Menudo With Pigs Feet Recipes

EASY CROCK POT MENUDO WITH PIG'S FOOT

Steps:

• Cook on HIGH for 7 to 8 hours until the beef tripe and pig's foot is cooked very tender.
• Add more Menudo Mix and salt if desired to your taste.
• Garnish individual bowls of menudo with lime juice, chopped onions and chopped cilantro leaves.
• Enjoy with guacamole salad and corn or flour tortillas. Bon Appetit!

MENUDO

Steps:

• Wash tripe thoroughly. Remove the excess fat from the tripe and cut it into bite-sized pieces. Rinse the hominy well in a colander under running water. Wash the pigs feet well also.
• Combine all ingredients, except for garnishes, in a large pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to low and simmer slowly until hominy opens and is cooked. Do not overcook. Skim the excess fat from the surface. It is best if you can refrigerate the Menudo in order to remove all of the grease.
• Ladle into bowls, and garnish with additional fresh cilantro, chopped green onions, minced pequin chiles, and lemon wedges. Serve with toasted bolillos (a Mexican bread made with corn flour).

MENUDO WITH PIG'S FEET

Steps:

• 1. Toppings ' Lemon, Oregano, Chopped Onion, Fresh Cilantro and Crushed Red Pepper. Torta Bread Brushed with Olive Oil and Cooked on the Comal aka' Iron Skillet'
• 2. To a big stock pot add the water, the Rinsed Pigs Feet and the Onion and Garlic Cloves. add Salt. Cook for 1/2 hour. While it's cooking clean and cut the Honeycomb Tripe into bite sized pieces. You can add 1/2 Cup of Vinegar to remove odor. Rinse Very Well.
• 3. After the Pigs Feet cook for 1/2 an hour add the cleaned Honeycomb Tripe to the stock pot. Add the Bay Leaf. Cook on Medium /Low Heat.
• 4. While it's cooking add the red de-seeded Chili to a separate pot of boiling water. Let it soften for approx 2 hours. Add Chili to a blender and add 3 Garlic Cloves a small tsp of Oregano, Salt, 1/2 Cup of drained Hominy and some of the boiled water from the chili. Blend. Set aside.
• 5. Add Hominy 'drained and 'rinsed well' to the pot of Tripe and Pigs feet and then add the Red Chili Blend directly into the big pot through a strainer. Cook for 30 to 45 min more.
• 6. When done serve in big bowls and top with Oregano, Chopped Onion, Fresh Cilantro and Crushed Red Pepper. Also Squeezed Lemon . Dip the Bread into the Juice.. It's really good.

DELICIOUS MENUDO

Steps:

• 1. Cut tripe in small bite size pieces. Cut pigs feet in 2 in. Pieces (you can get these sliced by your butcher).
• 2. Put meat in large pot with about 1 gallon of water and simmer together with salt, complete seasoning, garlic, and cilantro for about 4 hrs. or until tripe and pigs feet are tender.
• 3. While cooking add more water if necessary and skim off white foam that forms on top.
• 4. Add chili powder and hominy, and simmer the last 30 min. of cooking.
• 5. Serve with lemon wedges, chopped onion, and cilantro.
• 6. Great with cold drinks, friends and love! Enjoy delicious menudo!

MENUDO

Steps:

• NOTE use Menudo Mix instead of chili powder. The Ethnic section of somewhere like Wegmans [read very good store] or an ethnic grocery should have it. Or make your own: To make your own: two parts oregano, two parts onion flakes, one part coriander seed, one part cumin, and one part crushed red chili pepper.
• Cut tripe in small pieces. Put meat in a large pan with about 1 gallon of water and simmer together with salt, garlic, cilantro, half of Menudo mix and small onion for 3 to 4 hours or until tripe and pig's feet are tender.
• While cooking, add more water if necessary. Skim off white foam that forms on top. Add the balance of the Menudo mix and hominy and simmer for a few more minutes. Serve with lemon wedges, chopped onion and hot peppers (chopped).
• Servings is a guess.

GRANDMA'S PERFECT MENUDO

Steps:

• 1. In a 12 quart pot fill pot half way with water and place on burner on high to a boil. When it reaches a boil lower the heat to med/high
• 2. While water is coming to a boil cut tripe into bite size pieces. Do not cut to small. Wash tripe before placing into boiling water (make sure water sit about 3 inches above tripe). Boil for about 30 minute then rinse. Boil and rinse 2 more times. After you boil and rinse a few times. Now the gamey taste should be gone.
• 3. Final boil place a metal colander at bottom of pan fill with water half way. Add tripe and pig feet or knuckles. Cut green onions about 2 inches add to water Add entire clove of garlic (Whole just remove outer skin) it will stay intact In a steeper add menudo helper or whole Cover and boil (med/high) for about 3 to 4 hour NEVER allow water to run low. Until tripe to becomes tender (check tripe occasionally)
• 4. After the tripe is tender add fiesta menudo mix (add until you reach your desire taste) Add salt to taste if desired Add hominy Allow to boil for another 40 minutes Let sit for 20 minutes before eating