chile verde
[ chil-ee vair-dee, -dey, vur-, chee-le; Spanish chee-le ver-the ]
nounSouthwest Cooking.
a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
Origin of chile verde
1First recorded in 1865–70; from Spanish (Mexico, Texas)chile verde “green chile pepper”
- Also chil·i ver·de .
Words Nearby chile verde
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How to use chile verde in a sentence
Their fare was varied sometimes by a little carni seca, pounded up and stewed with chile verde or chile colorado.
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