Pasole With Linquica Food

NEW MEXICAN POZOLE

Steps:

• Drain soaked hominy and put in large soup pot. Cover with water and bring to boil. Let simmer briskly for 1 hour.
• While hominy is cooking, make red chile purée: Toast dried chiles lightly in cast-iron skillet or stovetop grill, just until fragrant. Wearing gloves, slit chiles lengthwise with paring knife. Remove and discard stems and seeds. Put chiles in saucepan and cover with 4 cups water. Simmer 30 minutes and let cool. In blender, purée chiles to a smooth paste using some cooking water as necessary. Purée should be of milkshake consistency.
• Season pork belly and pork shoulder generously with salt and pepper. After posole has cooked 1 hour, add pork shoulder, pork belly, onion stuck with cloves, bay leaf, garlic and cumin. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches, then return to a brisk simmer. While adding water occasionally and tasting broth for salt, simmer for about 2 1/2 hours more, until meat is tender and posole grains have softened and burst. Skim fat from surface of broth.
• Stir in 1 cup chile purée and simmer for 10 minutes. Taste and correct seasoning. (At this point, posole can be cooled completely and reheated later. Refrigerate for up to 3 days.)
• To serve, ladle posole, meat and broth into wide bowls. Pass bowls of diced onion, lime wedges, cilantro and oregano, and let guests garnish to taste.

SLOW COOKER VEGETARIAN CHORIZO POSOLE

Steps:

• Switch your slow cooker to high setting
• Dice the chorizo sausages into small chunks and add to a large pan.
• Add the onion, garlic, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper to the sausages and stir well.
• Cook for about 5 minutes and then transfer the mixture to the slow cooker.
• Add the veggie broth, tomatoes, beans, hominy, and beer.
• Stir well and cover with the lid.
• Cook on high for about four hours, stirring every hour.
• Serve with diced avocado, cilantro and lemon wedges.

NEW MEXICO POSOLE RECIPE WITH PORK (PORK POZOLE VERDE)

Steps:

• If using dried posole, soak overnight in enough water to cover by two inches. If using frozen hominy you don't need to soak overnight.
• Cut pork roast into large bite sized chunks. Remove excess fat as you cut.
• Heat a 6 - 7 quart soup pot, or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Once the pot is hot, add the oil. Once the oil is shimmering, add pieces of pork. Don't over-crowd and sear in batches. Searing both sides. As you sear, remove the pork to a plate and continue with remaining pieces of pork.
• Add all of the browned pork back into the soup pot. Add remaining ingredients. Add more water or broth if needed to cover all the ingredients.
• Bring to a boil, turn down heat to a simmer and cover with a lid, leaving lid ajar.
• Cook on low for 2 - 3 hours or until pork and posole are tender. If using canned Hominy, add the drained hominy once the pork is tender. Simmer for another 15 minutes.
• Remove chile pods and bay leaf. If you want to take the time. Place cooked chile pods into a grinder, along with 1/4 cup of the broth. Grind to a smooth consistency and return to the soup.
• Ladle the posole into bowls. Pass with the cilantro, onion, jalapeño, chopped tomatoes or even some thin sliced cabbage, and lime wedges at the table. Serve with warm flour tortillas.Ladle the posole into bowls. Pass with the cilantro, onion, jalapeño, chopped tomatoes or even some thin sliced cabbage, and lime wedges at the table. Serve with warm flour tortillas.

POSOLE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute chilies in 1 tablespoon oil for 1-2 minutes or until heated through, pressing with a spatula (do not brown). Using a slotted spoon, transfer chilies tn a bowl; add boiling water. Soak for 20 minutes or until softened; remove stems and seeds, reserving water., In the Dutch oven, brown pork in remaining oil in batches, sauteing onion and garlic with the last batch of pork. Return pork to pan and add broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until meat is tender., Transfer chilies and soaking liquid to a blender; cover and process until smooth. Strain through a fine strainer, reserving pulp and discarding skins. Add pulp to pork mixture. Stir in the hominy, oregano and salt. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with toppings of your choice.

CHICKEN POZOLE

Steps:

• Boil the nix tamal in a saucepan of water until tender, about 30 minutes; then remove it from the boiling water and set aside.
• Break the stems from the New Mexico chilies, shake the seeds from the pods, and wash the chilies. Add the chilies to the boiling water and boil until soft, about 15 minutes. When done, put the chilies in a blender with the 5 garlic cloves. Blend until smooth and then push through a sieve. Set the paste aside.
• In a large saute pan over low heat, heat oil and then saute the onions and 10 crushed garlic cloves until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the sauteed onions and garlic to a large stockpot with the whole chickens, oregano, bay leaves, and chicken base. Cover with water, at least 3/4 of the way up the pot. Bring to a boil and then lower the heat and simmer until the chicken is cooked, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the chickens from the broth and allow to cool. De-bone the chickens and then return to the broth. Add the cooked hominy and chili paste. Simmer for 30 minutes and then adjust seasoning with salt. Serve in large bowls garnished with sliced radish and sliced cabbage.

CHICKEN CHORIZO POSOLE

Steps:

• Place the tomatillos, onion, jalapenos and garlic cloves on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 25-30 minutes or until tomatillos are tender. Cool slightly. Transfer to a food processor; cover and process until blended., In a Dutch oven, bring the water, broth, garlic bulb, cloves and bay leaves to a boil. Reduce heat; add chicken breasts and poach, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until no longer pink., Remove chicken from broth and shred. Strain broth, discarding seasonings. Crumble chorizo into Dutch oven; cook over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until fully cooked. Drain. Return broth to Dutch oven. Stir in the hominy, 2 teaspoons lime juice, oregano, cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt, tomatillo mixture and shredded chicken; heat through. Stir in 1/2 cup cilantro., For salsa, in a small bowl, combine the mango, avocado, radishes and remaining cilantro, lime juice and salt. Serve with soup. Garnish with chips. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth if necessary. Prepare salsa and serve with soup.

MEXICAN POZOLE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, place the chiles, tomatoes, broth, onions, apple cider vinegar, garlic and cumin. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 3 minutes. Cover, remove from the heat and let it stand for about 15 minutes.
• In a blender, process the chile mixture on high until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Set aside.
• Trim the excess fat from the pork and cut into 3/4-inch cubes. See Note #1
• Season the pork with salt and ground black pepper. In a pot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Sear the pork stirring occasionally for about 6 minutes or until golden brown. Brown the pork in batches, if needed, to prevent overcrowding the pot. Add additional oil, if needed. Remove the meat from the pot and transfer to a plate.
• Add the onions to the pot and saute, stirring frequently until the onions become tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for about a minute. Return the meat and any collected juices to the pot.
• Stir in the red chile puree and cook, stirring a few times for about 2 minutes. Stir in the rest of the soup ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low heat and simmer covered, stirring occasionally, for 75 to 90 minutes, or until the pork becomes tender and the soup is slightly thickened (See Note #2).
• Stir and season to taste with salt and ground black pepper. Remove soup from the heat and discard the bay leaves. Serve with desired toppings.

RED PORK POZOLE RECIPE

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!

CHICKEN PASOLE SOUP

Steps:

• Season chicken breasts with salt and black pepper, garlic and onion powders, and chili powder.
• Chop onion and mince garlic cloves.
• Place chicken, onions, and garlic in a large stock pot. Cover all with water.
• Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to a simmer.
• Meanwhile, remove the stems from the dried peppers, and slit each down one side. Remove ALL seeds and the membranes they are attached by from each pepper.
• Immerse the dried peppers into the cooking chicken stock.
• After 20 minutes, remove the peppers to cool.
• Continue cooking chicken for another 20 minutes or so, until chicken is completely done.
• Place peppers, one at a time, on a cutting board, and using a knife, "scrape" the softened inner pulp from the "papery" outer skins.
• Place all of the pepper pulp into a bowl and sprinkle with a bit of salt, the cumin, and add 1/2 of the lemon juice to pulp.
• Mash pulp well.
• When chicken is done, remove to cool. Add more water to broth, if needed.
• Skim any fat off top of broth.
• Add pulp mixture into broth.
• Add all 3 cans of "1/2 drained" hominy, and continue to slow-simmer.
• Debone the chicken meat into "shreds" and add back into the broth.
• Taste broth at this point and adjust seasonings to your tastes. (The pepper may taste a bit hotter than the final product will turn out to be).
• Simmer 10-15 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, finely shred the lettuce.
• Turn off heat and add the remaining 1/2 of the lemon juice to the soup.
• To serve, using a slotted serving spoon, put the desired amount of chicken/hominy mixture into a soup bowl, and then put 2 ladlefuls of broth over the top.
• Top with a large handful of the shredded lettuce, and then top that with "crunched" up tortilla chips, to taste.
• Enjoy!
• -You can also top with any other of your favorite Taco toppings. For example, one of my sons adds diced fresh tomatoes to his bowl and the other son likes to add a spoonful of sour cream, and some graded cheddar cheese.

POZOLE

Steps:

• Put oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. When hot, add pork and onions and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until pork and onions are deeply browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pull off whatever stems you can from chiles; break them in half and pour or scrape out some or all of the seeds. (The more you leave in, the hotter the stew will be.) When pork and onions are browned, add chiles, hominy, oregano and cumin. Add water to cover everything by about an inch. Bring to a boil, then adjust heat so the mixture simmers steadily. Cook, stirring occasionally and adding more liquid if necessary, until pork and hominy are tender, at least 1 1/2 hours.
• If you like, fish out and discard chile pieces, or chop them up and stir them back into the pot. Stir in garlic and cook a few minutes more; taste and adjust the seasoning. The mixture should be a little soupy. Serve in bowls, garnished with cilantro and lime wedges.

CHICKEN POZOLE ROJO

Steps:

• In a 6-quart caldero place chicken, onion, garlic, and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil and then lower heat to medium-low for 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
• In a large bowl filled with hot water add dried chiles until the chiles have softened about 10 to 15 minutes. Discard liquid.
• Shred the chicken into small pieces.
• In a blender combine 1 cup of the cooked chicken broth with onions, garlic, and softened chiles with 1 teaspoon of salt and blend. Reserve the remaining chicken broth.
• Add the shredded chicken, blended sauce, and White Hominy to the caldero with reserved broth and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. If necessary, season with salt.
• Spoon pozole into soup bowls. Let your guests add the garnishes to suit their own taste. Serve with tostadas.

POSOLE (HOMINY) WITH CHILES, CHORIZO, AND QUESO FRESCO

Steps:

• If using canned posole, just rinse and drain. If using frozen posole, boil in water for about 1 hour, or until tender. Preheat the broiler on high. Adjust the rack so that it is 3 inches from the heat source. Roast the poblano, jalapeño, onion, and garlic under the broiler. Turn using tongs until the skins are blackened. Remove from the oven and place in a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let steam until cool. Remove the blackened skins, stems, and seeds, discard and coarsely chop. In the meanwhile, remove the stems, seeds, and membranes from the dried chiles and discard. Toast the ancho and arbol chiles in a dry skillet over low heat, shaking and turning the chiles until softened and fragrant. Be careful not to burn. Remove, place in a small bowl, cover with hot water, and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let them steep for 15 minutes to soften. Remove the chiles from the water, remove and discard the seeds, and coarsely chop. The chile arbol will be the hottest chile. (A whole pepper will be very hot. Use it accordingly.) Preheat the oven to 350°. Coat a 2-quart baking dish with oil. Cut the chorizo into rounds and brown in skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and turn using tongs for 7 minutes, or until browned on both sides and completely cooked. Remove and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle the dried oregano over the chorizo. Place the posole in a large bowl. Add the chiles, onion, and garlic, and stir to mix well. Add the chorizo and stir to combine. Add cilantro and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the posole into the baking dish. Sprinkle the cheese over the top. Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until the cheese is lightly browned. To serve, garnish with sprigs of cilantro, slices of radish, and 1 lime wedge on the side.

CLASSIC POSOLE

Steps:

• For pork:
• Preheat oven to 275°. Line a small roasting pan with foil. Mix cumin, garlic powder, and smoked paprika in a small bowl. Rub spice mix all over pork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place pork in pan and cover with sliced onion. Pour 1/2 cup water in the bottom of pan. Cover pan tightly with foil and roast until meat is very tender, 5-6 hours. Let pork rest until cool enough to handle.
• Using 2 forks, shred pork into bite-size pieces. Skim fat from juices in roasting pan; reserve meat. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill pork and juices separately.
• For posole:
• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-low heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the diced fresh tomatoes and stir until softened, about 2 minutes longer. Stir in broth and next 5 ingredients. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Add reserved pork to posole. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes longer for flavors to meld. Season to taste with salt and pepper, adding reserved juices from roast pork, if desired. Divide among bowls, garnish with shredded cheese, cilantro, and lime wedges, and serve with flour tortillas.

PASOLE WITH LINQUICA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, or dutch oven add all ingredients, and simmer over a low heat, covered until the potatoes are tender, and the flavors blended.
• Use your own discretion on the amount of spices to use.
• Goya's Recaito is a nice addition and gives the stew the cilantro flavor.
• Serve with some hot sauce, and a nice crusty bread.
• Leave out the linquica and it's a great vegetarian stew.

POSOLE WITH CHORIZO, MUSHROOMS AND GREENS RECIPE

Steps:

• If using fresh or frozen posole, add 1 - 2 Tbsp. olive to the pot over medium low. When hot, add the onion and cook until translucent.
• Add 6 cups water/stock to a soup pot and bring to a boil. Add the posole, garlic, chile powders, oregano, and cumin/coriander mix. Reduce to a simmer and simmer for an hour or longer until just tender.
• In another skillet saute the chorizo quickly on high heat until browned (a couple of minutes). Add to the soup pot after the posole has cooked for an hour. (go to "Finishing Instructions")
• If using canned hominy, brown the chorizo in a soup pot for 2 minutes on medium.
• Reduce to medium low, add the onion and saute' for 2 minutes.
• Add the hominy and 6 cups water/stock and bring to a boil.
• Add the garlic, chile powders, oregano, and cumin/coriander mix.
• Add the sliced mushrooms.
• Reduce to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Add additional water or stock as needed.
• Add the Swiss chard. Taste and season with salt as needed.
• Simmer for another 10 minutes or until the posole and chard are tender.
• Stir in the lime juice and serve. Squeeze a wedge of lime over each serving.
• Serve with warm tortillas.
• Top with any or all of the following: chopped cilantro, sliced radish, queso fresco or cotija cheese, chopped scallion, red chile or salsa, avocado, additional lime.

PORK TENDERLOIN POSOLE WITH BOTTOM OF THE BOWL NACHO SURPRISE

Steps:

• Heat the broiler. Broil the chile peppers, turning occasionally with tongs and leaving the oven door ajar to allow steam to escape, until the skins are blackened all over. Transfer to a bowl, cover and let cool. Reserve 3 of the chiles (2 if using poblano or Anaheim) for another use, such as Mexican Chorizo Strata. Peel, seed and chop the remaining 6 (or 4) chiles.
• Meanwhile, heat the EVOO in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot. Add the pork and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until browned and the edges are crisp. Remove the pork to a plate and add the garlic, celery and onions. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatillos, coriander, cumin and oregano and season with salt and pepper; cook for 5 minutes more. Stir in the stock, honey, hominy and roasted chiles. Transfer half the soup to a food processor and puree until smooth. Return the puree to the pot along with the pork and simmer at a low bubble until the pork is tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spread the tortilla chips on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until browned and very crisp. Pile a handful of chips in each of 6 shallow bowls and top with the cheese, avocado and a squeeze of lime. Top with the posole and sprinkle with cilantro. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN-POSOLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place stock in a medium saucepan, reserving 1/4 cup, and bring to a simmer. Meanwhile, place remaining 1/4 cup stock and the rehydrated ancho chiles in a blender and puree until combined. Add pureed anchos, porcini, and hominy and cook for 10 minutes. Add the chicken and cilantro and cook for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with cheese and some fried tortillas.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine chicken bones, onions, celery, and carrots in a large roasting pan; toss with oil and season lightly with salt and pepper. Roast until the bones and vegetables are a rich golden brown, about 30 to 40 minutes.
• Transfer the bones and vegetables to a large stockpot, add 12 cups cold water, and the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 4 hours, skimming the scum that rises to the top with a ladle every 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a mesh strainer into a clean pot. Place back on the stove over high heat and cook until reduced by half. Use immediately or let cool to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate or freeze until ready to use.
• Heat oil in a high sided large saute pan until it reaches 350 degrees F. Add the tortillas in 2 batches and cook until just crisp. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels and season with salt immediately.

CHICKEN AND CHORIZO POZOLE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat until the oil begins to smoke. Add the onions, garlic, chorizo and chili powder and cook until the onions are translucent and the pork is cooked, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock, crushed tomatoes and hominy and bring to a simmer.
• Cut the chicken breasts into very thin slices. Place in a bowl with a pinch of salt and the lime juice. Mix together and let sit until the broth comes up to a simmer. Add the chicken to the soup and continue to simmer until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt.
• Serve the soup in bowls topped with the shredded cabbage, shaved radish and jalapeno, sliced avocado, fresh lime wedges and cilantro.