Some Posole-Un Posolito

The other day "macho man" (husband) woke up early Sunday morning and stated "se me antojo un posolito" -I am craving some posole. For those of you not familiar with posole, it is a "soup" made with pork butt (actually not the butt-click on the link to find out more), hominy, dried California chiles, oregano, onions and garlic. In keeping with my previous post, I substituted the fatty pork butt with chicken. Here is my recipe using chicken for those of you who would like to try it.

1 family sized package of chicken thighs

1 large can of white hominy ( there is also yellow hominy, but I prefer the white hominy).

8 large dried California Peppers (will give a little spice, but not overwhelming)

1/4 white onion

pinch of oregano

3 garlic cloves

In a large pot (will need a very large pot) boil the chicken. Once the water is boiling add the hominy. In a separate (smaller) pot boil the chili peppers. Once the peppers have come to a boil place the peppers in the blender add the onion, oregano and cloves of garlic. Puree all the ingredients. In a large mesh strainer, strain the puree until only the seeds and chili pepper skins are left (you will need to add water to strain completely). Add salt to desired taste and let all of the flavors "marry." The Posole is done when the chicken is completely cooked.

Top off your posole with finely cut green cabbage, finely chopped onion, chopped radishes and lemon juice and of course don't forget the tostadas!

P.S. If you prefer the pork posole, just substitute the pork butt for the chicken (it will take about 2-3 hours for the pork butt to be fully cooked) you want the meat to fall off of the bone. And follow the directions as shown above.