White Chili with Hominy
February 21, 2010 | 
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What to do with the can of hominy? Thank you for the suggestions – throw it away, put it in menudo. Ugh! Since it’s an almost rainy day, chili seems like a good meal. I have leftover turkey breast, so I decided to make white chili. I located a recipe from a friend and used it as a guide. All amounts are just thrown together but I’ll guess. The finished dish feeds 2 with some leftover for seconds.
- 1/2 medium brown onion, chopped
- 1/4 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 1/4 green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 crushed garlic cloves saute in olive oil,
- then add in leftover turkey breast, chopped
- 1 small can diced green chilies
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed, crushed and minced
- 1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
- a few shakes of ground clove (yes, clove!)
- 1/2 teaspoon chili and lime seasoning just because it was all that was left in the jar so I just threw it in
- 1 tsp Better Than Bouillon Turkey flavor
- 1 cup hot water
I looked in the cupboard for a can of white beans and the cupboard was bare. I did have butter beans, but no, don’t want to use them. Then I saw the huge can of hominy I was advised to toss out. I opened it up, spooned out about 1/2 cup and tossed it into the chili. I gave it all a stir and tasted the hominy. It had the right texture. The flavor was bland but it had a corn finish. Hmmm – just like judging wine? I let it all simmer for an hour and came back to try out the experiment. The hominy kept it’s texture but took on the flavor of the broth. It was wonderful!
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Sounds wonderful!
A far cry from menudo — thanks for sharing that, I think I’ll try that as a substitute for kidney beans in our next batch.
Well, I guess with all those other wonderful ingredients you could have thrown in tire tread threads and it would have been good. Just kidding. The hominy obviously was used to its full potential and it really sounds good. Did I mention I was horrified as a West Coast Girl to find that there was no chili to be found in the south with any kind of beans? They are meat only in Texas and points east. Lets hear it for beans (and hominy) for chili!! BTW– what was a can of hominy doing in your cupboard in the first place????
The hominy was just sitting there on the shelf at Von’s looking all, like, sad and stuff. So I dropped it in my cart. I was suckered.
I love Hominy! My favorite way, other than just headed with pepper and hot sauce, is Pozole. Perhaps that is on the menu soon, but after I try the above recipe………….
I love this phrase “nixtamalized cacahuazintle corn”, its from wikipedia