Recipe

Pozole Verde de Pollo

Mexican chicken soup

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Time—
Yield4 portions
Energy381 kcal
Components0
Contents

Ingredients

  • toast pumpkin seeds
  • 45gseed, pumpkin
  • broth cook
  • 400gchicken breast, raw
  • 250gtomatillo, canned
  • 1wholeonion≈ 150 g onionroughly chopped
  • 3clovegarlic
  • 2perchilli, turkish sivri≈ 50 g chilli, turkish sivriroughly chopped
  • 2perchilli, jalapenoroughly chopped
  • 500stock, chicken, low salt (ml (prepared/500ml))≈ 1 cube stock, chicken, low salt
  • 2tspherb, oregano, dried
  • 0.25tspsalt
  • 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
  • blend pozole base
  • 20gherb, coriander, fresh
  • Soup
  • 5mloil, rapeseed
  • add hominy & salt
  • 100ghominy, driedsoaked overnight and boiled 90 minutes
  • 0.125tspsalt
  • to serve
  • serve & garnish pozole
  • 60g, fleshavocadodiced
  • 50gradishdiced
  • 5gherb, coriander, freshchopped

Instructions

Process

  1. Pumpkin seeds: dry roast over medium-high until they start to pop and smell nutty, 4 minutes
  2. Broth:
    1. Add the chicken etc to the pot.
    2. Bring to a boil over high heat then reduce to a simmer.
    3. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is done - 15 minutes. Remove the chicken and set aside for rough shredding.
    4. Continue to cook until everything is completely tender - 25 minutes.
    5. Strain the liquids from the solids, set aside.
    6. Blend the solids with the pumpkin seeds and coriander until smooth. Set aside.
  3. Soup
    1. Heat the oil to medium-high
    2. As soon as it’s hot, pour in the blended solids and cook, stirring, 3 minutes - it will spatter a lot!
    3. Add the strained liquids, stir to combine.
    4. Bring to a simmer, stir in the hominy and salt, cook until heated through.
    5. Tear apart the chicken into bite-sized pieces and stir into the soup
  4. To serve
    1. Soup into bowls
    2. Garnish with the avocado, radish, and coriander.

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories3811526
Protein28.8115.3
Carbohydrates34.3137.1
Total Sugars8.132.5
Free Sugars0.31.0
Fat13.955.6
Saturated Fat2.610.5
Fibre6.124.3
Alcohol0.00.0
Salt1.24.7
Iron3.8915.6
Calcium43.3173
Vitamin B1200
Omega 30.050.2
Magnesium121482
Potassium7563030
Caffeine00
Cost£1.96£7.86