Liquid Gold Chicken Stock for Flu Season
This is the pot of gold I turn to every winter. A whole chicken, a pile of vegetables, and a slow simmer create the most comforting stock you will ever taste.
Fall Hominy Tortilla Soup (A Liquid Gold Leftovers Remix)
Some nights you look at what you’ve cooked for the week — your batch of Caballero beans, your cooked hominy, your container of Liquid Gold chicken stock — and you realize you’ve already done half the work. All that’s left is to build something cozy, brothy, and deeply flavored.
This became that bowl.
Fall Hominy Tortilla Soup is what happens when a posole soul meets a tortilla-soup personality. It’s smoky from dried chiles, nourishing from the beans and hominy, bright from lime and radish, and grounded by escarole that wilts just enough to melt into the broth.
And because this whole thing starts with your homemade chicken stock, it tastes like you cooked all day — even though most of it was already done.
👉 Start with Liquid Gold here
Ingredients
- ½ onion, diced
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 2 dried ancho chiles
- 2 dried pasilla chiles
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cups Liquid Gold chicken stock
- 6 roasted garlic cloves, made into a paste with the side of chef knife
- 2 ladles Caballero beans with broth
- 2 ladles cooked hominy
- 1 Korean squash, diced large
- 1 head escarole, chopped
- Shredded cooked chicken breast (from leftover liquid gold recipe)
- Lime wedges
- Green scallions, sliced
- Radish matchsticks
- Avocado slices (optional)
How to Make It
1. Sauté the aromatics
Warm olive oil in a large pot. Sauté the onion, celery, ancho, and pasilla chiles. Season with salt.
2. Fry the tomato paste
Add the tomato paste and fry for about a minute to deepen the flavor.
3. Build the broth
Add the chicken stock, roasted garlic paste, Caballero beans with their broth, and hominy. Stir.
4. Add the squash
Bring it to a gentle boil. Add the Korean squash and simmer 20 minutes until tender.
5. Wilt the greens
Stir in the escarole and cook until it softens.
6. Add the chicken
Fold in the shredded chicken and heat through.
7. Garnish
Top each bowl with tortilla strips, radish, scallions, lime, and avocado if using.
Why This Works
- Hominy gives chew and body
- Caballero beans add creaminess
- Roasted garlic enriches the broth
- Dried chiles bring depth
- Escarole adds fall flavor
- Liquid Gold makes the whole thing taste slow-simmered and soulful
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