Puerco en Chile Pasilla, or Pork in Chile Pasilla. A very tasty dish. Rick is correct, you don’t need all those special mushrooms for this to work. I did soak and use some dehydrated Shiitake mushrooms and used the soaking liquid with the chile sauce. Two notes about Rick Bayless. He is the younger brother of Skip Bayless (controversial sports writer and celebrity). Rick was offered the position of head chef to the Obamas in his first term as president. He turn down the offer because he was about to launch his string of Mexican restaurants, and felt he wouldn’t have been able to fully commit to those responsibilities. I personally enjoy his YouTube programming Mexico, One Plate at a Time. As for my dish. I enjoyed the weekend in the kitchen. I made fresh Queso fresco and corn tortillas. Enjoyed the pork tacos with some of Chef Johns refried beans and a salsa verde I blended up using some tomatillos, poblano peppers and a few chile árbol. A lot of work, but we enjoyed them.
