Colorado Proud

Preparing and cooking stews that can feed groups of any size makes life a bit easier, and in this stew, Colorado’s traditional flavors are celebrated when pork and hominy come together to warm the soul.

Did you know Colorado ranks 15th in the U.S. for market hog and pig production? That means there likely is a pig farmer in your own community, so no matter where you live, you can support your agricultural neighbors. Search for local producers in your area or look for the Colorado Proud logo at your local supermarket.

Tender and flavorful, pork may not be your first thought when you consider cooking stews, but it’s a hearty center of this rich and comforting recipe. The other star of this stew is hominy, a low-fat food packed with fiber. Hominy is corn, but not straight off the cob. Instead, whole kernels of dried field corn (or maize) are nixtamalized, a process in which the corn is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution like limewater, then washed and hulled. People have been preparing hominy since ancient times.

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