Green Pozole (Pozole Verde) – Mexican Hominy Soup

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Do you celebrate the Epiphany?

The Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day is when gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh was brought to the Christ infant, 12 days after his birth.

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Traditions of the Epiphany

Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, occurs 12 days after Christmas and is celebrated with carol singing and feasts in countries with large Catholic populations, especially in Latin America.

This is the day that Jesus Christ was presented to the world as the physical manifestation of God and the three kings brought gifts to the Christ child in the form of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

The Orthodox church of Eastern Europe celebrates it later as their Christmas date is later, since they follow the Julian calendar, instead of the Gregorian. They’ve yet to celebrate Christmas as for them Christmas will be celebrated on January 7th. (2018)

Depending where you are located, the holiday is celebrated with different foods. New Orleans, here in the United States has one of the most Catholic populations due to the French and Spanish ancestry of the region. There it is celebrated with King’s Cake. Pozole is one of the ways the epiphany is celebrated in Mexico.

Pozole is a Mexican soup whose main ingredients are meat, chiles and hominy, which is a type of field corn grown in South America and the southwestern United States. Also known as choclo, this corn can be found dried, frozen or canned, although in American supermarkets it is most normally found canned. The other forms you will have to go to a Latin supermarket to find.

This corn is firmer, larger and not as sweet as regular yellow or white corn. There are three types of pozole – red, white and green, depending what meat and type of chiles are used. Green pozole is generally made with chicken and/or pork, tomatillos and green chiles like poblano and jalapeno.

Before we get to today’s recipe, you can also try some other foods that are perfect to celebrate the Catholic feast day!

Mexican and South American Recipes

• Mexican Goat Stew
• Locro de Papa – Potato Cheese Soup
• Coconut Tres Leche Cake
• Mazamorra Morada – Peruvian Blue Corn Pudding
• Beche de Pescado – Ecuadorian Fish Stew

The Ingredients

• pork shoulder
• garlic
• onion
• black peppercorns
• cumin seed
• boneless & skinless chicken
• tomatillos
• jalapenos
• poblano
• scallions
• cilantro
• hominy
• salt

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How to make Pozole Verde

The first step is to make the Salsa Verde. You can use the version included in the recipe below or check out this simpler Salsa Verde Recipe.

Then we cook the chicken and pork.

The cooked meat is simmered with the hominy and salsa and an hour later, this delicious soup is ready!

It is a bit time consuming, but so worth the effort. This delicious Pozole Verde is perfect for Sunday dinner or holiday meals.

Garnishes

After the soup is cooked, it is garnished with sliced radishes and cabbage. Usually onions are also offered but as I have an aversion to raw onions, that garnish was omitted. Extra garnish is served on the side so everyone partaking can customize as to their preference. Warm tortillas are also served on the side.

Now doesn’t that look like a delicious bowl of soup to enjoy this winter!

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