Pozole

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After enjoying pozole (a stew made from hominy, pork or chicken, and green chiles) in Mexico, I decided to try a version of the dish on the Big Green Egg.

I wanted to try the barbacoa technique, where the meat cooks over the stock. I started with one nice roasting hen that was rubbed with Goya Sazón. The BGE was stabilized at 350°F and set up for indirect cooking. I put a cast iron dutch oven full of stock (water, onion, chicken neck, 1/2 cup Mojo Criollo, garlic, and jalapeño) onto the inverted plate setter. BGE feet were used to raise it off the plate so it wouldn’t scorch.

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The idea had been to vertically roast the bird over the stock, but in one of those measure-once-cut-twice moments I discovered that this setup would be too tall to fit in the Egg. So the bird ended up just sitting on the grid above the stock and I just had to make sure that the bird’s juices drained into the stock.

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Everything was cooked together until the bird hit 165°F in the breast. The bird was removed to let rest, and the stock cooked for another half hour just to reduce it a bit and increase the smoky flavor.

The chicken was shredded into the stock and then I added hominy and green chiles and let it simmer for another half hour. It was amazing – rich stock, tender chicken, smoky aroma, wow!

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