Chipotle Pork Posole Recipes

PORK AND POZOLE WITH CHIPOTLES

Steps:

• Combine pozole, pork, salt, pepper, oregano, chili, cumin and onion in a saucepan that will fit them comfortably. Add water or some pozole cooking liquid to cover by about an inch, and turn heat to medium high. Bring to a boil, then adjust heat so mixture simmers steadily. Cook, stirring occasionally, until pork is tender, about an hour; add liquid if necessary.
• Stir in garlic and cook a few minutes more. Taste and adjust seasoning. Mixture should be a little soupy. Serve in bowls, garnished with cilantro and lime wedges.

CHIPOTLE PORK POSOLE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium. Season pork with salt and pepper. Cook until browned on all sides, 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer pork to a plate, and set aside (reserve pan). Place onion and garlic in pan; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to soften, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add chiles, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, hominy, tomatoes, pork, and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted in center of pork registers 145 degrees, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Transfer pork to a work surface, and shred with 2 forks; return to pan. Top soup with cilantro, and, if desired, serve with lime wedges.

CHIPOTLE PORK POSOLE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium. Season pork all over with salt and pepper. Cook until browned on all sides, 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer pork to a plate.
• Add onion and garlic to pot; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to soften, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add chipotle chiles; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chicken broth, hominy, tomatoes with their juice, pork, and the water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145°F, about 5 minutes.
• Remove pork, and shred with two forks; return to pan, and stir to combine. To serve, ladle soup into bowls, and garnish with cilantro. Serve with lime wedges, if desired.
• Make Ahead
• This dish actually improves when made ahead and refrigerated. After returning shredded pork to soup, let cool completely and store up to 1 day in an airtight container; reheat gently before serving.

PORK POSOLE

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a medium (11-inch) pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset, over medium-high heat. Add the pork and saute for 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned on all sides. Transfer the pork and any liquid to a bowl and set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in the pot, add the onions, and saute over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the poblano and bell peppers and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, chili powder, and oregano and cook for one minute. Return the pork and its juices to the pot.
• Add the chicken stock and salsa verde and bring to a simmer. Stir in the hominy, black beans, corn chips, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1 teaspoon salt, depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock and the chips.
• To serve, ladle the posole into large soup bowls. Garnish with a squeeze of lime and top with avocado, scallions, radishes, tortilla chips, Cheddar, and sour cream. Serve hot.

CHIPOTLE PORK POSOLE

Steps:

• In a large saauce pan, heat oil over medium heat.
• Season pork with salt and pepper. Cook until browned on all sides, 6-7 minutes.
• Transfer pork to a plater and set aside(reserve pan)
• Place onion and garlic in pan; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium, stirring occasionally until onion begins to ssoften aabout 4-5 minutes.
• Add chiles and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add broth, hominy, tomatoes, pork and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook until and instant-read thermometer inserted in center of pork registers 145 degrees.
• Transfer pork to a work surface and shred with two forks; return to pan.
• Top soup with cilantro and, if desired, serve with lime wedges. Serve with corn tortillas.

TRADITIONAL PORK POSOLE

Steps:

• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place the peppers with cut sides down onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Cook under the preheated broiler until the skin of the peppers has blackened and blistered, 5 to 8 minutes. Place the blackened peppers into a bowl and tightly seal with plastic wrap. Allow the peppers to steam as they cool, about 20 minutes. Remove plastic wrap and carefully remove and discard pepper skins. Dice peppers.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender and fragrant, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir pork into onion and garlic; cook and stir until pork is browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Add diced green chiles to pork; cook and stir until fragrant, 5 minutes.
• Pour white hominy, yellow hominy, chicken broth, water, cumin, chili powder, salt, and black pepper into pork mixture. Bring mixture to a boil and cook for 15 minutes; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until flavors blend and pork is tender, at least 1 hour.

CHIPOTLE CHICKEN POSOLE

Steps:

• Place the chicken breasts in a medium size pot. Add in bay leaves and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until chicken is cooked through, approximately 15 minutes.
• Remove chicken from water and reserve the cooking liquid. When chicken is cool enough to handle, shred with 2 forks. Set aside.
• In a 4 qt dutch oven heat the olive oil. When warm add in chopped onion and garlic. Cook stirring frequently until onion is wilted and begins to brown lightly. Add in the minced chipotle, tomatoes, hominy, reserved cooking liquid and about 2 cups of chicken stock.
• Crush the oregano and add to the pot along with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a gently boil, cover and simmer for 20 minutes to allow flavors to meld adding additional stock as needed.
• Serve in bowls with desired garnishes.

PRESSURE COOKER CHIPOTLE CHICKEN POZOLE

Steps:

• Using the sauté setting, heat oil in a 6- to 8-quart pressure cooker. Add the onion, season it with salt and cook, stirring often, until the onion is softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until slightly softened and fragrant, 2 minutes. Turn the sauté setting off.
• Open the can of chipotles and remove the chiles, leaving as much of the adobo sauce behind as possible. (Scrape the sauce off the chiles with your fingers as best you can.) Set the chiles aside and add the adobo sauce to the pressure cooker. Chop 1 to 4 of the chiles until they are almost a paste. (Determine the number of chiles according to your desired level of heat: 1 chile for a very mild soup and 4 for a very spicy soup.) Add the chiles to the pressure cooker. (Store remaining chiles in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5 days and in the freezer indefinitely.)
• Using the sauté setting, add onion and garlic powders, cumin and oregano to the pressure cooker. Cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant and heated through, about 1 minute. Stir in the chicken until coated, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the broth and 1/2 teaspoon salt (but hold off on the salt if you are using fully salted broth.) Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 18 minutes.
• Let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes, then release remaining pressure manually. (If hot liquid spurts out of the knob along with the steam, carefully close it and wait 5 more minutes before releasing remaining pressure.) Using a ladle, skim excess fat from the surface of the soup, if desired.
• Using the sauté setting, coarsely shred the chicken in the pot using 2 forks. Add the corn and the pozole and simmer until warmed through, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the lime juice and taste; add more salt or lime juice if necessary. Serve the soup in bowls with the toppings of choice.