Authentic Pozole Verde Food

POSOLE VERDE

Steps:

• For the pork and stock: Cook the pork butt with 2 cups of the julienned onions, 5 cloves of the garlic and 5 cups water until the pork is cooked through, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a pot, combine the tomatillos and jalapenos and cover with water. Simmer for 20 minutes. Drain, reserving the tomatillos, jalapenos and 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
• Saute the remaining 2 cups onions and 3 cloves garlic in some of the canola oil until golden brown. Transfer to a blender and add the cumin and reserved tomatillos, jalapenos and 1 cup cooking liquid and blend until smooth. Put the remaining canola oil in a pot and heat until smoking. Add the tomatillo mixture to the pot and cook for 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock and cook for another 15 minutes.
• When the pork is cooked, season with salt. Pull out the pork and discard all that remains. Add the pork and hominy to the pot with the tomatillo broth and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• For serving: Ladle the soup into bowls and top with some cabbage, white onions, Mexican cheese, cilantro and fried tortilla.

AUTHENTIC POZOLE VERDE RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook the chicken breasts in 6 cups of water with salt, bay leaves, 1/2 head of garlic, 1/4 onion, and oregano. Boil until cooked (around 20-30 minutes).
• Once cooked, remove the chicken breasts and cool before shredding and setting aside.
• Strain the resulting chicken broth and set aside. Dispose of the other ingredients that were cooked with the chicken. You can use store bought chicken broth if you would prefer, but the chicken broth from making the chicken will have a better flavor.
• Cook the bacon in a frying pan, drain the fat, and set aside.
• In a large pot, add the bacon, the rinsed hominy, and the chicken stock and cook over medium-low heat.
• Sautee 1/4 onion, 5 cloves of garlic, peppercorns, thyme, oregano, the clove, and the jalapeno (optional) for 3-5 minutes.
• Add the above ingredients to a blender with the tomatillos, spinach, radish leaves, and cilantro and blend until smooth. Add to a frying pan with 1 tsp of olive oil and saute for approximately 5 minutes.
• Add the above ingredients and the shredded chicken to the pot with the bacon, hominy and chicken stock and add salt to taste. Bring to a boil for about 15 minutes.
• Serve hot with garnishes

POZOLE VERDE (MEXICAN HOMINY AND CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Rinse nixtamal thoroughly in a strainer.
• Pour into large Dutch oven or heavy lidded pot, add 4 quarts water and bring to boil.
• Simmer gently, loosely covered about 2 hours, or until tender.
• Do not allow to boil dry (enough water should remain at end of cooking time to keep nixtamal moist).
• While corn is cooking, rinse the chicken and place in a pot with 2 quarts water and 2 teaspoons salt.
• Bring chicken to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Strain and measure broth, adding water if necessary to equal 8 cups.
• Shred meat, discarding skin and bones.
• Set aside broth and chicken.
• When nixtamal is tender, remove it to bowl.
• Rinse the pot and return cooked nixtamal to pot.
• Wash poblano chiles and discard stems and seeds.
• Cut into chunks.
• Wash cilantro and cut off tips of stems.
• Place chiles and cilantro in blender with a cup of water and whirl.
• Slice one of the onions.
• Add chile-cilantro puree, chicken broth, sliced onion, garlic cloves and 4 1/2 teaspoons of salt to nixtamal.
• Stir to combine, bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add chicken and cook 15 more minutes.
• Dice remaining onion and place in small bowl.
• Arrange lettuce, serrano chiles, lime wedges and oregano in separate bowls, and crisp tortillas in basket or bowl.
• To serve, ladle pozole into large soup bowls and garnish with lettuce, chile slices, lime juice and oregano and tortillas.

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN POZOLE

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!