How to Cook Hominy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the hominy slightly in cold water.
Soak the hominy in tepid soft water for twelve hours.
Cook
Boil the hominy slowly in the same water for three to six hours, adding more water as needed to prevent burning.
Do not add salt while cooking, as it will harden the corn.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Hominy
- Is the main ingredient; soaking and slow boiling soften its kernels for eating.
The step that matters
Do not add salt while cooking. Salt added during cooking toughens the corn's outer skins and hardens the kernels, so they stay firm instead of softening fully.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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