posole
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8.2
Corn kernels changed by a long cooking process used in Mexican stew
- noun
- /pəˈsoʊleɪ/
- US
:
nixtamal
- The little house was always full of steam because she was always boiling posole or beans; she would stand in front of the stove and poke sadly at the pigs' knuckles in the pot, and Eloy knew she was thinking about him.
- soak posole
- dried posole
- rinse posole
Examples
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Can you make me some Of course I may also make a posole with like shrimp though.
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To make a traditional posole, you start with hominy and simmer it with meat and spices.
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In many restaurants, you can order posole as a hearty starter before the main course.
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She prepared a big pot of posole for the family gathering, ensuring everyone would have enough.
Synonyms
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8.7
Corn kernels with their outer layer removed and used in cooking, often for porridge or tortillas
serves as the main ingredient in a traditional Mexican stew
9.5
Corn soaked and cooked in lime water to make tortillas
is used mainly as a stew ingredient rather than for tortilla making
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word posole comes from the Nahuatl word pozolli, meaning 'foamy', because the corn makes foam when it is cooked. That is why posole can also mean the hominy, the corn made by a special cooking process that is used in the stew.