Hominy Soup, flavored with spices and tomatoes, cooks on your stovetop and is ready in about 30 minutes. The whole family will enjoy this mexican soup with all its toppings.
Pozole, the traditional mexican soup can be tedious and time consuming to make the traditional way.
This Hominy Soup recipe is a quick and easy version of the classic pozole. You're welcome!
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With just a few ingredients, this hearty soup will be on your table in about a half an hour making it the perfect homemade soup to make on a busy weeknight..
Garnish it with your favorite toppings, such as cilantro, radishes and avocado.
Add a dollop of sour cream, serve with tortilla chips on the side, and enjoy every flavorful spoonful.
Traditional pozole is made with pork or chicken but this recipe is made without meat.
You can easily turn this recipe into chicken pozole by stirring in shredded rotisserie chicken and using chicken broth instead of vegetable broth.
My recommendation is to make a double batch because everyone will want a second bowlful!
Chilly days will be warm and delicious when mexican hominy soup is for dinner!
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How to make mexican soup with hominy
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- Heat the oil in a medium saucepot over medium heat.
- Saute onion, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin and kosher salt until the onion is tender-crisp, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in broth, hominy, Rotel tomatoes and tomato paste and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce to medium heat and simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Transfer soup to serving bowls and top with cilantro, radishes, avocado, scallions and lime wedges.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- You can use yellow hominy or white hominy in this recipe
- Add a splash of hot sauce before serving for a hint of heat
- Add 1/2 teaspoon dried mexican oregano
- Serve with tortilla chips
- Add a splash of heavy cream
- If you want a thicker soup you can add two cans of hominy instead of just one can
- Stir in a can of chopped green chilies
Substitutions
- Chicken broth can be used in place of the vegetable broth
- You can use minced garlic cloves instead of garlic powder
- Chili powder can be used in place of mexican style chili powder
- Canned corn kernels or frozen corn can be substituted for the hominy
Equipment
- chef knife
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- cutting board
- saucepot
- wooden spoon
Toppings for pozole
These toppings would all be delicious served with a bowl of hominy soup:
- sour cream
- chopped red onion
- green onions
- sliced green cabbage
- fried tortilla strips
- crumbled queso fresco
- shredded mexican blend cheese
Hominy substitutes
The following foods can be used as a hominy substitute:
- white beans
- sweet corn
- brown rice
- wild rice
- barley
- chickpeas
Storage
- You can store your soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
- Soup will freeze well and last in the freezer for about 6 months. Let the soup defrost overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines
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Hominy Soup Recipe
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Ingredients
Soup
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped, about 1 cup
- 1 teaspoon Mexican style chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 can (15 ounces) yellow hominy drained
- 1 can (10 ounces) Rotel diced tomatoes and green chiles
- ¼ cup tomato paste
Garnishes
- Cilantro leaves
- Sliced radishes
- Chopped avocado
- Sliced scallions
- Lime wedges
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Instructions
Soup
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepot over medium-high heat.
- Cook onion, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin and kosher salt until the onion is tender-crisp, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in broth, hominy, Rotel tomatoes and tomato paste and bring to a boil.
- Reduce to medium heat and simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Garnishes
- Transfer soup to serving bowls and top with cilantro, radishes, avocado, scallions and lime wedges.
This recipe is awesome, definitely making this one later and enjoy it by myself, thank you for sharing this!
I made this soup and it was so easy and delicious.
A kind of soup that I want to eat in this cold weather.
I love how quick, easy, and delicious this soup recipe is.
Everyone at home loves it!
This soup was so easy and delicious to make! Definitely making this for my family again!