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Traditional Pork Posole

Traditional Pork Posole

Lily Coleman
Traditional New Mexican spicy stew. Red chile and pork come together with hominy to warm your belly and your palate. You can also take some of the seasoning mix and rub it over the pork before browning it. Serve with tortillas or corn bread.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 8
Calories 230 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ pound green chile peppers sliced in half lengthwise and seeded
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ onion chopped
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 pound boneless pork loin cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 29- ounce can white hominy drained
  • 29- ounce can yellow hominy drained
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • ¼ cup ground cumin or to taste
  • ¼ cup chili powder or to taste
  • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper or to taste

Instructions
 

  • 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.

Notes

From the Editor

The amount of salt in this recipe was reduced to 1/2 teaspoon based on user feedback. The original recipe called for 3 tablespoons. For best results, add salt gradually and adjust to taste before serving.