Slow Cooker Posole
A hearty Mexican soup posole (pozole) can be made with chicken or pork. A wonderful fall or winter treat posole is a family favorite during the Holiday season and was one of my biggest cravings when I was pregnant with my second child. I craved it so much that often had my mami come visit me in Killeen, where my husband was stationed at Fort Hood to make it for me. It seems no matter how many times I attempted to make posole it never tasted quite as good as hers. Mami said the intense cravings threw off my seasoning in the soup, I think she was just being kind. I was just glad she was nice enough to drive the five hours to make it for me.
My daughter is now nine and I find myself craving posole more and more. Unfortunately life is not as carefree as it was when my daughters were younger, so I find myself turning to my slow cooker to satisfy my cravings. I can easily prepare the green sauce, add the remaining ingredients, walk away and continue my day. A few hours later, dinner is ready to go and we can garnish our soup. Posole is the perfect vessel for garnishes – it literally screams to be garnished and the garnishes add yet another wonderful layer of flavor. A splash of lime, cilantro, avocado, radishes, tostadas, cabbage or salsa add what you like or like me add them all, it just makes this soup even better.
When Hamilton Beach asked me to create a recipe using their Set & Forget® 6 Qt. Programmable Slow Cooker with Spoon/Lid I knew I had to share this posole recipe. With three choices for easy cooking, a temperature probe that reads the actual temperature as it cooks and travel friendly secures this slow cooker was a snap to use and a breeze to clean. The perfect size to place on my kitchen counter, add ingredients and have dinner ready to serve, one less thing to mark off my to-do list. I see many more hearty soups in my future with the help of my new slow cooker. Hamilton Beach was kind enough to offer a Sweet Life reader a chance to win their very own slow cooker.
- ½ pound tomatillos rinsed and husk removed and chopped
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 cup cilantro rinsed
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 14-ounce cans fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth
- Salt
- Pepper
- 3 pounds skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 2 15.5-ounce cans white hominy, rinsed and drained
- Garnish:
- Avocado cilantro, limes wedges
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To a blender add tomatillos, onion, cilantro, ground cumin, oregano and garlic cloves with one cup of chicken broth, blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper; add to slow cooker along with remaining chicken broth and chicken breast. Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours. Carefully with tongs remove chicken breasts, shred and return to slow cooker along with hominy. Cook an additional 30 minute to warm hominy through, Ladle posole into bowls; top with avocado, cilantro and serve with lime wedges.
This recipe using fresh tomatillos if not available you can use canned as in the original recipe, but do give them a quick rinse.
Recipe adapted from Cooking Light
Can I substitute the pork for the chicken in this recipe? Thanks!
You sure can Mary, enjoy!
If I won, the first thing I would make would be a pot roast with potatoes and carrots. The meat gets so tender, makes an amazing Sunday dinner, plus lovely left over sandwiches on Monday 🙂
I’d make some soup
sweet and sour meatballs
I have been craving roasted chicken so I would make one in the slow cooker since it is still almost too hot to turn on the oven here!
I would make sweet and sour meatballs.
I’ve been craving vegetable beef soup, so I’d make a big batch in this slow cooker.
I’d love to make some cheesy hashbrowns in it! Yum!
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I would make classic beef stew with pumpkin cornbread muffins.
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I would make soup and chilli.
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short ribs! yum!!
Your timing is uncanny just got back from texas, so much fun eating tex-mex, drinking margarita’s, eating chilaquiles, menudo, more margarita’s, more tex-mex hanging w/ the Prima’s , you get the picture ????
So now I’m back home and the clothes r a little tighter and this recipe is just what the doctor ordered for a filling soup to dress up or down and stay w/in my weight watchers points.
And to be able to put soup together & set controls and viola Posole that would be great ??????
I would definitely make this posole. I’ve been looking for a recipe for posole so I was delighted when your blog post arrived in my inbox!
I would make beef pot roast
This looks delicious! There’s just something about fall days that calls for warm soups and stews…so I know I’d make a batch of chili to enjoy after taking a long walk to admire the leaves.
In my family menudo is are goto cold weather soup. But I think I just found another.
I’ll make beef stew.
Gosh, so many things I’d like to try. Probably start with Posole! I haven’t had a good posole since I lived in New Mexico many years ago.
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Chicken noodle soup!
I would make chili and rice in the slow cooker