The Food Lab Junior: Kid-Friendly Pozole Verde Recipe

The Food Lab Junior: Kid-Friendly Pozole Verde Recipe

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesThe Food Lab Junior: Kid-Friendly Pozole Verde Recipe

This weeknight version of the classic Mexican soup is hearty rich and easy to customize. With simplified steps it's also perfect to make with kids.

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Serious Mealtimes / Gianna Ruggiero

When Pipo the main character in my children’s book Every Night is Pizza Night asks local grocer Mr. Gonzales what the best food in the world is she learns that “best” often depends on context. For Mr. Gonzales the spicy pozole verde his mother still makes for him is always the best. Pozole which hails from the mountainous state of Guerrero in Mexico also happens to be one of my all-time favorite soups.

Like its red and white cousins pozole verde is a hearty soup made with hominy corn often pork or chicken (though you can easily make a vegetarian version) and a bunch of aromatic garnishes that you can add at the table (I find that customizing the table is a sure way to get Alicia excited about eating a meal). The “verde” portion comes in the form of an array of green vegetables and aromatics most commonly tomatillos green chiles and peppers dried oregano epazote cilantro and toasted pepitas.