Pork Pozole

A Re-Introduction from The CookMobile Archive

Out of my forty or so posts, four, including this, have been soups: sinigang beef ribs, nilagang baka and wonton-shrimp soup. What can I say? The temperature hasn’t been friendly enough for me. What nips the harshness of winter better than the comfort of a nice bowl of broth?

Pozole, as described by Wikipedia, is a stew-like dish made with hominy, choice of meat cuts, chile, seasonings and garnishes such as cabbage, onions, lemons and radish. It is tradionally served in Mexico on Christmas Day as a “celebration of life’s blessings”. Well, I truly am grateful to be inside my warm, safe home!

 

Makes 4 Servings

Ingredients

3 lbs combination of pork shoulder meat bone-in, neck bones and ham hocks, cut into serving sizes
5 to 6 pcs dried california chile
2 cups canned white hominy
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, peeled and quartered
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1 bunch radish, sliced
1 cup cabbage, sliced to shreds
2 limes, quartered
1 bunch cilantro, stalks discarded and coarsely chopped
salt and pepper
water

Procedure

In a deep pot, Boil pork in water with garlic and quartered onion until tender, adding more water as necessary. Remove garlic and onions from pot and set aside.

Remove ends and seeds of chiles. In another sauce pan, boil chiles with around 3 cups of water until soft. Run in blender with garlic and onions from the pot of pork until pureed. Using a fine mesh sieve, run the boiling liquid through pureed chilis to obtain color and flavor. Discard chili pulp and set aside liquid.

Add hominy and continue to cook until hominy are of desired texture. Pour chile liquid onto pork stew. Continue to simmer for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Ladle on bowls and serve garnished with cabbage, sliced radish, chopped onions and cilantro.
Squeeze in lime juice and add hot sauce as preferred. Serve hot with corn tostada.

 

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