Need a gluten free and vegan side dish? Creamy Pumpkin Seed and Green Chile Posole could be an outstanding recipe to try. One serving contains 280 calories, 8g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have vegetable broth, serrano chile, hominy, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Instructions
1
Preheat broiler with oven rack 3 in. from heat. Set yellow onion, poblanos, serrano, tomatillos, and garlic on a rimmed baking sheet. Broil, turning, until vegetables are browned to blackened all over, 15 to 30 minutes, moving them to a bowl as browned.
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Yellow Onion
Tomatillos
Vegetable
Poblano Pepper
Garlic
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Baking Sheet
Oven
Bowl
2
Let cool.
3
Toast ancho chiles in a large pot over medium heat until fragrant, pressing down with tongs and turning occasionally, about 3 minutes. Turn off heat.
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Ancho Chili Pepper
Toast
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Tongs
Pot
4
Peel and seed poblanos and serrano. Peel garlic. Whirl serrano, garlic, onion, tomatillos and any juices, and 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds in a food processor until very smooth.
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Pumpkin Seeds
Tomatillos
Poblano Pepper
Garlic
Onion
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Food Processor
5
Pour into pot with whole anchos (they'll fall apart as they cook). Coarsely chop poblanos and add to pot.
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Poblano Pepper
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Pot
6
Stir in hominy, 5 cups broth, 2 tsp. oregano, and the cumin. Cover, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cumin flavor is mellow, about 45 minutes. Discard any large pieces of ancho chile.
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Ancho Chili Pepper
Oregano
Hominy
Broth
Cumin
7
Stir zucchini into posole and simmer just until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in more broth if you'd like a thinner soup.
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Zucchini
Broth
Soup
8
Ladle posole into bowls and serve with remaining pumpkin seeds and oregano and other accompaniments to taste.