Red Hominy Stew From Jalisco (Pozole)

[Baja Margie]

So good, worth the extra work.

1 & 1/2 pounds /700g dried hominy (not canned)
2 1/2 pounds loin of pork
1 1/2 pounds pork cut from the leg
1 onion
Salt
3 1/2 oz/100g ancho chiles, seede, deveined and soaked in hot water
31/2 oz./100g guajillo chiles, seede, deveined and soaked in hot water
( these are dried chiles, sold in the bag. California chiles & Ancho chiles are the same.)

Rinse the hominy well and place in a saucepan with water to cover. Add the garlic and simmer over low heat until tender.

Cook the meats separately in water to cover with the onion and salt, until tender.Drain and reserve the cooking liquid. Cut the meat into large chunks.

Puree the chiles with their soaking water. Add to the hominy. Stir the meat and some of the cooking liquid into the hominy.
Add salt, bring to a boil, then simmer about 30 minutes Remove and discard the garlic.

Serve with corn tortillas
Dried oregano to sprinkle on top
Chopped onion to sprinkle on top
Lime Wedges
Piquin Chile ( red chile powder to use individually if you want only.)
Radishes & shredded lettuce.
Chopped cilantro to sprinkle on top.

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I puree the soaked chiles, 3 at a time with their soaking water in a blender. Also, I add quite a bit of the meat water, so when I 'm finished, my pozole is not so thick. I also add 1 tsp. of oregano to the final pozole.

[murphymom]

1. Sounds delicious!

How much garlic do you use? (I think you forgot to list it.)

Also, I've never seen dried hominy, is it called something else? (I currently live in an area that doesn't have a large hispanic population.) Any idea where I should look for it?

Your recipe sounds a lot like menudo in the way its seasoned. My in-laws used to always make menudo for big family get-togethers and I've come to like the flavor, but I think you have to grow up eating it to really get behind tripe. When they have it I try to strategically serve myself so I can fish around and get mostly hominy and broth.

[Baja Margie]

2. Sorry, whoops !

That would be one whole head of garlic, not cut up, take the outer skin off, but just throw the whole thing in there, then remove. The dried Hominy is also known as Nixtmal. If you cannot get it then go ahead and use the canned. You know, I've just never acquired a taste for menudo, I think because I had it once and it was so strong.
this is good though, you'll like it mucho.

[murphymom]

3. Thanks! n/t