Yesterday I was having a total craving for a good bowl of chili verde, so I decided to set about making my dream a reality. 

I started with some pretty lean pork rib pieces that WinCo was selling as "carnitas".  I hacked it up into reasonable sized pieces, and browned it in some peanut oil, then started cutting up and tossing in the remaining ingredients, which were:

• some quartered tomatillos, maybe 2 cups worth (I wanted more, but WinCo didn't have many fresh, and I don't like the canned ones as well)
• 5 fresh pasilla/poblano chiles, chopped roughly.  I knew I was going to be stewing them, so I didn't bother to roast the skins off first.
• 4-5 chopped seeded jalapenos
• chopped garlic
• Mexican oregano
• ground cumin
• salt to taste

After everything had cooked down (maybe an hour) I added a jar of nopalitos (cactus).  I knew they tended to get a bit squishy if cooked to long, so waited a bit before throwing them in with the rest of the stuff.

I served it up in bowls with some cheese, fresh sweet onions and avocado, and warm corn tortillas.

My son declared that I should add this to the list of things to make anytime.  I think that's an endorsement.