Chicken Pozole Rojo is a very safe way of venturing into a different cuisine for your meals! There’s not a lot of spice (unless you want to add it, of course!) and it features simple ingredients that you can find right at your regular grocery store. Chicken Pozole Rojo is a Mexican chicken and hominy stew.
Traditional Mexican pozole has a fair amount of carbs since it uses hominy as one of the main ingredients. I paired this recipe with a Dry Farm Wines light, Austrian red. Be sure to check out my review of Dry Farm Wines. Their wine is all tested to be under one gram of sugar in the entire bottle and won’t kick you out of ketosis!
Posole (rather pozole) is a Spanish word. Posole is a traditional soup from Mexican cuisine that uses hominy as its main ingredient. Hominy is made from dried corn, making it too high in carbohydrates to use in low-carb/ketogenic dishes. The hominy is added to the stew, along with a meat of choice, spices, and other ingredients.
Traditional Mexican posole (pozole), a broth rich soup made with pork, red chiles, and lots of add-ins like shredded cabbage, radishes, cilantro, lime, and avocado. This posole rojo, or “red” posole, is made with pork shoulder or shanks, red chiles, and lots of hominy corn. I made this for my parents, and they loved it.