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Pozole soup served
Rich Mexican pozole soup brimming with hominy corn and tender pork

Traditional Mexican pozole

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses Soups
The soul of Pozole is 'hominy' (nixtamalised corn). This is an ancient process where corn is soaked in alkaline water, causing the kernels to swell, their skins to peel off, and 'open up' like a flower. This process makes the corn digestible and nutritious. The soup is rich, meaty, and fresh toppings (radish, lettuce, lime) make its texture truly exciting.
🕒 Prep Time 30 mins
🍳 Cook Time 3 hrs
⌛ Total Time 3 hrs 30 mins
🍽️ Servings 6 servings
🔥 Calories 600 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Mexican

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Large pot: for long cooking.
  • Blender: for the chilli sauce.

Instructions

1 ✓

Place the meat, onion, garlic, and corn in the water. Cook slowly for 2-3 hours until the meat becomes tender.

Tip: Pork shoulder is full of connective tissue, which needs time to become gelatinous.
2 ✓

Meanwhile, soak the dried chillies in hot water for 15 minutes, deseed, then blend until smooth with a little soaking water. Strain into the soup.

Tip: Rehydrating the chillies makes them soft, so a creamy sauce can be made from them, which thickens and flavours the soup.
3 ✓

Add the oregano, salt, and cook together for another 30 minutes.

Tip: The melding of flavours (diffusion) truly happens now.
4 ✓

Serve hot, generously sprinkle radish and lettuce in the bowl, drizzle with lime, and crunch chips with it.

Tip: The fresh, crunchy vegetables and acidic lime counterbalance the fatty, heavy nature of the soup.

Recipe FAQ

Where can I get hominy?
In speciality Mexican shops, usually in tinned form called 'Maiz Pozolero'. Ordinary sweetcorn is not a good substitute!

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Pork (shoulder, diced)
  • 500 g Dried (or tinned) hominy corn
  • 1 pc White onion
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 4 pcs Dried guajillo chillies
  • 2 pcs Dried ancho chillies
  • 1 tbsp Dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 2 l Water
  • 2 pcs Fresh lime
  • 5 pcs Radishes
  • 100 g Iceberg lettuce (shredded)
  • 150 g Tortilla chips