📍 Guerrero

Pozole verde (green pozole)

Name: Pozole verde (green pozole)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 160 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 500 g precooked cacahuazintle corn; 800 g pork or chicken; 150 g pumpkin seeds; 6 tomatillos and serrano chiles; Epazote, lettuce leaves, and cilantro; Radish, oregano, and lime to serve

· Lunch

A cacahuazintle corn broth with pork or chicken and a green sauce of pumpkin seed, tomatillo, and chile.

Editorial content by WorldBites · 2026-10-04 · Contact

⏱ 160 min🍽 6 servings📊 Intermediate🏷 Commonly associated🌱 Dairy-free

Preparation: 40 min
Cooking: 120 min
Waiting and resting: 0 min

History

Green pozole is Guerrero's signature version, distinguished by the ground pumpkin seed that gives it color and body. It is traditionally served on Thursdays.

Ingredients

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Preparation

1
Cook the corn with the meat until both are tender.
2
Toast and grind the pumpkin seeds with tomatillo, chile, and epazote.
3
Fry the pumpkin-seed sauce, taking care that it does not split.
4
Stir the sauce into the broth with corn and meat.
5
Cook over low heat until the flavors come together.
6
Serve with lettuce, radish, onion, oregano, and lime.

Cooking tips

Blend the cilantro and some listed lettuce into the sauce for color; reserve the rest for serving.

Technique and preparation

What to check during preparation

Check that hominy is tender before adding the green sauce. Toast seeds without burning and grind until no hard fragments remain. Cook this mixture separately while stirring before thinning it into the broth. Maintain a gentle simmer and adjust liquid to the desired thickness. Serve lettuce, radish, onion and lime separately so they retain their texture and each person can finish their bowl.