Green Chili

Green Chili

Green chili, a staple dish of U.S. Southwestern cuisine that is a spicy stewlike mix of green chiles and usually pork, jalapeños, onions, tomatoes, and various seasonings. There are many different ways to incorporate green chiles into your meals, from making appetizers such as Stuffed Hatch Green Chiles and Hatch Chili Hummus, to sides like Jalapeño Cornbread and Green Chile Pinto Beans, to main courses such as Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas and Green Chile Stew. Capsaicin found in green chillies is hot to taste but has shown to lower body temperature by stimulating the cooling centre of the hypothalamus in the brain.