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Pozole verde recipe
Hominy and pork in a green pumpkin-seed broth.
Ingredients
- 900 g pork shoulder
- 800 g hominy, cooked
- 500 g tomatillos
- 100 g pumpkin seeds
- 2 jalapeños
- 1 white onion
- 6 radishes
How to make Pozole verde
- Simmer the pork with onion and salt for 90 minutes until it gives way. Keep every drop of broth.
- Toast the pumpkin seeds dry until they pop, then blend with tomatillos and jalapeños.
- Fry the green paste in a little lard until it darkens and smells nutty, this step is the dish.
- Add the broth, the hominy and the shredded pork. Simmer 20 minutes.
- Serve with raw radish, oregano and lime on the side, not in the pot.
What is Pozole verde?
Pozole verde is a traditional dish from Mexico, simmered in one pot, and takes about 120 minutes from start to finish. It is built around pork shoulder, hominy, cooked and tomatillos. The recipe below uses 7 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Pozole verde take?
At 120 minutes it is slower than 79% of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 16 dishes built on pork shoulder. The method runs to 5 steps, the longest being 90 minutes.
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