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Green Tomato Recipe: Beer Chicken Posole Verde

Servings 4 -6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon 15mL olive oil
  • 1 cup 155g diced onions
  • 1 poblano chili cored, seeded and chopped
  • 2 jalapeños seeded and quartered
  • 4 large garlic cloves smashed
  • 1 cup 8oz pilsner or wheat beer
  • 7 cups 56 oz chicken broth
  • 1 pound green tomatoes* quartered
  • 1 lime juiced
  • 1 25 oz cans of hominy, drained
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs

Garnishes:

  • Finely shredded green cabbage
  • sliced radishes
  • diced avocado
  • Mexican crema
  • tortilla chips
  • chopped cilantro

Instructions
 

  • Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions and peppers, cooking until softened, about 8 minutes.
  • Stir in the garlic, cook for about 30 seconds. Pour in the beer, scraping to deglaze the pan. Add about half the broth (it does not need to be exact), tomatoes, lime juice and about half the hominy. Simmer until the tomatoes have softened.
  • Transfer to a blender, blend until smooth, return to pot.
  • Add the remaining broth, remaining hominy, the spices and the raw chicken.
  • Simmer until the chicken has cooked through.
  • Remove chicken from the pot, shred using two forks, return to pot. Adjust spices to taste.
  • Serve warm, allowing guest to garnish as they choose.

Notes

*if you don't have green tomatoes:
remove the green tomatoes and the lime juice from the recipe, replace with 1 lbs tomatillos, husked and quartered.