Tender white meat chicken, caramelized onions and sweet hominy combine with earthy warm spices to make this amazing Green Chile Chicken Posole. Top your stew with crunchy cabbage, thin slices of radishes and chunks of avocado - hearty and delicious!
Next time try this New Mexico Posole Recipe - this traditional Mexican stew is a red pozole made with pork and it's amazing!
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Why you'll love this recipe
✔️ hearty and delicious.
✔️ authentic flavors.
✔️ This stew is rich and flavorful, but easy to make.
Ingredients
For the exact measurements, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- boneless skinless chicken breasts, boneless skinless chicken thighs or even a whole chicken
- white onion
- minced garlic
- green chili enchilada sauce
- jar verde sauce
- canned diced green chiles - charred poblano peppers.
- canned hominy
- cumin, salt, green chili powder and coriander
- water, or you can use chicken broth if you'd prefer.
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!
- Preheat the oven.
- Add the spice rub ingredient to a large plastic bag.
- Add the chicken breast to the bag, massaging the spices into the chicken.
- Dice the onions and minced the garlic. Set aside.
- Heat a large stock pot over medium heat. When hot, add the olive oil and brown the chicken breast on both sides.
- Next, add the onions to the pot and give them a quick sauté - about two minutes.
- Add the minced garlic and continue to sauté another few seconds until the vegetables become fragrant.
- Add all of the remaining ingredients.
- Tightly cover and place in the preheated oven for two hours.
- Remove from the oven, take the chicken breasts out of the stew and shred. Return to soup, mix and serve.
Equipment
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FAQ's
You'll see me use the two words interchangeably as both are correct. Posole can have a red or green sauce and the meat will be pork or chicken. Both are stuffed with hominy. Pozole is traditionally served on Christmas Eve, however anytime is a great time for this delicious soup!
The spices are simple - cumin, salt, green chili powder and coriander. Don't have green chili powder? You can substitute with red or simply omit it. Green chili gives it a punch of heat. If you're looking for that heat, pile on the jalapeños.
I developed a recipe you can make no matter where you live! It was important that you can make Verde Chicken Pozole too! Here's what I use for authentic flavor - chicken breast, canned green chilis, onion, garlic, hominy, green chili enchilada and verde sauce.
If you haven't tried hominy (I mean tried it since you were five and decided you hated it!), or if you're absolutely in a pinch, substitute with a couple of bags of frozen corn.
Things to know
When you're ready to serve the green pozole, set up a bounty of delicious toppings.
Thinly sliced cabbage, chunks of creamy avocados, thinly sliced radishes, diced white onions and some spicy jalapeños are all tasty toppings for this traditional Mexican soup. Creamy sour cream will help cool the heat.
- thinly sliced green cabbage
- sliced radishes
- thinly sliced jalapeño peppers
- fresh cilantro
- diced red onion
- a dollop of sour cream
- diced avocado
- lime wedges
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Here are more delicious Mexican flavors to enjoy!
- Red Enchilada Sauce - for great authentic flavor this is the best red chile sauce you'll ever try!
- Baja Fish Tacos - these grilled tacos are a quick and easy meal!
- Homemade Barbacoa Beef Tacos - spicy and delicious!
- Creamy Guacamole Dip - no party is complete without this appetizer!
- Roasted Hatch Green Chile - another quick and easy dip.
- Cinco de Mayo Party Food Recipes - here's where you go for all the favorite Mexican food recipes!
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Be sure to serve the topping so everyone can add their favorites and customize their bowl.
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- Don't forget the chips! A big bag of your favorite tortilla chips makes this meal perfect!
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Green Chili Chicken Posole
Ingredients
- Spice Mix
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon green chili powder optional
- ½ teaspoon coriander
- Stew
- 2 chicken breasts boneless skinless
- 2 28 oz. cans hominy drained
- 28 oz. green chili enchilada sauce
- 12 oz. verde sauce
- 8 oz. diced green chilis mild
- 1 white onion diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cup water or chicken stock
- Optional toppings - thinly sliced cabbage, radishes, jalapeños, avocados and sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Add the ingredients for the spice mix into a large plastic bag. Add the chicken breast into the bag, massage in the spices, set aside.
- Dice the onions and minced the garlic. Set aside.
- Heat a heavy bottom pot over medium heat. When hot, add the olive oil and brown the chicken breast on both sides - 2 to 3 minutes per side.
- Next add the onions to the pot and give them a quick sauté - about two minutes. Add the minced garlic and continue to sauté another few seconds until the vegetables become fragrant.
- Add the remaining ingredients - enchilada & verde sauce, green chilis and hominy.
- Tightly cover and place in the preheated oven for two hours.
- While the stew is baking in the oven prepare the toppings. Slice the cabbage, jalapeños and radishes. Dice the avocado right before serving.
- When you remove the stew from the oven, pull out the chicken breast. Shred with two forks and return the chicken to the stew, mix together well.
- Top with garnishes, serve and enjoy!
Notes
- thinly sliced cabbage
- chunks of creamy avocados
- thinly sliced radishes
- diced white onions
- spicy jalepenos
- sour cream
Nutrition
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Trips to hole-in-the-wall hidden gems that I would not enter by myself, only to walk through the door and be welcomed by the warm family atmosphere and the unique flavors they share with our community.
Having said that, my love of Authentic Pozole comes from New Mexico! We've made a couple of trips to New Mexico visiting our friends Ron and Michelle and I go out of my way to find a big bowl! Chunks of pork or chicken, simmered in a rich red or green sauce, packed with hominy.
Rich, thick and delicious!
When I was a kid, I remember Mom trying to make Don and me eat it. I'm pretty sure we just fed it to the dog under the table. 🤣🤣🤣 You can relate, right?
If you haven't tried hominy (I mean tried it since you were five and decided you hated it!), or if you're absolutely in a pinch, substitute with a couple of bags of frozen corn.
First published October, 2017, last updated May 26, 2066
