Mexican Pork Soup Food

POZOLE ROJO (MEXICAN PORK AND HOMINY STEW)

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.

POSOLE (MEXICAN SOUP WITH PORK AND HOMINY)

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.

QUICK TACO SOUP WITH PORK CARNITAS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over high heat.
• Add the pulled pork and cook for 1 minute until parts of it are browned, then remove from the saucepan. Do this step even if you are using shredded chicken or another meat.
• Add garlic and onion, sauté until onion becomes translucent (2 minutes), then add the capsicum (bell pepper) and cook for 1 minute until softened.
• Return the pulled pork into the saucepan and add all other ingredients except salt and pepper. If you are making this ahead to FREEZE, see below for instructions.
• Stir to scrap the brown bits from the pulled pork off the bottom of the pan to mix in with the soup flavours.
• Bring to boil then turn down heat slightly and allow to simmer rapidly for 3 minutes so the flavours can come together. If you are using crushed tinned tomatoes instead of passata, let it simmer for a further 5 minutes to let the tomatoes breakdown a bit. If the soup gets too thick to your liking, just add a bit more water.
• Do a taste test, then season with salt and pepper. It is important to season last because different stock brands have different levels of saltiness.
• Serve with toppings of choice. The more toppings = more delicious!

MEXICAN PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Brown the pork chops about 5 minutes on each side. Remove chops from skillet and drain oil.
• Mix the tomatoes, corn, kidney beans, rice, chilies, and salt into the skillet. Bring liquid to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute, until heated through. Transfer the tomato mixture to a baking dish. Arrange the browned pork chops over the mixture.
• Bake covered 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Uncover, and continue baking 10 minutes, until rice is tender and pork has reached an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

MEXICAN PORK SOUP

Steps:

• Trim fat from pork.
• Cut pork into 1/2-inch pieces.
• In a large saucepan heat oil.
• Brown pork, half at a time, in hot oil over medium-high heat.
• Remove pork from saucepan; set aside.
• Add onion and garlic to drippings in pan.
• Cook over medium heat until tender.
• Drain fat and return all pork to saucepan.
• Stir in broth, undrained tomatoes, oregano, cumin and black pepper.
• Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 1 hours
• Stir in hominy, carrots, and celery.
• Return to boiling; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 20 - 30 min more or until vegetables are tender.
• Garnish with shredded cheese.

CROCK POT TEXAS POZOLE (MEXICAN PORK AND HOMINY SOUP)

Steps:

• In a skillet, sauté onion until soft (5 minutes), then add garlic and sauté for another minute.
• Cut pork into bite sized pieces; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Combine pork with hominy, chicken broth, sautéed onion and garlic, chili peppers, chili powder, and cumin in crock pot; mix thoroughly.
• Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.

MEXICAN STYLE PORK & RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown the pork:In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, warm 1 Tbs. of the olive oil. Working in batches if needed to avoid crowding, add the pork and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 6 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a plate.
• Simmer the soup: Reduce the heat to medium and warm the remaining 1 Tbs. oil. Add the onion, garlic, chilies and rice and stir to coat with the oil. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
• Finish the soup:Return the pork to the pan, stir in the cilantro and lime juice, and cook until the pork is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls and serve immediately.

SPICY GROUND PORK SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all the spices for the spice mixture in a bowl. Set aside.
• Turn the broiler on. Transfer the peppers to a baking sheet and drizzle with 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil. Transfer to the broiler, cut-side down, for 8-12 minutes or until the skins of the peppers are blistered and charred. Check on the peppers periodically as they cook. Remove the peppers from the broiler and transfer to a plate to cool. Once the peppers are cool enough to handle, remove and discard the skins. Dice the peppers and set aside.
• Finely mince the chipotles in adobo sauce and transfer to a bowl with the 2 tablespoons additional adobo sauce. Reserve any remaining chipotles in adobo sauce for another use.
• As the peppers are broiling, prepare the spicy ground pork. In a large soup pot, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil over medium high. Add the ground pork and season with salt and pepper. Cook, breaking the pork up with a spoon, for 12-15 minutes or until it is completely cooked through and well-browned. Season with half the spice mixture. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pork to a bowl.
• If there is excess fat in the pot, drain off all but 1 tablespoon and return the pot to the stove.
• Return the soup pot to medium heat and add the onion and carrots. Cook for 4-5 minutes until they just begin to soften. Add the garlic and cook for 45 seconds until fragrant.
• Pour in 1 cup of the chicken stock and scrape up any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Pour in the remaining chicken stock.
• Add the crushed tomatoes, peeled and diced peppers, chipotles and adobo sauce, cubed potatoes, cooked pork, and the remaining spice mixture and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender. Taste and season to your preferences.
• Cut the lime in half. Combine the diced avocado with juice from 1 lime half and a sprinkle of salt. Add the diced Thai chili peppers and the oregano, crushing the oregano in your fingers as you sprinkle it over the avocado. Toss with a fork. Set aside.
• Divide the spicy ground pork soup between bowls and pile the avocado garnish on top. Enjoy!

GLEN'S MEXICAN PORK AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, brown and crumblepork. Stir in onion and garlic, cook and stir until onion is soft, about 3 minutes. Stir in all remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer about 10 minutes. Serve it with love. Enjoy.

MEXICAN TRIPE AND PORK SOUP

Steps:

• Set up a large pot of boiling water. Add the red wine vinegar, garlic head halves, 1/2 cup salt, 4 of the bay leaves and 1 bunch of thyme. Bring back to a boil, then add the tripe. Simmer for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the tripe from the water and slice into strips; set aside.
• Add 2 cups of water to a small saucepan. Add the dried guajillo chiles and turn on the heat. Bring to a boil, then turn off the heat and allow to rehydrate for 10 minutes. Add the contents of the pan into a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.
• Preheat a grill pan to high heat. Add the corn and char on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Cut the kernels from the cobs and set aside.
• Season the pork shoulder with salt. Heat a large saute pan with 2 tablespoons of the extra-virgin olive oil. Sear the pork shoulder, in batches, until brown on all sides. 5 to 7 minutes.
• Coat a large Dutch oven generously with remaining 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and turn on the heat to medium high. Add the onion, minced garlic and jalapeno and saute until the onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the cilantro stems, lime zest and juice and 2 cups of the chicken stock. Reduce for 5 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste, remaining 3 bay leaves, remaining 1 bunch thyme tied with string and the remaining chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Add the coriander, cumin, sliced tripe and 1/2 cup of the pureed guajillo chile mixture to the soup. Add the seared pork shoulder and squash. Simmer the soup on medium to medium-low heat, about 30 minutes. Finish the soup with half the charred corn and 2 tablespoons of the pureed guajillo chiles.
• Set up a deep fryer with canola oil and heat to 350 degrees F. Fry the corn tortillas until crispy, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Season with salt.
• Crush the toasted pumpkin seeds and mix with the pumpkin oil.
• Ladle the soup into bowls. Garnish with the remaining charred corn, crispy tortillas, pumpkin seeds and oil and cilantro leaves.