Potato hominy soup (mild posole)

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 teaspoons Oil; (2 to 3 tsp)
½ cup Thinly sliced onion
2 Garlic cloves; minced
½ teaspoon Ground cumin; or more to taste
2 mediums Red potatoes (about 3/4 pound); peeled and chopped
½ cup Roasted chili peppers; diced
3 cups Vegetarian bouillon
2 cups Cooked yellow hominy (or one can); rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons Chopped fresh cilantro; garnish

Directions

Lunch Menu: Cup of Potato Hominy Soup and Chile Cheese bread or corn bread.

Vegetarian version of posole based on dish made by Pueblo Indians for feast days and other celebrations. Can be prepared in advance. Can be doubled.

For the broth, try 3 cups water with 2 tsp vegetable base and 1 tsp commercial mole.

*Heat oil in a medium-size pot, and saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes.

*Add cumin, stir well, then add potatoes (½-inch dice) and green chiles.

Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, another 5 minutes. *Add vegetable broth and hominy. Simmer the soup, covered, over low heat for 45 minutes. *Just before serving, stir in the fresh cilantro to warm it.

*Serve hot with a Chile and Cheese quick, yeast, or corn bread. Add salt and pepper after tasting. Serve : 21½% cff with 1 cup appetizers 251 cals, 6⅒ g fat, or 2 cup meals: 501cals, 12.1g fat.

Festive Corn Bread: Chop roasted green chile peppers and red bell peppers.

Shred Swiss or Cheddar or Jack cheese. Work these into cornbread batter.

Bake as usual.

Chile Pepper, December, 1997, p.41. Americas Ethnic Cuisines (mcf) Tested dec97. Chunky, colorful cup of mild "posole" Recipe by: Chile Pepper Mag's Hot & Spicy Latin Dishes (1997) / patH Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n318 by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Dec 16, 1997

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