from your yard this summer! Learn why verdolagas is considered a superfood and how to use it in numerous delicious and healthy purslane recipes.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pork ribs with verdolagas (purslane) using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Ribs with Verdolagas (Purslane):
  1. Prepare 5-6 pounds pork ribs, I like to use baby back ribs
  2. Take 4 Serrano or 2 Jalapeño chiles
  3. Prepare 2 large handfuls of Cilantro, coarsely chopped
  4. Get 12 medium sized tomatillos
  5. Take Salt
  6. Prepare Olive oil
  7. Make ready 2 large yellow or white onions, chopped any way you like
  8. Prepare 8 large garlic cloves, finely minced
  9. Prepare 4 big handfuls of Purslane, coarsely chopped
  10. Prepare 12 small red potatoes, quartered

Called "verdolaga" in Spanish, it is used in many dishes, in salads, or cooked with braised pork. Also known as Purslane, Pigweed and Hogweed Verdolagas is a member of the Portulacaceae family along with miners lettuce and rose moss. Purslane (Portulaca oleracea - aka verdolaga, little hogweed, pigweed, pusley & vertolaga) is a succulent leaf vegetable with small green leaves and a mild citrusy, salty, "green" flavor. Thought to have originated in India, purslane is a relatively unknown vegetable in the US.

Steps to make Pork Ribs with Verdolagas (Purslane):
  1. Broil the tomatillos and chiles in a 450º oven for 15 minutes.
  2. While tomatillos are broiling, cut the ribs into 2 rib sections and brown them in olive oil in a large Dutch oven. Sprinkle with salt and remove from pot.
  3. To pot, add onions and garlic and sauté over medium flame stirring occasionally until softened. Remove pot from heat while you work on the sauce.
  4. To blender, add cilantro, chiles, tomatillos and 3 cups water. Blend till smooth and add to pot.
  5. Return pot to heat and stir sauce. Taste for salt.
  6. Add ribs making sure sauce covers them. If it doesn't, add more water. Bring to a boil then turn heat off.
  7. Cover Dutch oven with lid and place in a 325º oven. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  8. Remove lid and add potatoes. Try to push the potatoes down into the sauce. Cook an additional 30 minutes or until potatoes are cooked.
  9. Remove lid and add chopped purslane. Spoon sauce over the purslane. The potatoes may have absorbed the salt in the sauce, so taste for salt and add more if desired. Cook another 10 minutes.
  10. Remove Dutch oven, stir and let sit for 10 minutes. Remove any bones where meat has fallen away. Serve with warm tortillas.

Verdolagas is purslane, and it is in your garden. The fleshy green teardrop shaped leaves of purslane are. Last year Rich and I saw verdolagas at the farmers' market for the first time and learned the English name; Purslane. Verdolagas is a very common thing to eat in Mexico where it is sold in most groceries stores but it is hard to find in San Diego stores. Saute the diced sweet Peppers and Onion and.

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