Barley Pozole (mexican Barley And Hominy)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 4 fresh anaheim chilies, seeded,deveined and chopped
• 4 fresh jalapeno chiles, seeded,deveined and chopped
• 8 cups chicken broth, divided
• 1 cup pearl barley
• 1 (29 ounce) can hominy, drained and rinsed
• 2 (7 ounce) containers salsa verde (or use the mexican salsa verde recipe of your choice)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• shredded cheddar cheese, for garnish (optional)
• finely chopped green onion, for garnish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in large pot with lid, heat oil over medium heat.
• 2 sauté onion and chiles for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 add 4 cups broth and all of barley.
• 4 bring to a boil.
• 5 reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 6 stir in remaining broth, hominy, salsa and cumin.
• 7 cook for 20 minutes longer.
• 8 ladle soup into bowls and top with shredded cheese, if desired.