Instructions
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1Soak Posole Hominy overnight in 8 cups of water. The next morning, drain and rinse the hominy.
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2Cut pork shoulder into bite-sized cubes and set aside.
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3Bring hominy and 8 cups of fresh water to a boil in a large covered stock pot. If the hominy was not soaked long enough, add an additional 1 to 2 cups of water as needed. Boil for 2 hours.
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4While the hominy is cooking, brown the pork shoulder in a separate pan. Once browned, add the jar of Fresh Hatch Red Chile Sauce, chopped onion, and chopped garlic. Cook until the pork is cooked through.
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5After 2 hours, add the pork and red chile sauce mixture to the stock pot. Stir in the Posole Seasoning and salt. Reduce to a simmer and cook for an additional hour.
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6Serve hot and enjoy! Optional toppings include fresh lime, shredded cabbage, and tortilla chips.
This traditional New Mexico Pork Posole is the kind of slow-simmered comfort food that warms you from the inside out. Rich Hatch Red Chile Sauce, tender pork shoulder, and hearty hominy come together in one pot for a meal that tastes like it's been in the family for generations — because it has.
If there's one dish that says "New Mexico" more than any other, it just might be posole. This is the real deal — the kind of recipe that gets passed down from mother to daughter, simmered on the stovetop on cold winter evenings, and ladled out in big bowls at family gatherings. It's humble, hearty, and deeply rooted in the food traditions of our region.
This particular recipe comes straight from the family kitchen, where Mom always had a pot going on the stove when the weather turned cool. She made hers with pork tenderloin, and honestly, you can too — but pork shoulder gives you that extra richness that makes the broth absolutely irresistible after a long, slow simmer.
The secret weapon here is our Fresh Hatch Red Chile Sauce. It brings that deep, earthy red chile flavor that no store-bought substitute can match, and paired with our Posole Seasoning, it gives this dish the kind of layered, authentic flavor that takes most people right back to their grandmother's kitchen.
Go ahead and set this one up in the morning. By dinnertime, your whole house will smell like New Mexico.
