Holiday Hominy Food

17 BEST WAYS TO COOK HOMINY

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GRANDMA'S HOT HOMINY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine hominy, garlic, and jalapeno in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until hominy is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Strain out liquid and pour hominy mixture into baking dish. Stir sour cream and butter into hominy mixture; top with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese melts, about 25 minutes.

MEXI HOMINY

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• In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together hominy, tomatoes, green chiles, cumin, and garlic. Cook about 7 minutes. Stir in cilantro. Remove from heat, divide into bowls, and top with cheese.

ZESTY HOMINY AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a 2 quart casserole dish, mix together hominy, sour cream, cheddar cheese, chilies and cayenne pepper.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until heated through.

30 BEST WAYS TO USE HOMINY

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EASY HOMINY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, add olive oil and garlic.
• Saute for about 1 minute or until fragrant, add chopped onion and bay leaf. Saute until the onions are lightly brown.
• Transfer everything to a large pot.
• Add carrots, tomatoes, canned hominy, bay leafs, and cumin into the pot.
• Cook for about 5 minutes until it begins to bubble up.
• Pour in veggie stock and bring it to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer for about 30 minutes until the carrots are done.
• Pour into a bowl. Garnish with choped parsley and squeeze lime on top. Serve and enjoy!

HOMINY (HOMEMADE)

Steps:

• Place corn in an enameled pan; add water and lye.
• Boil vigorously for 30 minutes.
• Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Rinse off lye with several hot water rinses.
• Follow with cold water rinses to cool for handling.
• Work hominy with hands until dark tips of kernels are removed.
• This may take awhile.
• Separate the tips from the corn by floating them off.
• Add water to cover hominy about 1 inch and boil 5 minutes; change water.
• Repeat this step 4 times.
• Add water and cook until kernels are soft (30 to 45 minutes) and drain; saving this hot water you drain off.
• Pack hominy into sterile jars about 1/2 full.
• Add 1 teaspoon salt to each quart jar.
• Fill to within 1/2 inch of top of jar with water in which the corn was last cooked in or boiling water.
• Put on cap, screw band firmly tight.
• Process: using 10 pounds of pressure.
• Pints for 60 minutes.
• Quarts for 70 minutes.
• I used quart jars and only filled them half full with the hominy.
• Because during the processing, the hominy will expand.

BLACK BEAN HOMINY CHILI

Steps:

• Pick over the beans for any debris. Rinse the beans and set aside.
• In a 4 qt or larger heavy saucepan over medium heat, heat the oil and saute the garlic and onion until they are softened but not brown, 5 - 10 minutes.
• Add the chili powder, pepper flakes, sugar, thyme, cumin, oregano, and coriander. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the beans, tomatoes (including the juice or puree), vegetable broth, water and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours or until the beans are tender. Add the hominy and pepper.
• Taste for salt and add if necessary. Thicken, if desired by adding 1 Tbs cornmeal at a time and simmering for 5 minutes after each addition.
• Can keep covered in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

CHILI HOMINY BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In large skillet brown ground chuck and onion till done. Drain well. Stir in stewed tomatoes (including juice), drained hominy, chili powder, flour, salt & pepper. Mix well.
• Pour mixture into 2 quart greased casserole dish.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Top with cheese and continue baking for 5 minutes or until cheese has melted.
• *This is exceptional using ground turkey & ground beef (3/4 lb of each). Lightens the dish but still has great flavor!