The type of soup to bring complete silence to the dinner table excluding gentle sounds of slurping and happiness. It's the king of soups in the royal court.

Ingredients

Soup

  • 4 qt water
  • 2 lbs beef shoulder
  • 1 lbs pork ribs Note: Original recipe has pork shoulder and baby back ribs, if you prefer. We have them switched because it’s more cost effective.
  • 1/2 onion cut into quarters
  • 12 cloves of garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cans white hominy
  • (Optional) 4 cups (32oz) of beef broth

Red Sauce

  • 5 guajillo chiles
  • 5 ancho chiles
  • garlic from the soup
  • 1/2 large white onion
  • 1tsp dried Mexican oregano
  • 2Tbsp oil (to cook it)
  • 1/2msg
  • salt and pepper to taste.

Directions

Watch the video linked at the bottom! Use the optional beef broth in your “billion year old water”.

  1. Simmer beef, pork, garlic, onion, and bay leaves for two hours (skim foam).
  2. Remove meat from soup and shred then add back to pot (trim fat as needed)
  3. Soak dried ancho and guajilla peppers 30 minutes before soup is done simmering (when soft)
  4. Add softened peppers to blender, along with garlic from soup, onion from soup, fresh onion, oregano, salt, pepper, msg, and 1/4c broth and blend.
  5. Cook sauce with hot oil in pan until thickened, about 20 minutes on low after boil.
  6. Add red sauce to soup and cook for 5 minutes.
  7. Add hominy and cook until heated through.
  8. Serve

Modified from Source