Best Pork Pozole Recipes

SLOW-COOKER PORK POZOLE

Steps:

• In a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the first nine ingredients; add pork. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until pork is tender., Remove pork from slow cooker. Cut pork into bite-sized pieces; return to slow cooker. Serve with lime wedges and cilantro and, if desired, corn tortillas.

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.

PORK AND HOMINY STEW WITH RED CHILES (POZOLE ROJO)

Steps:

• Peel garlic cloves and reserve 2 for chile sauce. Slice remaining garlic. In a 7- to 8-quart heavy kettle bring water and broth just to a boil with sliced garlic and pork. Skim surface and add oregano. Gently simmer pork, uncovered, until tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• While pork is simmering, wearing protective gloves, discard stems from chiles and in a bowl combine chiles with boiling-hot water. Soak chiles, turning them occasionally, 30 minutes. Cut onion into large pieces and in a blender purée with chiles and soaking liquid, reserved garlic, and 2 teaspoons salt until smooth.
• Transfer pork with tongs to a cutting board and reserve broth mixture. Shred pork, using 2 forks, and discard bones. Rinse and drain hominy. Return pork to broth mixture and add chile sauce, hominy, and remaining teaspoon salt. Simmer pozole 30 minutes and, if necessary, season with salt. Pozole may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered.
• While pozole is simmering, stack tortillas and halve. Cut halves crosswise into thin strips. In a 9- to 10-inch skillet heat 1/2 inch oil until hot but not smoking and fry tortilla strips in 3 or 4 batches, stirring occasionally, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer tortilla strips with a slotted spoon as fried to brown paper or paper towels to drain. Transfer tortilla strips to a bowl. Tortilla strips may be made 1 day ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.
• Serve pozole with tortilla strips and bowls of accompaniments.

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.

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 (MEXICAN PORK AND HOMINY STEW)

Steps:

• Cut bones from chops but reserve both meat and bones. Cut meat into one-inch cubes. Put meat and bones in small kettle and add chicken legs and thighs. Add water, quartered onion, garlic, salt, chilies and peppercorns. Bring to boil and cook, uncovered, 45 minutes or until meat is quite tender. Remove pork and chicken.
• When cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin and bones from chicken. Cut meat into bite-size pieces.
• Strain broth into another small kettle or saucepan. Add meats, hominy and bring to boil.
• Meanwhile, shred lettuce, slice radishes, quarter lime and chop Bermuda onion. Serve in individual serving dishes, to be added to soup according to taste.
• Serve soup in individual heated soup bowls.

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.

GREEN CHILE-PORK POZOLE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Sauté onion, celery, 1 tbsp cilantro and garlic in pan until onion softens, about 3 minutes. Add pork; cook, stirring, until meat is browned on the outside, 10 minutes. Add hominy, poblanos, tomatillos, cumin, chili powder, stock and coriander, if desired; season with salt and pepper. Cover; simmer until pork is tender and white, 45 minutes. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro; serve.

PRESSURE COOKER PORK POZOLE

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker, combine the first seven ingredients; add pork. Lock lid; make sure vent is closed. Select Manual; adjust pressure to High and set time for 20 minutes. When finished cooking, quick-release the pressure according to manufacturer's directions; add hominy and carrots. Lock lid in place and cook an additional 5 minutes. Allow pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes and then quick-release any remaining pressure. , Remove pork from pressure cooker. Cut into bite-size pieces; return to pressure cooker. Serve with lime wedges and cilantro and, if desired, corn tortillas.

SANJUANA'S POZOLE (RICH CORN AND PORK SOUP)

Steps:

• In a large pot, add the pork, stock or water, garlic and onions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the meat falls off the bone, about 2 hours. Remove the pot from the heat. Take the pork from the pot and set aside to cool. When cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bone and shred it with your hands. Strain the stock if desired and put back in the pot. Add the shredded meat. Meanwhile, in another saucepan, cook the hominy in salted boiling water until very tender, about 1 hour. Strain and add to the posole. In a bowl, rehydrate the chiles with a ladle of the hot braising liquid for 30 minutes until soft. Puree in a blender and add to the posole. Adjust the seasoning and serve with tortillas and little bowls of your choice of garnishes.

HOW TO MAKE AUTHENTIC MEXICAN POZOLE: TRADITIONAL PORK AND HOMINY STEW

Steps:

• Wash the hominy with running water and make sure to remove the remaining black spots that are still attached to the grains.
• Remove the first layer of one onion and, using a knife, make one cut in the middle of the onion until you reach the center and then make a cross-section (avoid cutting the entire onion). Cut the top of the garlic heads, but make sure not to peel them.
• In a big pot, add water, hominy, bay leaves, onion and garlic heads and bring it to a boil. Don't add salt yet.
• While the water heats to a boil, take out the bones and meat from the fridge and let it sit until it gets room temperature. This step is important when adding them to the pot, the main goal is to keep the temperature of the water while adding the meat to the pot.
• Reduce the heat to maintain a low boil. Leave the water boiling and, after one hour, add the bones and entire pieces of meat to the pot. Keep it simmering for 2 hours. Make sure to add the pot lid during this process. Add 2 tablespoons of salt 30 minutes after the meat and bones were added to the pot.
• Using gloves and a knife, cut the heads of the chilies and make a lateral cut on one side. Open each chili and devein it. Make sure to remove all the veins and seeds. Then, wash them in running water.
• In a medium size pot, add 4 cups of water, tomato, chilies and bring it to a boil for 15 minutes. Then, turn the heat off and let it sit for another 15 minutes.
• In a blender, add the tomato and chilies and the rest of the sauce ingredients: onion, garlic cloves black pepper, cloves, chicken bouillon, oregano and cumin. Then, add 2 cups of the remaining water of the tomato and chilies pot.
• Blend all the ingredients together until you get a smooth consistency.
• Add olive oil in a medium-size pot over medium heat.
• After 2-3 minutes, add the sauce using a strainer. Use a spatula to press the sauce over the strainer and discard the scraps.
• Add one cup of the remaining water of the tomato and chilies pot and bring it to a boil. Stir the sauce with a spatula and turn the heat off. Let it sit.
• The big pot of pozole has been simmering for two hours, now it is time to remove the onion, garlic heads, and bay leaves.
• Add the sauce to the big pot and stir until well combined.
• Add 1 tbsp of salt and bring it to a simmer at a low boil for at least 30 minutes more to allow all the ingredients to combine.
• To serve, add chopped radish and onion on top, along with sliced lettuce, a dash of oregano and lime juice. Don't forget to add tostada shells on the side. Enjoy!

SLOW COOKER PORK POZOLE

Steps:

• Put pork and recaito in a 3-quart or larger slow-cooker; stir to mix and coat.
• Cover and cook on low 7 to 9 hours, or until pork is very tender.
• Stir in hominy, cover and cook 10 minutes to heat hominy; If desired, garnish with chopped cilantro and radishes.
• Good served with warm flour tortillas.

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.

PORK AND POZOLE BURRITOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a bowl toss pork with flour and salt to coat. In a skillet heat 2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork, stirring occasionally. Transfer pork to another bowl.
• Add remaining tablespoon oil to skillet and cook onion and bell pepper, stirring occasionally, until they begin to brown, about 2 minutes. Add water and cook, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add pozole or pinto beans and 1/2 cup enchilada sauce and simmer 3 minutes. Return pork to skillet and heat through. Stir in coriander and remove skillet from heat.
• Reserve 1/2 cup cheese. Put a tortilla on a work surface and mound one fourth pork mixture horizontally just below center of tortilla. Sprinkle pork filling with a heaping tablespoon of remaining cheese. Fold bottom edge of tortilla over filling and fold each side in over filling. Roll burrito away from you to completely enclose filling and make 3 more burritos in same manner with remaining tortillas, filling, and cheese.
• Arrange burritos in a shallow baking pan and sprinkle with reserved cheese. Bake burritos until cheese melts and tortillas are crisp, about 10 minutes. While burritos are baking, in a small saucepan heat remaining enchilada sauce over moderate heat until hot.
• Spoon enchilada sauce over burritos.

POZOLE ROJO (PORK & HOMINY STEW) RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Thinly slice 6 of the garlic cloves and add them to a large soup pot with the water, chicken broth, pork, and oregano. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, skimming the surface to remove froth & fat. Discard the stem from the chiles and combine Chiles with the boiling water in a small bowl. Soak for 30 minutes, turning occasionally. Combine the onion, soaked chiles (along with the liquid), the remaining 2 cloves of garlic, and the salt in an electric blender or food processor and process until smooth. Remove the pork from the broth mixture, reserving the broth. Shred the pork and discard the bones. Return the pork to the broth mixture and add the hominy and chile sauce. Simmer an additional 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt & pepper. Cut the tortillas in half, and then into thin strips. Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over high heat and fry them in 3 or 4 batches until crisp, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels and transfer to a serving bowl. Serve the soup with the garnishes in individual bowls for diners to add at the table. (The garnishes really add to this. We use them all! But I would say the lime adds to it the most.)

PORK POZOLE SOUP WITH ASIAN SLAW

Steps:

• For the Asian slaw: Add the green and red cabbage, carrots, vinegar, sugar, oil, salt and pepper and lightly toss, making sure the sugar and vinegar are evenly mixed together. Set aside to garnish the soup later.
• For the pozole chili broth: Heat flat top on medium-high heat; add 2 teaspoons of the oil. Place the tomatillos and tomatoes skin-side down and cook undisturbed until the skin is slightly charred, 5 to 8 minutes. Set aside until ready to start the broth.
• Rinse the pork pones in the sink to wash off any excess blood and set aside until ready to start the broth.
• Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat; add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil. Add the pork bones, onions and garlic and let brown for 1 to 2 minutes. Then add the tomatoes and tomatillos. Fill the pot halfway with water. Add the dried chiles, bouillon, oregano, coriander, peppercorns, salt and cumin, Add 4 quarts of water to the pot (or until full), making sure all the peppers are submerged in the water. Cover with a lid and simmer over low-medium heat for 30 to 45 minutes; the dried chiles should be rehydrated. Pull out the pork bones and set aside to use again in the final broth.
• Using a soup ladle, scoop the broth and vegetables into a blender. Start at low speed and then increase to medium speed to gradually puree. Continue in batches until the pot is empty. Keep the pureed broth in a separate container. Use a medium-mesh sieve to strain the puree into a separate soup pot, then add 4 quarts of water. Add the pork bones back into the pot with the bay leaves, lime leaves and lemongrass. Let it simmer over medium-low heat for 1 hour.
• Strain the hominy from the can. Scoop 1/4 cup of hominy into a round soup bowl. Top with Asian slaw, soy marinated pork carnitas and then pour 2 cups of the soup broth over the meat and vegetables. Garnish with chopped cilantro, green onions and 6 tortilla chips.
• Combine the soy sauce, sugar, mirin, oyster sauce, mushroom soy, green onions, star anise, cloves, peppercorn blend, cinnamon sticks and ginger slices in an 18-quart container. With a large whisk, mix the ingredients together. Make sure all the sugar at the bottom is properly stirred into the liquid. Gradually pour the water into the container and continue to stir.
• Cut the pork butt in 2-inch square pieces. Trim all the hard fat off and leave about a quarter of the soft fat on the meat. Set the pork in a deep cooking pan, and, using a ladle, pour the soy marinade mix over the meat, make sure all the meat is covered in the liquid. (Any extra soy-ginger marinade can be put away and used again on a later date.) Add the dried black mushroom and bay leaves to the liquid, spreading them evenly throughout the pan. Tightly wrap the pan with heavy-duty foil and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Make sure the foil is tightly sealed around the pan and cook until the pork is fork tender, about 3 hours. Take the pan out of the oven and remove the foil. With a fork and tongs pull at the pork. It should easily tear off to assure it's fully cooked.

PORK POZOLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in 8-qt. stockpot; bring to boil. Simmer on low heat 2 hours, skimming surface as needed.
• Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Use slotted spoon to transfer bacon to paper towels to drain, reserving drippings in skillet. Add onions to drippings in skillet; cook and stir 5 min. or until tender.
• Strain meat broth; discard bones, vegetables and seasonings. Return broth to pot. Stir in bacon, onions and all remaining ingredients except radishes. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low, simmer 15 min.
• Serve soup topped with radishes.

SANJUANA'S POZOLE (RICH CORN AND PORK SOUP)

Steps:

• In a large pot, add the pork, stock or water, garlic and onions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the meat falls off the bone, about 2 hours.
• Remove the pot from the heat. Take the pork from the pot and set aside to cool. When cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bone and shred it with your hands. Strain the stock if desired and put back in the pot. Add the shredded meat.
• Meanwhile, in another saucepan, cook the hominy in salted boiling water until very tender, about 1 hour. Strain and add to the posole.
• In a bowl, rehydrate the chiles with a ladle of the hot braising liquid for 30 minutes until soft. Puree in a blender and add to the posole. Adjust the seasoning and serve with tortillas and little bowls of your choice of garnishes.

PORK POZOLE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except pork, cilantro and lime juice.
• Place pork in slow cooker and spoon hominy mixture over top. Cover and cook on low 7 to 9 hours or until pork is tender.
• Remove pork to a cutting board. Stir cilantro and lime juice into mixture in cooker. Shred pork into bite size pieces and return to cooker.
• Heat through and ladle into bowls.
• Enjoy!

PORK POZOLE

Steps:

• Toss meat with 1 Tbsp. taco seasoning in medium bowl.
• Heat 1 Tbsp. dressing in Dutch oven on medium heat. Add meat; cook 5 min. or until evenly browned, stirring frequently. Remove meat from pan; set aside.
• Add remaining dressing to pan. Add vegetables; cook 5 min., stirring frequently. Add remaining taco seasoning; mix well.
• Return meat to pan along with the chicken broth, salsa and hominy; stir. Bring to boil; simmer on medium-low heat 15 min., stirring occasionally.
• Serve topped with sour cream.