Pozole rojo is a traditional Mexican soup or stew made with hominy, a type of large-kernel corn that has been treated with an alkali solution to remove the hull. The soup is typically made with a red chile broth and includes meat, usually pork or chicken, and vegetables such as onions, garlic, and tomatoes. Pozole rojo is a popular dish for special occasions such as Mexican Independence Day. If you're looking for an authentic Mexican pozole rojo recipe, here are a few things to keep in mind.
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AUTHENTIC MEXICAN POZOLE
I've learned this recipe from a friend from Mexico. 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! Don't forget to garnish! I add lots of lemon juice to my bowl and a dash of salt.
Provided by razzle dazzle
Categories Stocks
Time 1h25m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- This recipe requires a simple prep.
- Prepare the onion, peel the garlic, chop the onion, peel and chop the 2 garlic cloves, chop the green chilies and jalapenos if you are using them and get the hominy drained and rinsed.
- I boil my ancho chilies in a separate small pot for the garnish part(read below).
- Now you are ready to cook.
- Place the meat in a large saucepan and just cover with lightly salted water.
- Add 1/2 chopped onion, the 2 cloves peeled garlic, pepper, cumin, and oregano.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, skim off any foam that rises, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Remove meat and broth, reserving both.
- Saute the remaining chopped onion and garlic in oil until translucent.
- Add the remaining spices, stir for a minute.
- Cut the reserved pork into 1 inch cubes and add to the pan.
- Stir in the canned hominy, pork broth (if there is not enough pork broth, add chicken stock, I like to add it anyway for flavor, about 2-4 cups, eyeball the amount you like), green chilies and jalapenos (optional).
- Cook at a simmer, covered, for 45 to 60 minutes until the meat and hominy are tender.
- If necessary, cook for up to an additional 60 minutes until the chilies and onions are well blended into the broth.
- Degrease the stew, taste for salt, and serve in soup bowls.
- This is a delicious recipe and well worth the effort to make.
- Garnishes that are always served with are:.
- lots of lime/lemon wedges.
- sliced radishes.
- chopped cilantro.
- Shredded cabbage(not red).
- fresh/ packaged fried corn tortillas.
- When my ancho chilies are soft from boiling(takes about 15 minutes), then i put them in the blender with 1 1/2cups of water, 1 clove of garlic and about 2 tablespoons diced onion, and about 1 tablespoons of salt and pepper. I blend this thin, then strain it to get the liquid separated from its "pulp". I throw the pulp into the soup for the flavor i like but you can discard if too spicy for you. The remaining liquid you put in a serving dish for guests to add in their own bowl, if desired. Beware! It's HOT!
MEXICAN POZOLE RECIPE
Steps:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, place the chiles, tomatoes, broth, onions, apple cider vinegar, garlic and cumin. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 3 minutes. Cover, remove from the heat and let it stand for about 15 minutes.
- In a blender, process the chile mixture on high until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Set aside.
- Trim the excess fat from the pork and cut into 3/4-inch cubes. See Note #1
- Season the pork with salt and ground black pepper. In a pot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Sear the pork stirring occasionally for about 6 minutes or until golden brown. Brown the pork in batches, if needed, to prevent overcrowding the pot. Add additional oil, if needed. Remove the meat from the pot and transfer to a plate.
- Add the onions to the pot and saute, stirring frequently until the onions become tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for about a minute. Return the meat and any collected juices to the pot.
- Stir in the red chile puree and cook, stirring a few times for about 2 minutes. Stir in the rest of the soup ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low heat and simmer covered, stirring occasionally, for 75 to 90 minutes, or until the pork becomes tender and the soup is slightly thickened (See Note #2).
- Stir and season to taste with salt and ground black pepper. Remove soup from the heat and discard the bay leaves. Serve with desired toppings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 258 kcal, Carbohydrate 17 g, Protein 29 g, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 68 mg, Sodium 980 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 9 g, ServingSize 1 serving
POZOLE ROJO (MEXICAN PORK AND HOMINY STEW)
The traditional Mexican dish in the red version: pork and hominy in a thick broth colored and flavored with guajillo chiles. Serve with tortilla chips.
Provided by Consuelo Aguilar
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes
Time 3h53m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place hominy in a large pot; cover with water. Add 1 head garlic and salt to taste. Cook over medium heat for 2 hours.
- Place pork shoulder, pork loin, and pork neck bones in the hominy mixture and cook until meat is tender and cooked through, about 1 hour.
- Place tomato and guajillo chiles in a pot and add enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Cook until chiles have softened, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain.
- Place tomato and chiles with salt, 1 clove garlic, oregano, and cumin in a blender; add 2 cups water. Blend until smooth. Strain mixture through a fine-mesh sieve and set chile sauce aside.
- Transfer pork to a work surface and shred with 2 forks. Discard the pork bones.
- Pour chile sauce into hominy mixture; bring to a boil. Return shredded pork to pot. Simmer pozole until flavors have blended, about 3 minutes.
- Ladle pozole into serving bowls and top with lettuce and onion and serve lime wedge on the side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 407.7 calories, Carbohydrate 35.3 g, Cholesterol 81 mg, Fat 17.2 g, Fiber 9.1 g, Protein 29.8 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 517.1 mg, Sugar 4.6 g
AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RED POZOLE, POSOLE ROJO MEXICANO AUTENTICO
The most wonderful memories I have is remembering my grandmother making Pozole for the holidays. This was a two day process. Dried white hominy corn was soaked first overnight, the next day it was slow cooked for six hours. In this recipe I will tell you where to get your dried hominy how to cook it. What to add to it and how to prepare it. I guarantee you have not tasted a more delicious pozole then my grandmother's homemade pozole made with home cooked dried hominy. Hominy cooked from scratch is tender and delicious and does not have the bland rubbery taste that canned hominy has. I order my dried hominy from www.ranchogordo.com on line. It already has the lime in it. Once you have your supplies or if you have a place to buy your own dried hominy you will need at least 2 pounds. Also you will need pickling lime which is cooked with the hominy to help soften the grain and helps to remove the hull easly after being cooked. I order from www.canningpantry.com/pickling-lime.html with this you are ready to make your cooked from scratch pozole. If buying the dried hominy from RanchoGordo you don't need to order the pickling lime. Traditional Red Pozole is cooked with trotters or pigs feet. (This is optional if you do not like pig feet). Enjoy
Provided by Juliann Esquivel @Juliann
Categories Other Soups
Number Of Ingredients 33
Steps:
- Bring the corn to a boil then shut off and soak in this water all night. Next day Drain and Rinse. Measure about 10 quarts water into a very large pot such as a canning pot. If using Ranchgordo hominy you need not add any lime. If you have regular dried hominy add 5 tablespoons lime to the water and add the corn. Bring to a boil, partially cover pot and simmer gently over medium-low heat. Boil dried hominy for 4 hours. Add water as necessary to keep the water level more or less constant. Slower, longer cooking is the secret for making a delicious pozole. This is not a hurry up dish. Next shut off and let cool. When you are able to handle corn drain all the water and rinse your pozole several times with cool or cold water. Rub the grains aganist each other with your hands. You will see the hulls come off the grains easly. Wash and rinse several times until all the hulls have come off the grains. You will have to wash and rinse you hominy several times until all the hulls are off. You will be left with little puffs of white corn. This process takes at least a good 20 or 30 minutes. I have rinsed my hominy at least six to eight times; making sure the hulls are discarded and hominy is rinsed clean of the lime. Once rinsed drain all of the water out of the pot. Set cooked hominy aside. Note: You hominy still needs another hour of cooking time at this point.
- Meanwhile while the corn is gently cooking, cook your meat. Cut your pork shoulder in 3 or 4 large pieces. Season meat with the salt, garlic powder and black pepper. Cut your pork loin in smaller pieces and season as well. Add pork bones and the pig feet optional. Next in a large pot heat the the canola oil add your pork meat a little at a time searing and browning on all sides. You are not cooking the meat only searing it. When the meat is all seared drain off as much oil as possible add the sliced onion and smashed garlic to the meat pot. Add 8 quarts cold water to the meat pot. Bring up to a boil; skim off any foam that may rise to surface. turn heat down, add an additional tablespoon of salt, cover and gently simmer the meats for about 2 1/2 hours. "Do not use any type of smoked ham bone or smoked pork product". Shut off the heat after 2 1/2 hours of cooking. The pork meat will not be done and should still need about one more hour of cooking time. Do not finish cooking the meat. Let pot cool down.
- After meat has cooled down completely. Refrigerate overnight the next day with a large spoon remove and discard any congeled fat of the top of the meat and broth pot. Put the pot back on the stove over medium heat add the semi cooked hominy and begin to slow cook again over medium -low heat. Meat and hominy will need about one or two more hours of cooking time. Add more water if needed to the pot.
- While meat and hominy are slow cooking make your Red Chile Sauce. Clean and remove the seeds, vein and stems from the dried chiles. Wipe each chile the outside with a damp paper towel. Toast the chile ancho and guajillo chiles in a dry frying pan over medium-low heat. Do not add any oil. Be carful to not scorch the chiles. If you should scorch them they will become very bitter and you will have to start over again. Turn them constantly several times cooking until they become pliable and fragarant, about 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer chiles to a deep pot and add two or three cups water and two peeled garlic cloves. Bring to a hard boil. Once boiling turn off the heat and let stand covered for 20 to 25 minutes. Next in a blender combine the chiles, some of the soaking liquid, chopped onion, and some of the fresh garlic cloves that have been peeled. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, and a 1/4 of a piece of the Mexican chocolate tablet. Puree until all is smooth. Do all of the chiles like this using the rest of the garlic, onion, the chocolate and a little more soaking liquid.
- Next in a deep frying pan heat a quarter cup of canola oil. Add 1/2 cup white all purpose flour to the oil. Make a roux with the flour and oil until the flour is a dark blonde. Careful not to scorch. If you do you will have to start over again. Add one cup of the chile paste into the roux and with a wisk begin to stir chile paste with the roux. Do not worry the paste will start to get real thick and look as if it's glumping up. Quickly lower heat and add two cups of the simmering pork broth to the chile paste and roux. Continue to wisk very fast until all the chile sauce gets smooth; at this point you may have to add another one or two cupfuls of pork broth. Continue wisking until all is very well incorporated and the sauce is smooth. Now add all remaining spices, oregano, cumin powder and continue to stir very well. Now add you chile sauce to the pot of broth, meat and hominy. Stir well until all of the broth turns a deep red. Taste the broth to see if you have enough salt. Continue to simmer the Pozole until the corn is soft, tender and the meat is fork tender about one hour to a hour and a half. Serve in deep bowls, add a teaspoonful of diced sweet onion, fine shredded lettuce, or shredded cabbage, diced radishes, lime wedges, avacado slices, My hot red salsa, see my recipe posted and dried whole leaf oregano. Before serving garnishes over the pozole it is customary to rub a little dried oregano between your palms, dusting over the pozole then garnish with the accompaniments. Have these garnishes in large bowls set on the table. Pass the fresh hot tortillas. Yes its a lot of work but you have never had pozole like this. Once you make like this you will not want any other way. I cut corners by making my chile paste ahead of time and freeze in little quart freezer bags. I just defrost and make my chile sauce. See my recipe posted for Mexican Red Chile Sauce. Enjoy
Tips:
- To make the most flavorful pozole, use a combination of dried and fresh chiles. Dried chiles add a deep, smoky flavor, while fresh chiles add brightness and heat.
- Soak the dried chiles in hot water for at least 30 minutes before blending them. This will help to soften them and release their flavor.
- If you don't have time to soak the dried chiles, you can toast them in a skillet over medium heat for a few minutes. This will help to bring out their flavor.
- Use a large pot to make the pozole. This will give the hominy plenty of room to cook and absorb the flavors of the broth.
- Season the pozole to taste with salt, pepper, and cumin. You can also add other spices, such as oregano, garlic powder, or chili powder, to taste.
- Serve the pozole with your favorite toppings, such as shredded chicken, avocado, cilantro, and lime wedges.
Conclusion:
Pozole is a delicious and versatile Mexican soup that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a great way to use up leftover hominy, and it can be made with a variety of different toppings and ingredients. Whether you like it spicy or mild, vegetarian or with meat, there is a pozole recipe out there for everyone. So next time you're looking for a hearty and flavorful soup, give pozole a try!
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