Pozole rojo

  • Lactose free
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Red Mexican soup of hominy, pork and dried chilli with cabbage and radishes.

4 servingsFinal yield 2,300 g

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Ingredients

  • 700 gPork, fresh, shoulder, whole, separable lean and fat, raw
  • 350 gHominy, canned, white
  • 12 gPeppers, hot chile, sun-dried
  • 180 gCabbage, common (danish, domestic, and pointed types), freshly harvest, raw
  • 120 gRadishes, raw
  • 180 gOnions, raw
  • 15 gGarlic, raw
  • 1,300 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 6 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cut pork into 3 cm cubes; soak chilli in hot water 15 minutes, then drain.
  2. Blend chilli with garlic and 150 g measured water to a smooth purée.
  3. Simmer pork, purée, remaining water, onion and salt at 95 °C for 75 minutes.
  4. Add hominy and simmer at 90 °C for 25 minutes until pork is tender.
  5. Shred cabbage, slice radishes and add them to each bowl when serving.

Recipe tradition

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,099.6 kcal
Protein
132.6 g
Fat
130.4 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
93.8 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
21.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
44.4 g
Sodium
3,866.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
9.7 g

Per serving

Energy from macronutrients
Protein: 33.2 g, 26%Fat: 32.6 g, 56%Total carbohydrate (by difference): 23.5 g, 18%524.9 kcalper serving
  • Protein33.2 g26%
  • Fat32.6 g56%
  • Total carbohydrate (by difference)23.5 g18%

Share of energy from protein, fat and carbohydrate (4 / 9 / 4 kcal per g), not share by weight.

Energy
524.9 kcal
Protein
33.2 g
Fat
32.6 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
23.5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
5.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
11.1 g
Sodium
966.7 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
2.4 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
91.3 kcal
Protein
5.8 g
Fat
5.7 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
4.1 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.94 g
Saturated fatty acids
1.9 g
Sodium
168.1 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.42 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains none of the 14 main allergens.

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal