Posole
This makes a BIG pot. This recipe uses a pressure cooker and assumes you know how to use a pressure cooker safely. See Variations below for notes about how to do it without a pressure cooker.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 3 small to medium onions, chopped chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, minced finely chopped
- oil
- 2-1/2 to 3 cups Bueno uncooked frozen posole (hominy kernels; can use dried hominy)
- 1-1/2 quarts broth (or broth and water)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 to 2 cups red chile sauce (I like to use Bueno frozen red sauce. Use more or less according to taste)
- 1/2 tsp. salt (don't add salt if your broth is already salty)
- 1 to 1-1/2 pound raw boned pork, cut into bite-sized pieces (we use pork shoulder/butt)
- sour cream (optional)
- grated cheese (optional)
- lime wedges (optional)
- cilantro (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oil in bottom of pressure cooker.
- Add the onions and garlic and saute for a few minutes.
- Add into pressure cooker: hominy, broth, chile sauce, onion/garlic mixture, pork, cumin, salt.
- Cook under pressure for about 100 minutes. Release pressure.
- When the pressure has gone down, check to be sure hominy is done. It should be fully "bloomed" and tender but still a little chewy. Pressure cook a little longer if necessary.
- Serve with any or all of the following: sour cream, grated cheese, fresh lime wedges, cilantro.
Variations and Notes:
- Feel free to adjust all ingredient quantities to taste.
- Can used plain canned hominy instead of cooking your own. In that case you won't need a pressure cooker. Probably cook pork separately then boil everything together for a bit. (We haven't tried this so try at your own risk.)
- We used chicken broth because that is what we had.
- If you don't want to use a pressure cooker, see Casa Chimayo's Posole for how to cook the hominy without a pressure cooker.
- We have been using Bueno Frozen Red Chile or Santa Fe Ole Red Chile Sauce. Probably any kind of traditional New Mexico red chile sauce will do.
- If your sauce is mild, add a little chile powder if you'd like it to be spicier.
- You can make your own chile sauce as described in the above Casa Chimayo recipe.