Pozole Rojo Pork Hominy Stew Recipe 445

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 PORK STEW)

Steps:

• Trim fat from pork, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, brown in oil over medium hot heat. Remove from pan and set aside.
• In remaining oil, saute onion until tender, about 4 minutes.
• Add garlic, cooking for just a minute more.
• Put the cooked meat, onions and garlic in a stew pot. Add the tomatoes and chilies, 1 1/2 cans chicken broth, and seasonings.
• Stir, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes or until the meat is tender.
• Puree one can of drained hominy in a blender with the remaining ½ can chicken broth. The pureed hominy adds thickness to the stew.
• Add the pureed hominy, whole hominy, and cilantro and simmer an additional 15 minutes.

PORK AND HOMINY STEW (POZOLE ROJO)

Steps:

• Tie together mint and cilantro with kitchen string.
• Bring pork and water to a boil in a large pot, skimming froth, then reduce heat to a simmer. Add tied herbs, 20 garlic cloves, quartered onion, oregano, peppercorns, and 2 teaspoons salt and gently simmer, uncovered, until pork is very tender, about 2 hours. Strain broth through a large sieve into a large heatproof bowl. Return broth to pot. Discard mint and cilantro. Transfer cooked onion and garlic to a blender with 1 1/2 cups broth and purée until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Add purée to broth. Discard bones and coarsely shred pork into broth.
• Meanwhile, slit chiles lengthwise, then stem and seed. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat until hot, then toast chiles in batches, opened flat, turning and pressing with tongs, until more pliable and slightly changed in color, about 30 seconds per batch. Transfer to a bowl and pour 2 1/2 cups boiling water over chiles. Soak, covered, until softened, about 30 minutes.
• Purée chiles with 1 1/2 cups soaking liquid, chopped onion, remaining 6 garlic cloves, clove, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in cleaned blender until a smooth paste forms, about 2 minutes.
• Heat oil in cast-iron skillet over medium heat until it shimmers, then add chile paste (it will spatter) and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, 5 minutes.
• Add chile paste and hominy and simmer 5 minutes. Season with salt.

POZOLE ROJO - PORK AND HOMINY STEW

Steps:

• Tie together mint and cilantro with kitchen string.
• Bring pork and water to a boil in a large pot, skimming froth, then reduce heat to a simmer. Add tied herbs, 20 garlic cloves, quartered onion, oregano, peppercorns, and 2 teaspoons salt and gently simmer, uncovered, until pork is very tender, about 2 hours.
• Strain broth through a large sieve into a large heatproof bowl. Return broth to pot. Discard mint and cilantro.
• Transfer cooked onion and garlic to a blender with 1 1/2 cups broth and purée until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids). Add purée to broth. Discard bones and coarsely shred pork into broth.
• Meanwhile, slit chiles lengthwise, then stem and seed. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat until hot, then toast chiles in batches, opened flat, turning and pressing with tongs, until more pliable and slightly changed in color, about 30 seconds per batch. Transfer to a bowl and pour 2 1/2 cups boiling water over chiles. Soak, covered, until softened, about 30 minutes.
• Purée chiles with 1 1/2 cups soaking liquid, chopped onion, remaining 6 garlic cloves, clove, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in cleaned blender until a smooth paste forms, about 2 minutes.
• Heat oil in cast-iron skillet over medium heat until it shimmers, then add chile paste (it will spatter) and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, 5 minutes.
• Add chile paste and hominy and simmer 5 minutes. Season with salt.
• Cooks' note: Pozole can be made 3 days ahead. Chill, uncovered, to cool, then cover.

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!

MEXICAN POZOLE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Cut the pork into chunks. Fairly big pieces are traditional, but if you prefer, cut the pork into bite-sized pieces.
• Put the pork in a large pot and add enough cool water to cover it by about 2 inches (approximately 5 to 6 cups). Bring to a boil, skimming off any foam that forms in the pot.
• Remove the stem and seeds from the chiles, and peel the garlic. Add the chiles, garlic, and salt to the pork.
• Reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer, cover, and cook until the pork is fork tender, about 90 minutes. Alternatively, put the covered, ovenproof pot in a 350 F oven for the same amount of time.
• After the pork has cooked, add the hominy and the Mexican oregano. Continue cooking at a simmer until the flavors blend and the pork is very tender, for another hour. Add additional water, if necessary, to keep the moisture at a good level, return the mixture to a boil and reduce back down to a simmer when needed. Add salt to taste.
• Serve the pozole in deep bowls.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro, scallion, radish, and green cabbage. If you like, squeeze fresh lime juice on top. Enjoy.