Green Posole Recipes

GREEN CHILE POSOLE

Steps:

• Place first 5 ingredients and 3-3/4 cups broth in a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker. Puree tomatillos with remaining broth in a blender; stir into pork mixture., Cook, covered, on low until pork is tender, 4-5 hours. If desired, serve with avocado and other toppings.

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 WITH TOMATILLOS (GREEN POZOLE)

Steps:

• In large saucepan melt fat over medium-high heat. Saute onion until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook briefly, just until aroma is released. Add chicken stock, hominy and carnitas. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes. Add tomatillo salsa and bring to a boil Reduce to a simmer and cook and additional five minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

GREEN POZOLE WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook chicken:
• Bring 8 cups water, bay leaf, half of onion, half of garlic, and 1 teaspoon salt to a boil, covered, in a 6-quart heavy pot, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add chicken and poach at a bare simmer, uncovered, skimming off any foam, until just cooked through, about 20 minutes. Transfer chicken to a cutting board to cool. Pour broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, discarding solids, and reserve. When chicken is cool enough to handle, coarsely shred with your fingers.
• Make sauce while chicken cools:
• Cook pumpkin seeds in a dry small skillet over low heat, stirring occasionally, until puffed but not browned (seeds will pop as they puff), 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a bowl to cool completely, then finely grind in coffee/spice grinder.
• Simmer tomatillos and remaining onion in remaining cup water in a 3-quart saucepan, covered, until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain vegetables and purée in a blender with jalapeños, 1/4 cup cilantro, epazote, remaining garlic, and remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
• Heat oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then add purée (use caution as it will splatter and steam). Cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in pumpkin seeds and 1 cup reserved broth and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in shredded chicken, hominy, and 3 more cups reserved broth and simmer, partially covered, 20 minutes.
• Stir in remaining 1/2 cup cilantro and serve pozole in deep bowls with accompaniments.