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Main course · Mexican

Menudo-Style Beef and Hominy Soup

85 min Serves 4 ~448 kcal/serving ~£9.50 (£2.38/serving) Dairy-freeGluten-free

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Ingredients

  • 700 g beef shin, diced
  • 800 g tinned hominy or white corn
  • 2 dried guajillo chillies
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1200 ml beef stock
  • 1 lime

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
448 kcal
Protein
44.2 g
Carbohydrate
36.9 g
of which sugars
7.5 g
Fat
12.6 g
of which saturates
4.5 g
Fibre
6.9 g
Salt
3.77 g

Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.

Method

  1. 1

    Cover the dried guajillo chillies with boiling water and leave to soften for 10 minutes, then drain and blend with half the onion and the garlic cloves.

  2. 2

    Brown the beef shin in a large pan, then add the remaining onion and the blended chilli paste.

  3. 3

    Pour in the beef stock, cover and simmer for 1 hour until the beef is tender.

  4. 4

    Stir in the tinned hominy and dried oregano and simmer for a further 10 minutes.

  5. 5

    Ladle into bowls with a squeeze of lime.

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