Inca's Food, Mote Pelado, White Hominy, 15 Ounce

Very easy to use, excellent texture and flavor

As someone who loves hominy, using this bigger option for pozole is great. The extra effort to prepare this vs buying a can is worth it.

The package arrived on time and in excellent condition. I must say the kernels are the biggest I've ever seen! (: I think it's worth emphasizing the kernels were all intact, as I read reviews for other products saying the hominy was broken and in pieces. THIS HOMINY IS GOOD AND EACH KERNEL IS FULLY INTACT. I usually make posole from frozen hominy and in the crock pot, so this was my first attempt with dried hominy and cooking it in a pan. The kernels pretty much all "flowered" like they were supposed to do and it tasted ok. I think it was due to me trying to use a different cooking method, though. I will definitely purchase this again and stick to my tried and true method of cooking.

While pricey, these large hominy go a long way and are quite delicious. Each piece, when simmered in the cumin spiced chicken stock I use, tastes similar to tamale meal when served with chili or other sauce.

Where is the expiration date on the bag? I soaked and cooked using above directions, but they weren't on the bag so I had to use the Internet. After cooking on stove top several hours the beans were not done. They tasted very bitter and tough. Went to the Internet again and read that this type of hominy isn't processed the remove the germ and outer peel or husk. You have to do it yourself, with fingers or small knife. Using knife to remove the germ and its topknot left almost no hominy. This is not feasible for a whole bag of cooked beans.

Worried about freshness. Smells stale and old. Cooking it now and will update with results. Recap. Cooked up as needed. Once onion and garlic were added the aroma and taste improved a lot. But freshness is still suspect.

Growing up, all the grits we had were made from hominy. No more. I believe hominy grits are scarcer than hen's teeth. The only grits I've found, no matter what the source (even Amazon, who has EVERYTHING) are just plain, ground corn. So, I decided that there had to be a way to get hominy grits and ended up with a bag of this dried hominy. I have a little hand coffee grinder that I loaded with enough to make a serving and started cranking. When I was finished I prepared them as usual and just WOW! Taste and texture as I remember! Now I need more because I need to make a batch of shrimp and grits.

It’s easy to cook. It’s very firm and someone might confuse it with not being cooked but it is cooked. I make pozole soup (red or green) with this white hominy and my husband and family absolutely love it. Not going back to canned stuff if I can help it. It’s not at all like the canned hominy so be prepared.😋 It didn’t come with cooking instructions so I looked it up on the internet and used my best judgment. Instructions are just a guide any ways so no big deal.