Posole with bacon is a flavorful and hearty dish that is perfect for a casual meal or a special occasion. This traditional Mexican soup is made with hominy, a type of dried corn, and a variety of other ingredients, including bacon, pork, and vegetables. The history of posole dates back to ancient times, where it was a staple food of the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican civilizations. Today, posole is enjoyed by people all over the world, and there are many different variations of the recipe. Whether you prefer a simple version with just a few ingredients or a more complex one with a variety of spices and flavors, there is sure to be a posole recipe that you will love.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
RED CHICKEN POSOLE
This red chicken pozole recipe, or red chicken pozole, is an easy Mexican soup that's made with chicken, hominy, and dried chiles. It's a soupy, stewy, satisfying supper.
Provided by Pati Jinich
Categories Condiments
Time 2h30m
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- If using dried hominy, place it in a large pot, add enough water to cover the hominy by at least 4 inches, and then toss in the head of garlic. (Don't add salt before or during cooking or the hominy will toughen.) Bring the water to a boil and then reduce the heat, cover partially, and gently simmer over medium-low heat until the hominy has "bloomed," or opened, 4 to 4 1/2 hours, skimming the foam from the surface and adding more water as needed. The hominy will be chewy. Remove from the heat and add 2 teaspoons salt.If using precooked or canned hominy, dump the drained and rinsed hominy into a large pot and add 2 cups cold water.
- Place the chicken in a large pot and add enough water to cover by at least 2 inches. Add the onion, cilantro, and 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat, cover partially, and gently simmer over medium-low heat until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 40 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pot and let cool. Strain and reserve the cooking liquid.
- When the chicken is cool enough to handle, remove and discard the skin and bones and shred the meat.
- Return the shredded chicken and its cooking liquid to the pot along with the hominy and place over medium heat until warmed through, about 10 minutes. It should be soupy. Taste and add more salt if necessary. Remove the pot from the heat and set it aside while you make the chile purée. (You can cool the posole to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate for up to 3 days.)
- Place the ancho and guajillo chiles in a medium saucepan, add just enough water to cover, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Simmer until softened and rehydrated, about 10 minutes.
- Place the chiles and 3/4 cup of their soaking liquid in a blender or food processor along with the onion, garlic, cumin, cloves, and salt and purée until smooth. Pass the purée through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl, pressing on the solids with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add the chile purée and bring to a boil, then cover partially and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Reheat the posole over medium-high heat until it comes to a gentle simmer. Stir in the chile purée and cook for 20 minutes. Taste and adjust the salt.
- Ladle the red posole into bowls and pass the limes, radishes, lettuce, onion, ground chile, dried oregano, tortilla chips or tostadas, and refried beans in bowls so each diner can fancy the posole up as they like. One topping that probably ought not be optional is the lime-go ahead and squeeze it liberally over the posole. One taste of how that bright acidity rounds things out and you'll understand.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 portion, Calories 315 kcal, Carbohydrate 26 g, Protein 17 g, Fat 16 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 54 mg, Sodium 716 mg, Fiber 6 g, Sugar 6 g, UnsaturatedFat 11 g
POSOLE (MEXICAN SOUP WITH PORK AND HOMINY)
This recipe was taught to me by my friend Mary, who was raised in Mexico, when she learned that I didn't like Menudo. She adds a whole jalepeno to the recipe, but that's to hot for me. The prep and cook time doesn't include cook time for the pork.
Provided by Dustbunni
Categories Grains
Time 1h20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large pan.
- Saute onions in lard or bacon drippings until clear.
- Add garlic and spices and cook another two minutes.
- Add meat, green chili, rinsed hominy and beans.
- The beans are not traditional but we like them.
- Cook another two minutes.
- Pour stock over all.
- Add salt to taste.
- Simmer, covered, about 1hour.
- Pass cilantro and lime wedges for those who like a pinch of cilantro and a squeeze of lime over their soup.
- I serve this with large corn chips and cold melon.
KEN'S KICKIN' POSOLE
This is my version of the classic dish. Part soup, part stew but always comforting. Garnish with lime wedges, sour cream, and grated cheese on top.
Provided by Ken from CA
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes
Time 3h10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack at about 6 inches from the heat source. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place the poblano chiles cut-side-down onto the baking sheet.
- Cook under the preheated broiler until the skin of the peppers has blackened and blistered, about 5 minutes. Place the blackened peppers into a bowl, and tightly seal with plastic wrap. Allow the peppers to steam as they cool, about 20 minutes. Once cool, remove the skins and discard. Dice the chiles.
- Cook and stir the bacon in a large pot over medium heat until it has released its fat and is beginning to crisp, about 5 minutes. Drain the bacon on a paper towel-lined plate, and discard all but 1 tablespoon of bacon grease from the pot. Increase the heat to medium-high, and add the pork loin cubes. Cook, stirring occasionally until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Remove the pork from the pot, and reduce the heat to medium. Stir in the onion and garlic; cook and stir until the onion has softened and is beginning to turn brown, about 5 minutes.
- Stir the roasted poblano chiles, jalapeno peppers, oregano, cumin, New Mexico chile powder, cloves, salt, and cilantro into the onions; cook for 1 minute. Pour in the chicken stock and enchilada sauce. Stir in the bacon and pork cubes, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 1 hour. Stir in the hominy, recover, and continue cooking 1 hour more until the pork is very tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 325.6 calories, Carbohydrate 26.7 g, Cholesterol 54.9 mg, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 21 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 1101.2 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
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Number Of Ingredients 30
Steps:
- Choose your favorite dish!
- Prepare ingredients according to the recipe.
- Be ready in 30 minutes or less!
RED PORK POZOLE RECIPE
Authentic Red Pork Pozole - a simple, earthy, rich and satisfying dish. Pork and hominy in a mildly spicy chile broth garnished with shredded cabbage, diced onion, sliced radish, and Mexican oregano finished with a squirt of lime juice.
Provided by Douglas Cullen
Categories Dinner
Time 1h50m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- The first steps are done in separate pots at the same time.
- Place the pork, head of garlic a few bay leaves and half an onion in a large pot and just cover with water (about 6 cups).
- Bring the water to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for 45 minutes. The pork is done when you can easily pull it apart with your fingers. If the pork doesn't pull apart easily after 45 minutes, cook for another 15 minutes.
- When the pork is cooked remove it from the cooking liquid and set aside. Strain the broth into a bowl and set aside.
- Shred the pork with your fingers into 1" long pieces.
- Remove the stems, seeds and veins from the chiles and discard.
- Place the chiles, clove of garlic, and 1/2 white onion in a pot and just cover with water (about 3 cups).
- Bring to a boil and then turn off the heat. Allow the chiles to rest for 15 minutes to reconstitute them. Notice how the chiles have expanded and become pliable from absorbing the water.
- Add the chiles, onion, garlic oregano, and soaking liquid to your blender. Blend for 1 minute until smooth.
- Strain the blended chile base. Discard the chile pulp that remains.
- In a pot, heat 3 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat and pour in the chile base. Reduce the heat to a simmer.
- Cook for 30 minutes until the base has thickened and darkened in color.
- Drain the canned hominy and rinse.
- Put the rinsed hominy in a large pot and cover with 2" of water.
- Simmer while you are preparing the pork and chile base.
- Now it is time to bring all of the ingredients together.
- Pour the prepared chile base into the hominy.
- Then add the pork broth and shredded pork.
- Add 2 teaspoons of sea salt.
- Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Adjust the salt as necessary.
- Shred the cabbage.
- Dice the onion.
- Slice the radish into half-moons.
- Quarter the limes.
- Finely chop the arból chile.
- Place each garnish into individual serving bowls.
- Ladle the pozole into individual bowls to serve.
- Each person garnishes their pozole as desired.
- The final step is to enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 280 kcal, Carbohydrate 29 g, Protein 25 g, Fat 8 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 68 mg, Sodium 899 mg, Fiber 9 g, Sugar 10 g, ServingSize 1 serving
EASY PORK POSOLE
Looking for a meal in a bowl? Sit down to a Mexican classic full of cubed pork, sliced sausage, hominy and more. It all goes into the slow cooker, so you can come home at night to a table-ready dinner. -Greg Fontenot, The Woodlands, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 6h30m
Yield 8 servings (2 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown pork and sausage; drain. Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker., Stir in broth, tomatoes, hominy, cilantro, onion, green onions, jalapeno, garlic, chili powder, cumin, cayenne and pepper. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. If desired, serve with tortillas, additional onion, cilantro and lime wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 190 calories, Fat 11g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 54mg cholesterol, Sodium 957mg sodium, Carbohydrate 12g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 14g protein.
POZOLE VERDE CON POLLO
In Mexico, dishes can be interpreted in so many different ways depending on your sazón (personal taste), what part of the country you live in and what fruits and vegetables grow there. Pozole verde is a dish that I have always loved, and anywhere I travel in Mexico, I need to try it.
Provided by Rick Martinez
Categories main-dish
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat the bacon fat in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add the poblanos, jalapeños, scallion whites, pepitas, garlic, cumin, coriander, allspice and salt. (Use 3 tablespoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Morton kosher salt.) Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatillos and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften and begin to brown, 5 to 6 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat. Working in batches, transfer some of the vegetable mixture to a blender, add some of the chicken broth and puree. Transfer the pureed mixture to a large bowl and continue until all the vegetables and broth have been blended. Return the pureed mixture to the pot and add the hominy. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low, cover and simmer until the flavors come together, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the cilantro, scallion greens and 2 cups water in the blender (you don't need to rinse it out!). Puree until completely smooth.
- Add the chicken and cilantro puree to the stew, remove from the heat and stir. Let sit until the chicken is heated through. Serve the pozole with the onion, radishes, avocado, chicharrones, oregano and lime wedges.
POSOLE WITH BACON
Steps:
- Rinse posole in a sieve under cold running water, then soak in a bowl of cold water to cover by 1 inch, chilled, 8 to 24 hours.
- Drain and rinse soaked posole under cold running water, then transfer to a 6-quart pot. Add 4 quarts water, bacon, garlic, onion, and oregano (do not add salt) and simmer gently, uncovered, over low heat until posole has flowered (burst open) and liquid just barely covers posole, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Discard garlic cloves and oregano sprigs, then stir in salt and simmer 5 to 10 minutes more.
- Available at Latino markets and by mail order from Kitchen/Market (888-468-4433).
RED POZOLE
Rich, succulent, fatty pork combines with sweet white corn hominy in red pozole, an incredibly comforting, classic, cold weather dish that's usually served at New Year's. Whether you call pozole a soup or a stew, it's a satisfying bowl of food, with or without any fixings. Serve with finely sliced cabbage, diced onion, chopped avocado, sliced radishes and peppers, fresh cilantro, lime wedges, and chips or warmed corn tortillas.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Pork Stew
Time 6h30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place pork shoulder in the refrigerator. Transfer pork shanks and feet into a large pot on the stove. Add onion, carrot, and celery, salt, pepper, cumin, and bay leaves. Pour in 3 quarts water. Turn heat to high and bring to a simmer.
- Skim foam from the surface and add Mexican oregano, rubbing it between your hands as you drop it into the pot. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently until pork is tender and will easily come off the bone, about 3 ½ hours.
- While the pork is simmering, place unpeeled garlic cloves in a dry pan over medium heat. Roast the cloves, shaking the pan occasionally over the heat, until slightly charred on the outside and just starting to get soft on the inside. Remove from the heat and transfer into a bowl to cool.
- Place guajillo and ancho chile peppers into a 4-cup liquid measuring cup and set a strainer over the top. Ladle some simmering broth from the pot into the strainer until chiles are covered. Let soak until the pork is finished simmering.
- When pork is finished cooking, set a strainer over a large bowl. Remove pork and vegetables with a slotted spoon and place in the strainer.
- Meanwhile, peel the cooled garlic cloves and add them to the chile pepper and broth mixture. Puree chile mixture with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Pass pureed chiles through a strainer into the pot of broth. Add a spoonful or two of the broth to the pureed chiles to help it pass through the strainer if needed. Pour the remaining 1 quart of water through the strainer, then add the pork shoulder to the pot. Simmer over medium-low heat.
- While the pork shoulder simmers, remove bones from pork shanks, then cut shanks and feet into smaller pieces.
- Once the pork shoulder has simmered for 1 ½ hours, add diced shanks and feet to the pot. Stir in hominy and continue to simmer until pork is very tender, about 1 more hour. Skim any fat from the surface as it cooks and season with more salt if needed.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 818.6 calories, Carbohydrate 44.6 g, Cholesterol 186.5 mg, Fat 48.8 g, Fiber 10.4 g, Protein 48.5 g, SaturatedFat 16.3 g, Sodium 2058.3 mg
Tips:
- Use a variety of chiles: This will give your posole a more complex flavor. Some good options include ancho, guajillo, and chile de árbol.
- Toast your chiles before using them: This will bring out their flavor and make them more fragrant.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with different toppings: Some popular options include avocado, cilantro, onion, and radishes.
- Serve posole with a side of tortillas or bread: This will help to soak up the delicious broth.
- Posole can be made ahead of time: This makes it a great option for a party or potluck.
Conclusion:
Whether you're looking for a traditional posole recipe or something a little more modern, you're sure to find something you'll love in this collection. So next time you're in the mood for a hearty and flavorful soup, give posole a try. You won't be disappointed!
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