Chicken Pozole Soup

Ingredients

• • 1 whole chicken—skinned and cut into pieces
• • 8 cups water
• • 1/2 cup chopped onion
• • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• • 1/4 cup chili powder
• • 8 ounces canned tomato sauce
• • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• • 2 cans (15 ounce) rinsed and drained hominy, white or yellow
• • 3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
• • 6 lime wedges

Instructions

1. 1 Put chicken pieces in a large pot and cover with the 8 cups of water. Simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.
2. 2 Add chopped onion, pepper, chili powder, tomato sauce, and oregano to simmering chicken.
3. 3 After the chicken is thoroughly cooked take the pieces out of the pot and remove most of the bones from the chicken and the pot.
4. 4 Return chicken to the pot.
5. 5 Add the rinsed hominy to the pot of chicken and simmer for another 45 minutes.
6. 6 Serve with lettuce and a wedge of lime.

Notes

To make even healthier, use tomato sauce with no added salt.