Menudo Rojo (Red Menudo)

Name: Menudo Rojo (Red Menudo)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 30 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 gallons water, divided; 2 1/2 lbs beef tripe, cut into 1-inch pieces; 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 large white onion, finely chopped; 1 1/2 tablespoons salt; 1 tablespoon ground black pepper; 1 1/2 tablespoons dried oregano; 2 tablespoons ground red pepper (cayenne); 5 chili peppers, de arbol; 6 chili peppers, japones (seeds removed); 6 cups hominy, canned drained (yellow or white); 1/2 white onions, chopped and or 1/2 green onion, sliced; 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro; lime wedges or lemon wedge; crushed red pepper flakes; dried oregano; corn tortillas (to accompany) or flour tortilla (to accompany)

Submitted by Happy Hippie

"This is the perfect red menudo. It takes a long time to cook so you may want to try this on a weekend if you work outside the home, but believe me, it so very good and actually quite simple to prepare. This is a meal in itself. This is fairly spicy, but you can adjust the heat level by reducing the amount of ground red pepper. Enjoy!"

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Ready In:: 8hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 17
Serves:: 8

ingredients

3 gallons water, divided
2 ¹⁄₂ lbs beef tripe, cut into 1-inch pieces
6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 large white onion, finely chopped
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons ground red pepper (cayenne)
5 chili peppers, de arbol
6 chili peppers, japones (seeds removed)
6 cups hominy, canned drained (yellow or white)
Condiments
¹⁄₂ white onions, chopped and or 1/2 green onion, sliced
¹⁄₄ cup chopped fresh cilantro
lime wedges or lemon wedge
crushed red pepper flakes
dried oregano
corn tortillas (to accompany) or flour tortilla (to accompany)

directions

In a large pot, bring 1 gallon water to a boil.
Place tripe in the pot, reduce heat, and simmer 2 hours.
Periodically skim off fat with a spoon. Drain water, reduce heat, and pour in a fresh gallon of water.
Continue to simmer tripe for 2 hours; drain.
Pour remaining 1 gallon water into the pot with tripe, and bring to a boil.
Stir in garlic and 1 chopped white onion. Season with salt, pepper, oregano, and red pepper.
Reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour.
Preheat the broiler.
Arrange the de arbol chile peppers on a baking sheet, and broil about 2 minutes, just until they begin to scorch.
Remove from heat, slit lengthwise, and remove seeds.
In a blender or food processor, blend the de arbol chile peppers and japones chile peppers until very finely chopped. Mix into the pot, and continue cooking 2 hours over low heat.
Mix the hominy into the pot and continue cooking 1 hour.
Serve with condiments as listed under ingredients.
Menudo is at it's best made a day ahead of time to allow the ingredients to "marry.".

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Reviews

This recipe took me right back to Mexico City, where I first had menudo. It's a bit spicy, so feel free to scale back on the peppers if you're sensitive to spicy foods.

Probably This
this was o.k. the only thing that jumps out and grabs you is the pepper heat , yes happy hippi you pre warned me lol, next time i'll use store bought chili powder and a lot more garlic, thanks for the base recipe

toadkiller
This recipe is great and simple. I used pressure cooker to speed up the cooking process. I cooked the tripe twice as directed but I use pressure cooker instead. It cuts down the cooking process. Yummy!! My husband's grandma would have approved!!! Thanx!

Cili Padi

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Happy Hippie

Spring Valley, California

I live in beautiful San Diego where there's never nothin to do. We almost never have days where you can't get outdoors. For fun I love to read, cook, take road trips with my grandson, whom I raise. Take long walks along the beach, bays and lakes. My live in grandson is 12 and the light of my life. I've been teaching him to fish, or should I say I'm exposing him to lake fishing, the people we meet along the way are teaching him while I read and watch. He's dying to go ocean fishing, that one makes me a bit more nervous, but we'll start that soon, probably from piers to start. Nick's only one of my grandchildren though, I have a total of 13, three live in Kansas, the land of Oz. The last time I visited them, it was Christmas time and when I stepped off the plane, the cold air took my breath away and standing there waiting for me in a short-sleeved T-shirt, was my son-in-law. Needless, to say, I spent many days there staying indoors praying for the day I could get back to sunny California -- I never had to endure snow the whole time, thank God! Twenty degrees daily was way out of my comfort zone by a very large margin. There truly is no place like home. I have 8 other grandchildren that are fortunate enought to live in San Diego too. We spend weekends doing things together such as taking in the zoo, wild animal park, Sea World, Knotts Soak City water park (summer), museums, fishing, picknicking and just hanging out. They all love to help grandma cook in the kitchen. I have many cookbooks and can read them like I'd read a novel. My passions are my family, my two boston terriers, Tuffy and Oreo, and gardening, cooking and reading -- oh yeah, I'm totally addicted to Zaar. I don't really have many pet peeves, but a biggie is mean, obnoxious people and those who think they know it all, and liars, I can pick out a deceitful person it an instant. If you can't trust someone, then nothings worth salvaging in the relationship. I hate those who disrespect the environment (no I'm not a tree hugger) but I do hate to see people litter and fail to do simple things such as picking up after themselves in the outdoors such as parks and beaches, and how easy is it to recycle? It's really not too difficult to make an impact on the environment if everybody takes responsibility for their "trash."

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