This comes together quickly and has a wonderful aroma while cooking. You can experiment with several salsas to add various taste profiles. As garnishes, you can add cheese, green onions, and cilantro.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chicken breasts, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 pound butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 (15 ounce) cans red beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (28 ounce) can hominy
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 (16 ounce) jar salsa
- ½ (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
- 2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine chicken, butternut squash, red beans, hominy, chicken broth, salsa, beer, and Mexican oregano in a slow cooker.
- Cook on Low for 7 1/2 hours (or on High for 3 1/2 hours). Stir cream into soup and continue cooking for 30 minutes more.
- Can omit chicken and use veggie broth for a vegetarian version.
- Pinto beans, black beans, or a mixture of beans can be used in place of red beans.
- Sweet potatoes can be substituted for the butternut squash.
- Regular oregano can be used in place of the Mexican oregano.
- I use dark beer, but any variety will do.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 327 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 42 g |
| Cholesterol | 54 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Protein | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 913 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was so yummy! I followed the recipe, and added onion and garlic and chili powder, per other’s suggestions. I used leg and thigh meat, and pinto beans because I had them already. I did not have any beer, so just used stock. I also used a tomatillo salsa, personal preference. I did not add the whipping cream, but I am sure that would have added another layer of flavor. Great way to use up butternut squash!
I added some mushrooms.
Overall this was a tasty dish, however it was a tad bland. I added chili powder, garlic salt, half a chopped onion, and used chicken thighs to add more flavor.
As the recipe is written, it is a nice but rather bland soup. I used a roasted garlic salsa that I really like but it didn’t add nearly enough spice to the soup. I have never had a posole that didn’t have some cumin, chili.. etc.. and I really felt it needed that. I did like the butternut in this. I did not add the optional cream. After I jazzed this up with some spices, I really did enjoy this. so do make this.. but have your spices ready