New Mexico Style Posole Crock Pot Recipes

NEW MEXICO STYLE POSOLE - CROCK POT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 6-quart crock pot, add pork, onion and garlic and cook until pork is browned. Drain excess grease.
• Add the water, chilies, enchilada sauce, tomatoes, taco sauce, bay leaf, salt, pepper and oregano, and cook over low to medium heat about 2 hours, stirring occasionally. After 2 hours, add more water if needed. Adjust seasonings if desired, and simmer 2 to 3 hours longer.

NEW MEXICO POSOLE (CROCKPOT)

Steps:

• Sear pork chops in a skillet until brown and golden. Place in crockpot with broth, garlic, onion, cumin, salt, pepper, red chiles or sauce and oregano. Add a small amount of water to skillet in which pork chops were cooked to collect leftover juices; pour into crockpot, adding additional water as needed to make a good broth.
• Cook on low for at least 4 hours. Taste broth and adjust seasonings as desired.
• Remove pork and place on cutting board. Remove bones and extra fat and cut meat into bite-size pieces. Put pork back into broth, add hominy and continue cooking for 1 more hour.

SLOW-COOKER POSOLE

Steps:

• Heat the canola oil in a skillet over high heat. Add the pork; cook and stir just until meat is browned on all sides, about 5 minutes.
• Place the meat in a 4 quart slow cooker. Pour the enchilada sauce over the meat. Top with the hominy, onion, chilies, garlic, cayenne pepper, and oregano. Pour in enough water to fill the slow cooker.
• Cover, and cook on High for 6 to 7 hours. Stir in the cilantro and salt. Cook on Low for 30 minutes more.

POZOLE IN A SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Toast the cumin in a small pot over medium-high heat until fragrant, being careful not to burn, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the pasilla chile peppers, ancho chile peppers, and guajillo chile peppers to the pot. Pour enough water into the pot to cover the peppers completely. Place the garlic cloves, onion, and tomatoes atop the chiles. Cover the pot with a lid, reduce heat to low, and simmer the mixture for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow the mixture to cool. Pour the cooled mixture into a blender; puree until smooth.
• Put the pork in the bottom of a slow cooker; season generously with salt. Add the bay leaves to the slow cooker and pour the pureed chile pepper mixture over the pork.
• Cook on Low for 8 to 9 hours or overnight. Skim as much fat from the surface as possible. Remove the pork to a cutting board or bowl and shred with two forks. Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker and mix with the sauce.
• Combine the shredded pork with sauce, chicken stock, and hominy in a large pot over medium heat; cook until the stock is hot, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot.