Best Chicken And Hominy Recipes

CHICKEN AND HOMINY SOUP WITH LIME AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; stir cumin and paprika into hot oil until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, hominy, chicken, diced tomatoes and juice, water, green onions, lime juice, and hot sauce to seasoned oil; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes. Garnish soup with cilantro just before serving.

POZOLE VERDE CON POLLO (GREEN CHICKEN-AND-HOMINY STEW)

Steps:

• Heat the bacon fat in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add the poblanos, jalapenos, scallion whites, pepitas, garlic, salt, cumin, coriander and allspice. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatillos and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften and begin to brown, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Working in batches, transfer some of the vegetable mixture to a blender, add some of the chicken broth and puree. Transfer the pureed mixture to a large bowl and continue until all the vegetables and broth have been blended. Return the mixture to the pot and add the hominy. Place over high heat, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the flavors come together, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the cilantro, scallion greens and 2 cups of water in the blender (you don't
• need to rinse it out!) and puree until completely smooth.
• Add the chicken and the cilantro puree to the stew, remove it from the heat and stir to combine. Let sit until the chicken is heated through. Serve the pozole with sliced onion, sliced radish, sliced avocado, crushed chicharrones, oregano and lime wedges.

SPICY CHICKEN AND HOMINY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil. With a slotted spoon, transfer chicken to a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker. In the same skillet, saute onion and garlic in drippings until tender; add to chicken., Place chipotle peppers and 1/4 cup broth in a blender or food processor; cover and process until blended. Add to chicken mixture. Stir in the hominy, chilies, seasonings and remaining broth. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender.

SPICY CHICKEN AND HOMINY MEXICAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken, onion, chipotle peppers, garlic, and garlic salt; cook and stir until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Stir enchilada sauce, hominy, tomatoes, black beans, and water into the pot. Season with chili powder, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring to a gentle boil. Cover and simmer until flavors combine, about 40 minutes. Garnish with cilantro.

BAKED HOMINY CASSEROLE WITH CHILIES AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Grease an eight-quart oven-proof casserole. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat the oil or fat in a heavy four-quart saucepan. Add the onion and saute over medium-low heat until golden. Stir in the jalapeno peppers and the cumin and saute another few minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and cook five minutes longer. Add the chicken and bring to a simmer.
• Stir in cooked hominy with red chilies and cook till mixture simmers again. Season to taste with salt.
• Spoon the mixture into the casserole. Top with the cheese. Bake in the oven about 30 minutes, until the casserole is bubbling and the cheese has melted and is beginning to brown. Serve at once. If desired, the casserole can be prepared in advance and set aside to be baked later. If it is not simmering just before being put in the oven, increase the baking time to about 45 minutes.

CHICKEN AND HOMINY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add green onions, cumin, and paprika; sauté 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes with juice, chicken, and hot pepper sauce. Puree hominy with juice in processor or blender. Mix into soup; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes. Stir in cilantro. Ladle soup into bowls.

BROTHY CHICKEN SOUP WITH HOMINY AND POBLANO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium. Add the onion and poblano and cook, stirring occasionally, until they have softened without taking on any color, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic, cumin, coriander, oregano and red-pepper flakes, if using, and cook, stirring frequently, until the garlic and spices are fragrant, about 1 minute more. Season well with salt and pepper.
• Add the stock and chicken and bring to a simmer. Cook until the chicken has cooked through and is no longer pink, 10 to 12 minutes. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked chicken to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, shred the meat.
• Add the shredded chicken back to the pot along with the hominy and allow everything to simmer together for 5 to 10 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle into soup bowls. Serve with limes, for squeezing on top, and bowls of optional garnishes.

ROTISSERIE CHICKEN CHILI WITH HOMINY AND CHILES

Steps:

• Bring skin and bones, chicken broth and 1 quart of water to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer about 30 minutes. Strain and discard skin and bones.
• Heat oil over medium-low heat in a soup kettle. Add cumin, oregano and cayenne and cook until spices are fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion; increase heat to medium; saute until soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in chicken and chiles. Add 4 cups hominy and all but 1 cup of the broth and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Process remaining 2 cups hominy and 1 cup broth until silky smooth; add to soup. Stir garlic and corn into soup. Simmer for a minute or so longer, then cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls and top with sour cream, cilantro or scallions. Pass separately the lime wedges and green hot pepper sauce.

SPICY CHICKEN AND HOMINY RAGOûT

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in heavy large skillet over medium-low heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and sauté until no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, hominy and chili powder and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until chicken is cooked through and sauce is slightly thickened, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon, about 8 minutes. Mix in cilantro. Season ragout to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

POZOLE VERDE (MEXICAN HOMINY AND CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Rinse nixtamal thoroughly in a strainer.
• Pour into large Dutch oven or heavy lidded pot, add 4 quarts water and bring to boil.
• Simmer gently, loosely covered about 2 hours, or until tender.
• Do not allow to boil dry (enough water should remain at end of cooking time to keep nixtamal moist).
• While corn is cooking, rinse the chicken and place in a pot with 2 quarts water and 2 teaspoons salt.
• Bring chicken to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Strain and measure broth, adding water if necessary to equal 8 cups.
• Shred meat, discarding skin and bones.
• Set aside broth and chicken.
• When nixtamal is tender, remove it to bowl.
• Rinse the pot and return cooked nixtamal to pot.
• Wash poblano chiles and discard stems and seeds.
• Cut into chunks.
• Wash cilantro and cut off tips of stems.
• Place chiles and cilantro in blender with a cup of water and whirl.
• Slice one of the onions.
• Add chile-cilantro puree, chicken broth, sliced onion, garlic cloves and 4 1/2 teaspoons of salt to nixtamal.
• Stir to combine, bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add chicken and cook 15 more minutes.
• Dice remaining onion and place in small bowl.
• Arrange lettuce, serrano chiles, lime wedges and oregano in separate bowls, and crisp tortillas in basket or bowl.
• To serve, ladle pozole into large soup bowls and garnish with lettuce, chile slices, lime juice and oregano and tortillas.

SPICY CHICKEN AND HOMINY (CHICKPEA) SOUP

Steps:

• Cook the onions, celery, garlic and salt in the oil until soft, 4-6 minutes Add broth, chicken, hominy (chickpeas), and chipotles, simmer 5 or more minutes. Serve with toppings and tortillas Notes: We used garbanzo beans because we couldn't find hominy. It took most of a rotisserie chicken bought at Zabars. There was a thigh and two legs and two wings left over.

CHICKEN AND HOMINY SOUP WITH CILANTRO AND LIME

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; stir cumin and paprika into hot oil until fragrant, about 1 minute. To the seasoned oil, add broth, hominy, chicken, diced tomatoes and juice, water, green onions, chopped jalapeno, lime juice, hot sauce and pepper; bring to a boil.
• 2. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes.
• 3. Garnish each serving with chopped cilantro, crushed tortilla chips and a dollop of sour cream, and serve hot.

CHICKEN, CHORIZO, AND HOMINY STOUP

Steps:

• Preheat a soup pot over medium-high heat with the EVOO. Add the chorizo and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the cumin, coriander, bay leaf, onions, garlic, celery, chipotle, salt, and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the kale, pushing it down into the pan to make it fit, then add the hominy and chicken stock and bring up to a bubble. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the chicken pieces and simmer for 5 minutes, or until cooked through. Remove the bay leaf and serve the stoup.

POBLANO AND SMOKED CHICKEN CHOWDER WITH HOMINY

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat the olive oil. Add the onions, Poblanos, and garlic. Saute until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatillos, fennel, cumin, coriander, oregano, cinnamon, tomatoes, stock, and wine. Simmer gently for 15 minutes. Add the smoked chicken and hominy. Simmer to heat through. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• To serve, ladle into warm soup bowls. Garnish with chopped cilantro, avocado and lime juice just before serving.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH WILD RICE AND HOMINY

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to package directions; set aside to cool.
• Put the chicken carcass and bones in a large pot (they can be in pieces). Cover with the broth and 4 cups water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Skim any foam or fat from the top of the broth with a ladle as necessary.
• Remove the bones and carcass with tongs or a slotted spoon; set aside to cool. Add the carrots, celery, onion and bay leaf to the broth. Bring back to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are about half cooked (they will still offer a little resistance when poked with a knife), about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, when the carcass and bones are cool enough to handle, pick off any meat and shred it into bite-size pieces. Roughly chop the cilantro and scallions together.
• Add the shredded chicken, cooked rice, hominy and cilantro-scallion mixture to the broth and simmer until warmed through, about 1 minute. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt or more to taste. Serve hot with lime wedges.

CHICKEN AND HOMINY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan on medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir 3 to 5 min. or until crisp-tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except cheese; cover. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally.
• Serve sprinkled with cheese.

SPICY CHICKEN AND HOMINY SOUP

Steps:

• Cook the onion, celery, and garlic in the oil with ½ teaspoon salt in a large pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, chicken, hominy, and chipotles. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Serve the soup with the tortilla chips.
• Quick Tip
• You can also make this recipe with 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Add them to the soup with the broth (but don't add the hominy or chipotles); simmer until cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the breasts, shred, and return the meat to the soup along with the hominy and chipotles.

CHICKEN CHILI WITH HOMINY AND GREEN CHILES

Steps:

• Bring skin and bones, chicken broth and 1 quart of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer about 30 minutes. Strain and discard skin and bones. Set aside 1 cup of broth. In a large soup kettle, heat oil over medium-low heat. Add cumin, oregano and cayenne and cook until spices are fragrant, about 1 minute. Add onion and increase the heat to medium; sauté until soft, about 4-5 minutes. Stir in chicken and chiles. Add 4 cups of hominy and all but reserved 1 cup of broth; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Process reserved 2 cups hominy and 1 cup broth in a blender until silky smooth; add to soup. Stir garlic and corn into soup. Simmer for a minute longer and then cover and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Ladle into bowls and top with sour cream and cilantro. A squeeze of lime juice is nice, too.

CHICKEN AND HOMINY

Steps:

• 1. n a large skillet melt butter or add oil, rub salt and pepper on chicken then brown it on medium high heat 5 minutes or so, then set aside onto skillet lid.
• 2. Add 1/2 cup of water and chicken bouillon crystal (or 1/2 cup liquid bullion), stir browned goodness stuck on the skillet to form browned chicken to make a gravy.
• 3. Add carrots, celery. Mix corn starch with water add to thicken gravy, then add the rest of the water to Hominy and return chicken to skillet. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• 4. Taste for flavor/saltiness and gravy consistency-add water, corn starch and or bouillon to adjust recipe and make note. I usually take the chicken out to cool, remove and discard the bones and cut chicken into bite sized pieces, replace chicken to skillet and serve. Add a salad-

CROCK POT CHICKEN AND HOMINY STEW

Steps:

• Combine first 9 ingredients (through stock) in medium crock pot (I used a 3 1/2 quart - don't use anything bigger unless you plan to double the recipe).
• Lay chicken on top of this mixture, and top with hominy and salsa.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours.
• Use two forks to pull apart the chicken, and remove bones if you used bone-in meat.