Pozole Rojo

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Made this yesterday for dinner.

Recipe first then my pics.

You will need.

Ingredients
2 pounds of pork cut into medium sized cubes
6 guajillo chiles
1 Can of hominy
6 cloves of garlic
1 tomato
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 onion
1 teaspoon of oregano (mexican if you can)
1 teaspoon of cumin
2 bay leaves

Accompaniments
2 cups Chopped radish
8 lime
4 cups chopped lettuce or shredded cabbage. (you can find these already in bags)
40 homemade tortilla chips
chopped cilantro
1 chopped onion
Sliced or cubed avocado

Instructions
Cook the pork meat in sufficient water (ensuring that the pork is completely covered with an inch or two to spare) with 1 clove of garlic, 1/4 piece of an onion (not diced), the bay leaves, salt and pepper. Set aside 1/2 cup of the broth from cooking the pork.

Once the meat is cooked through, remove the bay leave, onion, and garlic clove, and add the hominy and bring to a boil for 15 minutes. (Drain hominy is opt)

Prepare the guajillo chilies by removing the seeds and stem and boiling in water for 5-7 minutes or until soft. Set aside for the next step.

Blend the remaining 5 cloves of garlic, the guajillo chilies, the tomato, another 1/4 piece of the onion, the cumin, the salt, the pepper, the 1/2 cup of broth that was set aside in step 1 above, and 1/2 cup of hominy (to thicken the sauce) in a blender until completely blended.

Once the above mixture is blended, strain the mixture and add the strained liquid to the boiling pot with the pork and water. Season with oregano and add salt to taste.
Let boil 15 minutes longer.
Serve hot, topped with chopped lettuce, onions, radishes, and a few drops of lime and finally the homemade tortilla chips


Dried guajillo.
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Using boneless pork butt
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Add the onion, garlic and bay leaves.
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Broiling good. Poek is getting tender.
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Prepping the chilis.
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After the blending of the chili mix i double strained it.
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The chili sauce after straining.
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Just follow the directions and bring it all together.
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A bowl for me. Im not a radish eater so this was good. My SIL is PR and he ate 3 bowls.
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Man that looks great! I have an aunt that makes a Posole Rojo extremely well but its basically made the same as Menudo having hominy but using pork meat instead of using beef tripe.

All of this stuff is about to be had here over the Holidays. I'm looking forward to it :)
 
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That looks good. A nice simple preparation...JJ
 
Looks good. You reminded me that I have not made my (much longer) version of Pozole in a long time. It's winter and it's time!
 
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