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Easy Pozole Recipe – The Perfect Winter Soup!

Published on February 12, 2020 by Eden

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This delicious easy pozole recipe is the perfect soup for getting through a cold winter! The recipe is modernized from the traditional Mexican soup made with hominy and pork. It’s easy to make in one pot and incredibly flavorful!

Warm bowl of Pozole soup

When planning our Christmas Eve meal this past year, we wanted to do something different than the normal ham and sides. In Mexico, a traditional meal is tamales served with a large pot of pozole.

Pozole (or posole) which means hominy is a flavorful soup made with meat, hominy, seasoning, and broth. It’s truly so flavorful, warm and could not be better served with tamales.

Pozole soup simmering in a dutch oven.

There are several different versions you can make like Verde pozole or rojo pozole. You can also make it with chicken or pork. However, for this recipe, we used pork sausage in the soup. Similar to a kale and sausage soup we love.

What is hominy?

Hominy is corn that is processed in a totally different way to get a puffy, bean-like texture. The process is called nixtamalization, which you can read more about here.

What is pozole made of?

The main ingredients in pozole are meat, hominy, and broth. Recipes vary, but there are added seasonings, spices, and other ingredients to make this flavorful soup.

How to Make Easy Pozole Soup

We’ve altered this pozole recipe several times to make this soup very easy to make. Using one pot only, everything cooks nicely in a dutch oven like these. It tastes super authentic and really good!

In addition to the dutch oven, you’ll also need a garlic press. This is a kitchen tool we use often! Here are the ingredients you’ll need and the directions:

Ingredients

There are very simple ingredients in this soup! Everything can easily be found at your local grocery store. Hominy is located in the aisle. It’s also incredibly affordable!

Ingredients to make puzzle soup
  • Pork Sausage
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Green Chilis
  • Hominy
  • Beef Stock
  • Butter
  • Cumin
  • Oregano
  • Pepper

Toppings

  • Cilantro
  • Lime
  • Avocado

Directions

First, prepare the ingredients. Chop the onions, peel the garlic, measure the spices. Pour the hominy into a strainer and let the juice rinse out using water.

After that, in a dutch oven, melt butter or lard.

Then, add in pork sausage and using a wooden spoon for a spatula, break the sausage into smaller pieces as it cooks in the dutch oven.

Adding chopped onions into a dutch oven

Next, add in the chopped onions and saute with the pork sausage.

Adding garlic into a soup with a garlic press.

Next, add the garlic using a garlic press and the rest of the spices. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring as all of the ingredients brown.

Hominy in a strainer for pozole soup

Once the hominy is rinsed, add the hominy and green chilis (drained).

Green chilis, hominy and pork in a dutch oven

Cook for another minute.

Lastly, add in the beef stock and simmer

Need stock

Simmer the soup for an hour to two hours on the lowest simmer setting with the lid on the dutch oven.

Pozole soup simmering in a dutch oven

The flavors will cook together nicely, add salt to taste. Serve with cilantro, lime wedge and slices of avocado.

Bowl of pozole soup with avocado and cilantro

How to Store Pozole

This soup tastes just as good the next day. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight sealed container.

To warm it up, pour it back into any pot or saucepan and heat on the stovetop.

What to Serve with Pozole

Like we mentioned before, pozole goes amazing with tamales. Even store-bought tamales! Don’t feel like you have to make everything!

You can also serve it with our taco salad, which would be divine! The dressing for that salad is unreal! Those two dishes with our margaritas is the perfect meal!

Easy pozole soup with cilantro

More Dinner Recipes You’ll Love

In addition to this incredible pozole recipe, check out these delicious dinner meals that are easy to make!

Sheet Pan Chicken and Sausage

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Vegetable Cous Cous Salad 

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Simple Green Salad that Goes with Everything! 

Easy Risotto with Parmesan 

Classic Wedge Salad with THE BEST DRESSING EVER!!

Easy and Delicious Taco Salad 

The yummiest carbonara recipe!

Let us know if you make this easy posole soup by leaving a comment and review below. It’s so delicious, we know you’ll love it!

Easy Pozole Soup

A very flavorful soup made with hominy, pork and broth. Perfect for a cold winter day.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Mexican, soup
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 531kcal
Author: Eden

Ingredients

  • 16 oz pork sausage
  • 1 tbsp butter, salted
  • 1 large yellow onion , chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, pressed
  • 8 oz green chili peppers, canned, chopped, drained
  • 27 oz hominy , large can, rinse
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground oregano
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Toppings

  • 3 avocados, ripe
  • 3 limes, cut into wedges
  • 1 bunch cilantro

Instructions

  • First, prepare the ingredients. Chop the onions, peel the garlic, measure the spices. Pour the hominy into a strainer and let the juice rinse out using water.
  • In a dutch oven, melt butter or lard. 
  • Add in pork sausage and using a wooden spoon for a spatula, break the sausage into smaller pieces as it cooks in the dutch oven.
  • Add in the chopped onions and saute with the pork sausage. 
  • Next, add the garlic using a garlic press and the rest of the spices. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring as all of the ingredients brown.
  • Once the hominy is rinsed, add the hominy and green chilis (drained).
  • Cook for another minute or two and then add in the beef stock. 
  • Simmer the soup for an hour to two hours on the lowest simmer setting with the lid on the dutch oven.
  • Serve with cilantro, lime wedge and slices of avocado. 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Pozole Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 531 Calories from Fat 342
% Daily Value*
Fat 38g58%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Cholesterol 60mg20%
Sodium 1292mg56%
Potassium 813mg23%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Fiber 12g50%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 16g32%
Vitamin A 417IU8%
Vitamin C 36mg44%
Calcium 67mg7%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Julie Pounders says

    November 15, 2020 at 8:58 pm

    Do you drain the cooked sausage?

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