Thursday, December 15, 2011

Pozole, an Abita beer, and the Mexican girl in New Orleans

Oh Louisiana you're killing me! It was so humid today I had to dry myself with a damp towel. AGH! If its not obvious to anyone I know, I miss Texas. I would like to be cuddled up watching movies with a bowl of caldo and a diet big red. This is my first holiday away from the familia :(. So I decided to make some comfort food. Pozole is a pork and hominy soup that my family never made but I liked since it wasn't as fatty as menudo. I searched for recipes all over and combined a few since not one really stuck out to me.  I played some Micheal Salgado as loud as I could, danced around and got to cooking.

1 lb pork tenderloin cubed
1/2 large white onion cubed
4 garlic cloves chopped
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin(maybe a little more if you like cumin)
almost 1 table spoon oregano
salt to taste
pepper to taste
1 can of white hominy
1(32oz) box of beef broth( i used kitchen basics unsalted)
2 cups chicken broth
2-3dried guajillo chiles( fiesta brand California chiles, they are mild and don't have a lot of heat)


Garnish with
Red cabbage
Red onions
Avacado
Clintro
fresh squeezed Lemon or Lime juice
Makes 6-8 servings

Ok my dears. Here we go!
Take the chiles and boil them in med high for about ten mins in about 4-6cups of water

Cut up your garlic and onion set aside
Cube your tenderlion
Heat a pan with a little olive oil
Season your pork with salt and pepper
Cook in pan till pork is cooked through

Remove chiles from water. toss the water
Chop the tops off chiles rinse out the seeds( don't scrape)
Places chiles in blender with 2 cups of beef broth
Turn on and blend away till a red frothy liquid forms
pour into a large cooking pot
add in pork

Open can of homany rinse and add to pot
add rest of broth onion garlic and spices
taste.
(I added a dash more pepper cumin and salt after i cooked it for 20 mins then maybe a 1/2 cup of water just to give a little more broth. )
Cover and Let simmer on med low for an hour.
The house should smell like a Mexican restaurant.

Warm corn tortillas, slice red onions, cabbage, avocado, lemon/limes, cilantro

Open up your pot after an hour and bam!!!get smacked in the face with the smell of  abulitas kitchen on a rainy day.
Serve in a bowl  and dress up with your sides.

 hope someone enjoys this recipe and leaves a comment. Questions email me:P









2 comments:

  1. I can vouch for this one, it's goooood

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  2. We started calling the cheese bread "Irma bread". Wow, so good, we ate too much of it! I made balls and froze them to use later, but "later" became sooner waaaaay too soon!

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