Pozole (Mexican Hominy Stew)
Pozole (Mexican Hominy Stew)

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, pozole (mexican hominy stew). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Pozole is a super easy and amazingly tasty stew made with pork, dried chiles, and hominy. This recipe for the traditional Mexican stew is a pozole rojo and features red chile peppers. To some, this soup is at its best thanks to the garnishes, which provide balance and flavor in addition to decoration.

Pozole (Mexican Hominy Stew) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pozole (Mexican Hominy Stew) is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pozole (mexican hominy stew) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pozole (Mexican Hominy Stew):
  1. Prepare 1.5 # Pozole (Hominy) may be canned or fresh most often found in Latin Stores
  2. Prepare 1.5 # Pork Butt (Boston Butt) or other suitable Port Roast cut in large chunks (2 in.)
  3. Prepare 1.5 # Pork Belly cut in large chunks (2in.)
  4. Take 10 large Dried Chiles (Guajillo, New Mexico)
  5. Get 1 Yellow or White Onion stuck with 2-4 whole cloves
  6. Make ready 1 Tbsp +/- Garlic
  7. Make ready 1 Bay Leaf
  8. Prepare 2 tsp Toasted Cumin Seeds (important to toast them)
  9. Take Salt and Pepper
  10. Make ready Lime wedges, Finely Chopped Onion, Chopped Cilantro, Oregano for garnish

Pozole is a special occasion dish in Mexico, especially in Guerrero State. Restaurants called pozolerías specialize in it. This hominy-studded stew is well known as a cure for hangovers and is often eaten in the wee hours of the morning as a preventive. I've learned this recipe from a friend from Mexico.

Steps to make Pozole (Mexican Hominy Stew):
  1. If using fresh Hominy (Pozole), soak overnight as you would dried beans if you want. If using canned Hominy, skip to step 3. I have to say either Pozole works, but fresh gives that "authentic" flair.
  2. Drain the hominy and put in a large "caldero" or soup pot. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Let simmer briskly for 1 hour.
  3. During Hominy cooking, toast Chiles in skillet or grill top taking care not to burn and develop a really off flavor. After, slit lengthwise and remove stems and seeds.
  4. Place Chiles in pot with 4 cups of water, simmer 30 minutes and allow to cool. Blend to a paste using some of the water you simmered with making a consistency of roughly pancake batter.
  5. Season Pork Belly and Shoulder with Salt and Pepper. I prefer to sear (Brown) the Shoulder, but the choice is yours. Either way, after Pozole has been cooking 1 hour, add the Pork Belly and Shoulder to the pot. Add the Onion with Cloves, Toasted Cumin Seeds, Bay Leaf and Garlic.
  6. Cover with enough water 2 inches, then bring back to a brisk simmer. Top with water occasionally and taste broth for salt, simmer for about 2 1/2 hours more, meat should be tender and pozole grains should have softened and burst. Skim fat from surface if desired.
  7. Add 1 cup chile purée and simmer for 10 minutes. Taste and correct seasoning. Add more purée if desired.
  8. When serving, put pozole, meat and broth into big bowls. Garnish with pieces of thinly sliced cabbage, diced onion, lime wedges, cilantro and oregano as desired.
  9. In my pic, I had White Rice left over so I just served over that. I KNOW….2 starches…..sue me!

I don't eat menudo, because the tripe or pig's feet made me nauseous. She always celebrated with this soup and I can eat everything in it without being grossed out! It's very delicious and everyone always get seconds or thirds! Pozole is easily one of Mexico's most iconic and beloved dishes, but where does it originate and why does no one pozole taste like another? Pretty much all pozoles contain the base ingredients of pork, garlic and large hominy kernels (cacahuazintle), although there are several versions that use meats.

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