Pozole Verde De Hongo Recipes

POZOLE VERDE CON HONGOS

Steps:

• Combine tomatillos and garlic in a medium saucepan, pour in water to cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tomatillos are mushy and soft but not falling apart, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer tomatillos, garlic, and 1 cup cooking liquid to a blender. Add poblano chiles, serrano chile (if using), pumpkin seeds, 1 cup cilantro, 1 cup parsley, 3 Tbsp. white onion, 1 cup broth, and 1 tsp. salt. Purée until smooth; set aside. (Work in batches if needed, or blend directly in saucepan with an immersion blender if you have one.)
• Heat oil in a large pot over high. Once it's hot, but not smoking, add mushrooms and sprinkle pepper and remaining ½ tsp. salt over; toss to combine. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms release all of their liquid and it evaporates and edges of mushrooms begin to brown, 8-10 minutes.
• Pour tomatillo purée into pot, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until purée thickens and darkens in color, about 10 minutes.
• Add hominy and remaining 5 cups broth to pot, stir to combine, and cook until flavors have come together, 12-15 minutes. Taste and season pozole with more salt if needed.
• Serve pozole verde with radishes, lime wedges, dried oregano, more white onion, cilantro, and parsley alongside so guests can top their bowl as desired.
• Cook's Note: To cook dried hominy: Place 1 cup hominy in a small bowl and pour in water to cover. Let soak 2-12 hours. Drain, place in a pot, and cover with a generous amount of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and partially cover. Simmer until top of each hominy blooms and opens up from the top, 2½-3 hours. Season with kosher salt.

POZOLE VERDE WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Fill a large stockpot with 6 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add the hominy, bay leaves and 1 teaspoon salt and lower the heat to a simmer. Cook until the hominy is tender and slightly puffed, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, tortillas and 2 cups water to a blender and puree until smooth.
• When the hominy are puffed, add the pumpkin seed mixture to the stockpot and stir to combine. Simmer on low as you prepare the salsa verde.
• To make the salsa verde, add the tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, serrano, yellow onion and 1 cup water to the same blender and puree until smooth. You may need to do this in batches depending on the size of your blender.
• Add the oil to a large skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot and shimmering, carefully add the salsa verde and cinnamon stick. Partially cover the skillet with a lid until the salsa stops splattering and starts to simmer slowly. Uncover the skillet and continue to cook until the salsa is dark green and starts to thicken, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer the salsa verde and cinnamon to the stockpot with the hominy mixture and continue to simmer to allow the flavors to meld, 15 to 20 minutes. You may notice that the mixture separates just a bit, but it will come together as it simmers. Taste and season with salt, about 1 tablespoon. Using a slotted spoon, remove the cinnamon stick and bay leaves. The broth should have a slightly thickened consistency, like heavy cream. If it's too thin, cook for 5 to 10 minutes more. If it's too thick, add 1/2 cup water.
• Slice the shrimp in half crosswise and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt. Remove the stockpot from the heat and immediately add the shrimp to the stockpot. The shrimp will cook with the carryover heat, turning pink and being fully cooked in 3 to 5 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, scoop some of the hominy and shrimp mixture into deep bowls, about 1 cup per serving. Ladle some of the verde broth into each bowl and garnish with radishes, red onion, avocado, cabbage and a pinch of dried oregano. Serve with tostadas and lime wedges.

POZOLE VERDE RECIPE

Steps:

• Place hominy into a large pot. Add chicken, garlic, onion, and salt. Cover with water.
• Cook for 1 hour. Remove onion and garlic from the pot and discard. Remove chicken and set aside.
• Place tomatillo salsa in a blender. Add onion, serrano chili, roasted poblano, cilantro, radish leaves, pepitas, and garlic.
• Pour 2 cups of water and blend until you'll have a smooth sauce.
• Add the green sauce to the pot with hominy and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Adjust with salt and turn off the heat.
• Shred the chicken and place it in a bowl (read note 2).

POZOLE VERDE (MEXICAN HOMINY AND CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Rinse nixtamal thoroughly in a strainer.
• Pour into large Dutch oven or heavy lidded pot, add 4 quarts water and bring to boil.
• Simmer gently, loosely covered about 2 hours, or until tender.
• Do not allow to boil dry (enough water should remain at end of cooking time to keep nixtamal moist).
• While corn is cooking, rinse the chicken and place in a pot with 2 quarts water and 2 teaspoons salt.
• Bring chicken to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Strain and measure broth, adding water if necessary to equal 8 cups.
• Shred meat, discarding skin and bones.
• Set aside broth and chicken.
• When nixtamal is tender, remove it to bowl.
• Rinse the pot and return cooked nixtamal to pot.
• Wash poblano chiles and discard stems and seeds.
• Cut into chunks.
• Wash cilantro and cut off tips of stems.
• Place chiles and cilantro in blender with a cup of water and whirl.
• Slice one of the onions.
• Add chile-cilantro puree, chicken broth, sliced onion, garlic cloves and 4 1/2 teaspoons of salt to nixtamal.
• Stir to combine, bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add chicken and cook 15 more minutes.
• Dice remaining onion and place in small bowl.
• Arrange lettuce, serrano chiles, lime wedges and oregano in separate bowls, and crisp tortillas in basket or bowl.
• To serve, ladle pozole into large soup bowls and garnish with lettuce, chile slices, lime juice and oregano and tortillas.

POZOLE VERDE

Steps:

• Season pork with 2 tablespoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Place in a pot with broth, half the onion, garlic, and 10 cups water. Bring to a boil, skimming impurities from surface. Reduce heat to low; stir in bay leaves, cloves, and oregano. Simmer, partially covered, until pork is fork-tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove onion, garlic, bay leaves, and cloves.
• Meanwhile, combine remaining onion, tomatillos, poblanos, jalapenos, cilantro, and oil in a blender; puree until smooth. Transfer to a saucepan and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly and deep green, 12 to 15 minutes. Stir into soup with hominy and simmer for 10 minutes. Serve with jalapeno, cilantro, avocado, radishes, cabbage, lime wedges, and tortillas.