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Hominy

Nixtamalized Hominy Recipe

Delicious way to process corn and make nutrients more bio available.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Soaking Time 12 hours
Total Time 14 hours 30 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 11

Equipment

  • 1 three quart stainless steel pot ( or other non reactive pot )
  • 1 large spoon
  • 1 large bowl ( 5 quart or bigger )
  • 1 pair of gloves ( alkanized water is mildly caustic )

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams dried corn ( 3 1/4 cups )
  • 5 grams pickling lime ( 1 1/2 tablespoon )
  • 2 liters water ( 12 cups )
  • 1 pinch salt ( to taste )

Instructions
 

Nixtamal stage

  • Measure out your corn, water and pickling lime.
    Corn, Water and Lime
  • Bring 1 liter ( 6 cups ) of the water to a boil.
  • Stir in the pickling lime being careful not to breathe it in.
    Stir Lime
  • Stir in the corn and simmer for 40 minutes. Tip of corn will have darkened in color relative to dried corn ( shown on left ) . Exterior of corn will be softened enough to cut through, but interior will still be bright white, starchy and hard (al dente). Simmering may take longer for harder corns such a popcorn.
    Softened Corn
  • Take pot off heat and let the corn soak for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours at your convenience.
    Corn after Soaking in Lime Water
  • Place pot in sink and use your hands to transfer nixtamalized corn to empty bowl, leaving sludgy water in pot.
    Transferred Corn
  • Fill bowl with fresh water and rub corn for a few minutes until thin clear outer shell comes off the corn. Water will be very cloudy.
    First Rinse Water
  • Carefully pour water out of bowl and refill with water 4 or 5 times, rubbing corn some more each time, until water is completely clear.
    Last Rinse Water

Hominy stage

  • Return corn to cleaned stainless steel pot.
  • Add 1 liter of water - water level should be about 1 inch above corn.
    Hominy Prep
  • Add salt to taste if you intend to use on its own as a side dish.
  • Bring to a boil and then simmer for about an hour until corn is puffed up and tender through and through (cross section of corn, shown on left in picture is no longer bright white). It will have more than doubled in size (center of picture) compared to its dried form (shown on right).
    Final Hominy Closeup
  • Enjoy as a tasty side dish and substitute for rice or other starch in your recipes.
  • Freeze what you don't expect to use within 5 days.
Keyword corn, hominy, niacin, nixtamalization
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