Photo by Jen Britton
Wild Boar Chili Colorado Tacos
In Reno, wild boar is available at Sierra Meat & Seafood (Sierrameat.com).
Servings: 18 tacos
Ingredients
- 1- to 3- pound wild boar shoulder cut into 1½-inch chunks
- 15 dried guajillo peppers seeds removed
- 2 chile de arbol dried peppers seeds removed
- 1 large yellow onion coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1½ teaspoons chopped oregano
- Salt to taste
- Corn tortillas, limes, cilantro, diced onions, and Mexican crema for building your tacos
Instructions
- Place cut boar and chopped onion in pot, cover with water, and bring to simmer. Simmer boar on low heat until tender, 6 to 7 hours. Strain meat out of liquid and return liquid to pot. Let meat cool a bit, then discard onions from it and coarsely shred meat.
- Place dried peppers, garlic, oregano, and cumin in cooking liquid and return to boil, then simmer on low until peppers are softened, about 20 to 30 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove all peppers from liquid and place in a blender. Add as much liquid as you need, maybe all of it, to purée the peppers into a smooth sauce. Let blender run several minutes. At this point, season sauce with salt, to desired taste. Pass sauce through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any remaining chili flakes, leaving a smooth sauce.
- Mix sauce and meat together; reheat if needed on stove, taking care not to dry it out. Now you are ready to make tacos!
