Pork and hominy stew with red chiles, known as pozole rojo, is a traditional Mexican dish that is enjoyed as a main course or a soup. This flavorful dish is believed to have originated in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, and it is prepared using pork shoulder or ribs, dried hominy, guajillo chiles, and various spices. Pozole rojo is known for its rich, slightly spicy broth, tender pork, and the chewy texture of the hominy. It is often served with garnishes such as shredded cabbage, sliced radishes, diced onions, cilantro, and lime wedges, allowing each person to customize their bowl according to their taste preferences.
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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
PORK AND HOMINY STEW WITH RED CHILES (POZOLE ROJO)
Categories Pepper Pork Stew Kid-Friendly Pork Rib Hot Pepper Spring Tortillas Hominy/Cornmeal/Masa Gourmet Small Plates
Yield Serves 8 as a main course
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Peel garlic cloves and reserve 2 for chile sauce. Slice remaining garlic. In a 7- to 8-quart heavy kettle bring water and broth just to a boil with sliced garlic and pork. Skim surface and add oregano. Gently simmer pork, uncovered, until tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
- While pork is simmering, wearing protective gloves, discard stems from chiles and in a bowl combine chiles with boiling-hot water. Soak chiles, turning them occasionally, 30 minutes. Cut onion into large pieces and in a blender purée with chiles and soaking liquid, reserved garlic, and 2 teaspoons salt until smooth.
- Transfer pork with tongs to a cutting board and reserve broth mixture. Shred pork, using 2 forks, and discard bones. Rinse and drain hominy. Return pork to broth mixture and add chile sauce, hominy, and remaining teaspoon salt. Simmer pozole 30 minutes and, if necessary, season with salt. Pozole may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
- While pozole is simmering, stack tortillas and halve. Cut halves crosswise into thin strips. In a 9- to 10-inch skillet heat 1/2 inch oil until hot but not smoking and fry tortilla strips in 3 or 4 batches, stirring occasionally, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer tortilla strips with a slotted spoon as fried to brown paper or paper towels to drain. Transfer tortilla strips to a bowl. Tortilla strips may be made 1 day ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.
- Serve pozole with tortilla strips and bowls of accompaniments.
MEXICAN POZOLE
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Cut the pork into chunks. Fairly big pieces are traditional, but if you prefer, cut the pork into bite-sized pieces.
- Put the pork in a large pot and add enough cool water to cover it by about 2 inches (approximately 5 to 6 cups). Bring to a boil, skimming off any foam that forms in the pot.
- Remove the stem and seeds from the chiles, and peel the garlic. Add the chiles, garlic, and salt to the pork.
- Reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer, cover, and cook until the pork is fork tender, about 90 minutes. Alternatively, put the covered, ovenproof pot in a 350 F oven for the same amount of time.
- After the pork has cooked, add the hominy and the Mexican oregano. Continue cooking at a simmer until the flavors blend and the pork is very tender, for another hour. Add additional water, if necessary, to keep the moisture at a good level, return the mixture to a boil and reduce back down to a simmer when needed. Add salt to taste.
- Serve the pozole in deep bowls.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro, scallion, radish, and green cabbage. If you like, squeeze fresh lime juice on top. Enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 571 kcal, Carbohydrate 26 g, Cholesterol 136 mg, Fiber 5 g, Protein 38 g, SaturatedFat 12 g, Sodium 1104 mg, Sugar 4 g, Fat 34 g, ServingSize 6 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
PORK AND HOMINY STEW WITH RED CHILES
Steps:
- Peel garlic and reserve 2 whole cloves, then slice remaining cloves. Combine sliced garlic, pork, water, and broth in a 7- to 8-quart heavy pot and bring to a boil, skimming froth. Add oregano, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, skimming occasionally, until pork is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Meanwhile, discard stems from chiles (do not seed), then soak in boiling-hot water (1 1/2 cups) in a bowl, turning occasionally, until softened, about 30 minutes (do not drain). Purée chiles with soaking water, onion, 2 teaspoons salt, and reserved garlic cloves in a blender until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Transfer pork with tongs to a large bowl, reserving broth in pot. Shred pork, using 2 forks (discard bones). Return pork to broth, then add hominy, chile purée, and remaining teaspoon salt and simmer, uncovered, skimming froth and stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Season with salt. 3Serve pozole in shallow bowls with accompaniments.
- *Available at Latino markets and kitchenmarket.com.
PORK & HOMINY IN RED CHILES SOUP/STEW
This untried dish is reminiscent of the more common chili verde except that the stock is made from dried rather than fresh chiles. As a big fan of the smoky ancho, it appeals to me and will soon make an appearance on my dinner table. In the meantime, I'm posting here for my fellow foodies.
Provided by justcallmetoni
Categories Stew
Time 1h35m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a medium-large saucepan, add the water, salt and cubd pork. Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cook pork about 20 minuts, until it is just tender. Remove pork from water using a slotted spoon. Cover pork with a damp cloth over a bowl to keep moist.
- In the same water used to cook the pork, add the ancho chiles. Remove from hat and allow the peppers to soak for 20 minutes. Transfer the softened chiles and liquid to a food processor or blender. Add garlic and oregano and process until smooth.
- In the same saucepan used earlier, add the oil and saute the chopped onions, stirring often until the onions are soft and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the hominy, and the pureed peppers. Add chicken broth as needed to get the soup to reach the desired consistency or just a bit thinner than desired.
- Stir in the reserved pork, and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the pork cubes are tender, about 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings as desired.
- Laddle soup into bowls and allow diners to add condiments as desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 424.6, Fat 17.6, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 91.9, Sodium 970.6, Carbohydrate 26.2, Fiber 6.5, Sugar 3.7, Protein 39.9
POZOLE ROJO - PORK AND HOMINY STEW
This is a labor intensive recipe for those who like to cook and eat well. Pozole is often served at Christmas or the New Year. My mom declares this her favorite recipe. If the stew gets too thick you can add a can of chicken broth. I find it tastes best with a squeeze of lime. From the September 2007 issue of Gourmet magazine.
Provided by cookiedog
Categories Stew
Time 4h
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Tie together mint and cilantro with kitchen string.
- Bring pork and water to a boil in a large pot, skimming froth, then reduce heat to a simmer. Add tied herbs, 20 garlic cloves, quartered onion, oregano, peppercorns, and 2 teaspoons salt and gently simmer, uncovered, until pork is very tender, about 2 hours.
- Strain broth through a large sieve into a large heatproof bowl. Return broth to pot. Discard mint and cilantro.
- Transfer cooked onion and garlic to a blender with 1 1/2 cups broth and purée until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Add purée to broth. Discard bones and coarsely shred pork into broth.
- Meanwhile, slit chiles lengthwise, then stem and seed. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat until hot, then toast chiles in batches, opened flat, turning and pressing with tongs, until more pliable and slightly changed in color, about 30 seconds per batch. Transfer to a bowl and pour 2 1/2 cups boiling water over chiles. Soak, covered, until softened, about 30 minutes.
- Purée chiles with 1 1/2 cups soaking liquid, chopped onion, remaining 6 garlic cloves, clove, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in cleaned blender until a smooth paste forms, about 2 minutes.
- Heat oil in cast-iron skillet over medium heat until it shimmers, then add chile paste (it will spatter) and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, 5 minutes.
- Add chile paste and hominy and simmer 5 minutes. Season with salt.
- Cooks' note: Pozole can be made 3 days ahead. Chill, uncovered, to cool, then cover.
POZOLE ROJO (PORK & HOMINY STEW) RECIPE - (4.4/5)
Provided by á-6055
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Thinly slice 6 of the garlic cloves and add them to a large soup pot with the water, chicken broth, pork, and oregano. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, skimming the surface to remove froth & fat. Discard the stem from the chiles and combine Chiles with the boiling water in a small bowl. Soak for 30 minutes, turning occasionally. Combine the onion, soaked chiles (along with the liquid), the remaining 2 cloves of garlic, and the salt in an electric blender or food processor and process until smooth. Remove the pork from the broth mixture, reserving the broth. Shred the pork and discard the bones. Return the pork to the broth mixture and add the hominy and chile sauce. Simmer an additional 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt & pepper. Cut the tortillas in half, and then into thin strips. Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over high heat and fry them in 3 or 4 batches until crisp, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels and transfer to a serving bowl. Serve the soup with the garnishes in individual bowls for diners to add at the table. (The garnishes really add to this. We use them all! But I would say the lime adds to it the most.)
Tips:
- Choose the right pork: Pork shoulder (also known as pork butt) is the best cut for pozole, as it is flavorful and tender when cooked low and slow.
- Soak the hominy overnight: This will help to soften the hominy and reduce the cooking time.
- Use a variety of chiles: A combination of dried and fresh chiles will give your pozole a complex flavor. Some popular chiles to use include ancho, guajillo, and pasilla chiles.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with spices: In addition to chiles, you can also add other spices to your pozole, such as cumin, oregano, and garlic.
- Serve with your favorite toppings: Pozole is traditionally served with a variety of toppings, such as shredded cabbage, radishes, avocado, and sour cream.
Conclusion:
Pozole is a delicious and hearty stew that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is also a very versatile dish that can be easily customized to your liking. With a little planning and effort, you can make a pozole that will impress your family and friends.
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