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Chicken Pozole Soup

Ingredients, directions and serving information for Chicken Pozole Soup.

Original recipe text is provided in English.

Servings: 6

Total time: 120 min

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken, skinned and cut into pieces
  • 8 cups water
  • 1/2 cup onion, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce, low-sodium
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 5 cups canned hominy, white or yellow, rinsed and drained
  • 3 cups iceberg lettuce, shredded
  • 1 lime

Instructions

  1. Wash hands with soap and water.
  2. Put chicken pieces in a large pot and cover with the 8 cups of water. Simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.
  3. Add the chopped onion, pepper, chili powder, tomato sauce, and oregano to simmering chicken.
  4. After the chicken is thoroughly cooked take the pieces out of the pot and remove most of the bones from the chicken and the pot.
  5. Return chicken to the pot.
  6. Add the rinsed hominy to the pot of chicken and simmer for another 45 minutes.
  7. Serve with lettuce and a wedge of lime.

Source-reported nutrition per serving

serving Size1/6 of recipe
calories286 calories
protein27g
carbohydrate26g
fat8g
saturated Fat2g
fiber6g
sugar5g
sodium611mg
cholesterol72mg

These values describe the source recipe and serving, not a new analysis by BiteCal. The primary nutrition record has not been independently revalidated. Ingredient substitutions and serving sizes change the result.

Recipe source

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