Quick Posole

From EatingWell: January/February 1995, EatingWell Serves Two — Subscribe Now!

In New Mexico and Arizona, posole is usually made with homemade pork stock and served at celebrations. For a quick weeknight meal, choose chicken and spice it with ground red chile and toasted oregano.

4 servings, 1 1/2 cups each

Active Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Nutrition Profile

Ingredients

2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 red onion, chopped, divided
3 1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, (2 14-ounce cans), divided
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground red chile, or chili powder
1 15-ounce can yellow or white hominy,rinsed
1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed
12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and cut into 3/4-inch pieces
1 cup shredded green cabbage
1 lime, cut into wedges

Preparation

Toast oregano in a small dry skillet over medium-high heat until fragrant, about 30 to 40 seconds. Transfer to a saucer to cool.
Combine 1 teaspoon toasted oregano with 1/4 cup onion and set aside.
Combine the remaining onion with 1/4 cup broth and salt. Cover and cook over medium heat until the onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon oregano and ground chile (or chili powder) and cook for 1 minute. Add hominy and the remaining 3 1/4 cups broth, bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Add black beans and chicken, return to a simmer and cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes.
Serve in bowls, garnished with shredded cabbage, the reserved onion-oregano mixture and a squeeze of lime juice.

Tips & Notes

Note: Hominy is white or yellow corn that has been treated with lime to remove the tough hull and germ. Dried, ground hominy is the main ingredient in grits. Canned, cooked hominy can be found in the Latin section of large supermarkets—near the beans—or at Latin markets.

Nutrition

Per serving: 280 calories; 3 g fat (1 g sat, 1 g mono); 51 mg cholesterol; 36 g carbohydrates; 28 g protein; 8 g fiber; 432 mg sodium; 248 mg potassium.

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (27% daily value), Selenium (23% dv).

2 Carbohydrate Serving

Exchanges: 2 starch, 4 very lean meat