4 rick bayless chile Recipes

pork shoulder, dried new mexico chiles, onion, diced, garlic cloves, minced, dried oregano, ground cumin, oil, salt , as needed, ground black pepper , as needed, water , as needed

chicken broth, salt, plus more for the chicken (1/3 cup if you re using low-sodium broth, 1/2 cup if using unsalted broth), red-ripe tomatoes or 2 (28 oz) cans diced fire-roasted tomatoes, undrained, fresh poblano chiles, chicken thighs (with bones and skin in tact), good-quality olive oil, white onions, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces (about 5 cups), fresh mexican chorizo sausage, casing removed, heads garlic, peeled and finely chopped, grain rice, shrimp, peeled (leaving the tail and final joint in tact, if you wish), mussels , scrubbed and de-beareded (if necessary), frozen peas , defrosted, chopped flat leaf parsley, silver tequila (optional)

bacon (smoky is great here), ripe avocados (about 1 1/4 lb), white onion, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces, chipotle chiles in adobo , removed from the canning sauce, stemmed, slit open, seeds scraped out, and finely chopped, ripe tomato, cored and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces, loosely packed and coarsely chopped fresh cilantro , thick bottom stems cut off, salt, fresh lime juice (to taste)